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<blockquote data-quote="Working4TheBene&#039;s" data-source="post: 173540" data-attributes="member: 5903"><p>For starters... I want to clarify that I am not for or against going into management. I am currently employed at UPS... some members of this board may or may not be working at UPS.</p><p> </p><p>Now, it seems like if you talk to 10 people, 8 would probably say that they would stay away from management. The fact of the matter is, not everyone is asked to participate in the management process. Basically HR as well as the full time supervisor as well as the center/business manager has to think you are what they are looking for.... now for the most part, with union positions, usually they have to fill the positions from within first before looking outside (especially for drivers). But with management positions, they too try and fill from within. Although they advertise outside of UPS, unfortunately, you may not be contacted because they try to fill from within... when p/t supes positions are available and no qualified candidates, a lot of times the other supes as well as the full time supe will cover the areas that are lacking p/t supes (and this will occur until they find someone). The way management is seen is kinda like the military... imagine being a grunt and here you have kids graduating from military school and are immediately given a rank above you.... and then have to follow that person into battle (with little to no experience...but remember, not everyone can me a marine, and not everyone ios cut out for management. There are constant struggles with time... everything is time sensitive... therefore you employees need to feel that sense of urgency, which may or may not be taken correctly. For some people, they are happy at doing whatever, and there are some that need to "be in charge". All positions are important because face it, packages don't just move themselves....</p><p> </p><p>But if they call you in, then after your tour, they will schedule you to take a management profile test... and once you pass, they will put you in the mgmt pool of qualified candidates. But as I understand, the failure rate is fairly high... After you pass then you will either be assigned a designated area to supervise or wait till something is available.....</p><p> </p><p>So in the end, You can certainly apply, but unless there is a HUGE shortage of p/t supes at your location, just like union positions, mgmt feels that it should promote from within. (Sometimes it makes their stories better to say that most mgmt personnel all started as a package handler.) But as with anything in life, you never know till you try.</p><p> </p><p>I wish you the best of luck and hope it all works out for you...and congratulations on your new "package"! Hope this helps....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Working4TheBene's, post: 173540, member: 5903"] For starters... I want to clarify that I am not for or against going into management. I am currently employed at UPS... some members of this board may or may not be working at UPS. Now, it seems like if you talk to 10 people, 8 would probably say that they would stay away from management. The fact of the matter is, not everyone is asked to participate in the management process. Basically HR as well as the full time supervisor as well as the center/business manager has to think you are what they are looking for.... now for the most part, with union positions, usually they have to fill the positions from within first before looking outside (especially for drivers). But with management positions, they too try and fill from within. Although they advertise outside of UPS, unfortunately, you may not be contacted because they try to fill from within... when p/t supes positions are available and no qualified candidates, a lot of times the other supes as well as the full time supe will cover the areas that are lacking p/t supes (and this will occur until they find someone). The way management is seen is kinda like the military... imagine being a grunt and here you have kids graduating from military school and are immediately given a rank above you.... and then have to follow that person into battle (with little to no experience...but remember, not everyone can me a marine, and not everyone ios cut out for management. There are constant struggles with time... everything is time sensitive... therefore you employees need to feel that sense of urgency, which may or may not be taken correctly. For some people, they are happy at doing whatever, and there are some that need to "be in charge". All positions are important because face it, packages don't just move themselves.... But if they call you in, then after your tour, they will schedule you to take a management profile test... and once you pass, they will put you in the mgmt pool of qualified candidates. But as I understand, the failure rate is fairly high... After you pass then you will either be assigned a designated area to supervise or wait till something is available..... So in the end, You can certainly apply, but unless there is a HUGE shortage of p/t supes at your location, just like union positions, mgmt feels that it should promote from within. (Sometimes it makes their stories better to say that most mgmt personnel all started as a package handler.) But as with anything in life, you never know till you try. I wish you the best of luck and hope it all works out for you...and congratulations on your new "package"! Hope this helps.... [/QUOTE]
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