MIP guess?

Paycheck

Active Member
Honestly the MIP is about as unfair as it gets. Corporate says it was set up to be fair but the math really does not make sense when matched against the profits. Then again its not exactly profit sharing, that comes with stock dividends i guess. I have came to the conclusion that it would be better to buy savings bonds instead of stock in the company. That in its self is truely sad. Buying stock in a country that is trillions of dollars in debt versus buying stock in a company that records record profits year after year, but in reality bonds at least pay better. Oh well only 17 more days till the end of the world anyway.
 

Catatonic

Nine Lives
Most management have come to regard the MIP as irrelevant since it is not something they can control.
If I can't control something, my interest and effort are not applied.
I would assume a fairly large number of management feel this way.
This is a problem for the company.
 

soberups

Pees in the brown Koolaid
The decision to award you less than you truly deserve is being made by people who are awarded more than they truly deserve. MIP's are like timestudies; they were never intended to be fair, realistic or equitable in the first place.
 

UPS1907

Well-Known Member
I've come to lower my expectations from UPS when it comes to being rewarded financially for my efforts. To align with that, of course, my efforts are now MUCH less as well.
 

SignificantOwner

A Package Center Manager
The decision to award you less than you truly deserve is being made by people who are awarded more than they truly deserve. MIP's are like timestudies; they were never intended to be fair, realistic or equitable in the first place.

MIP used to be far more equitable, but I agree that it doesn't look like it's intended to be equitable right now. I'm tired of the inequity. The front line can't impact the MIP elements no matter how hard they work. Meanwhile, upper management is racking up the incentive shares and dividends due to a compensation package designed by a very highly paid former Symantec CEO. It's hard to admit, but I'm starting to come around to Warren Buffet and the Democrat point of view that we should tax them significantly more. It won't get the front line any more money, but at least it will kick some of it into the country's general fund.
 

pretzel_man

Well-Known Member
MIP used to be far more equitable, but I agree that it doesn't look like it's intended to be equitable right now. I'm tired of the inequity. The front line can't impact the MIP elements no matter how hard they work. Meanwhile, upper management is racking up the incentive shares and dividends due to a compensation package designed by a very highly paid former Symantec CEO. It's hard to admit, but I'm starting to come around to Warren Buffet and the Democrat point of view that we should tax them significantly more. It won't get the front line any more money, but at least it will kick some of it into the country's general fund.

I guess we should go back to the more equitable MIP of the early 60's? Jim Casey's MIP program....

Or, the more equitable approach where you had to take it all in stock and if you sold your future was unsettled?

Whether you think you can or whether you think you cannot make a difference, you are right.
 

SignificantOwner

A Package Center Manager
I guess we should go back to the more equitable MIP of the early 60's? Jim Casey's MIP program....
Wages for both hourly and management were significantly above average under Casey. Equitable or not, his system made many UPSers millionaires. Where are the millionaires these days?

Or, the more equitable approach where you had to take it all in stock and if you sold your future was unsettled?

Futures today are more unsettled than ever. People fired, demoted, out on stress leave, afraid for their jobs every day, just like back then. Difference now is that when you get stock you don't actually get stock, and the stock you do get doesn't grow.
Whether you think you can or whether you think you cannot make a difference, you are right.
Ok.
 
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BrownSuit

Well-Known Member
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Wait, that was Pi, not the MIP factor . . .
 

pretzel_man

Well-Known Member
That doesn't surprise me..

What was it they said, the average MIP was a 2.0 (which is what a 100 is based on). Since we enhanced the plan, never saw a 2.0 (or better), even though we have less mgmt and highest profit at UPS.

Actually, no... They didn't say that.

I finally found that original presentation. It said that the average MIP was 1.6 (over the life of the plan). Average in last 20 years was 1.8.

Now, Hoax point out that they use 2.0 as a salary example when hiring someone and 2.0 is also used in the impact of a raise sheets.

That is certainly inappropriate.
 
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