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<blockquote data-quote="browniehound" data-source="post: 289272" data-attributes="member: 4653"><p>Here in Boston, everyone I know in management has driven for at least 30 days.</p><p> </p><p>My opinion is: If you want to advance at UPS beyond the HUB level you must understand the delivery end of the business "hands on". That means being a driver or driver supervisor.</p><p> </p><p>In my opinion 30 days in insufficient. We've all seen these types. Part time management who aspire to become full-time management. Problem is these people can't handle it, so we stick them in customer service or human resources. </p><p> </p><p>The ones that can handle it, ie: the smart ones that can do the driving job, are forever stuck where they are and its a shame<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/dissapointed.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":dissapointed:" title="Disappointed :dissapointed:" data-shortname=":dissapointed:" />. I'm talking about my immediate supervisers. </p><p> </p><p> They are getting screwed! These people know the ins-and-outs of our delivery business(our life blood!) yet, are not given enough credit for what they truly do.</p><p> </p><p>Its easy to sit back and bash management, especially the frontline like on-car sups. The reality is however, that they are on the same team as us drivers and their hands are tied more than we know.</p><p> </p><p>From what I understand, the drivers are not overdispatced because its our sups (somebody who knows what is going on at the center level). desicion not to add another route. It comes from above the center level to run X amounts of routes.</p><p> </p><p>My gripe is how can someone sitting 200 miles away know the intricacies of my center (small businesses, schools, churches, ect...) enough to say based on this amount of volume you must run X amount of routes.</p><p> </p><p>This where I wish my sup. could actually make some management descions. If we can't make all the businesses, schools, churches and ect..., they upper management should allow us to add a route at the sup's descretion.</p><p> </p><p>At the same time, if the route is not cost effective or not warrranted than said employee should be reprimanded</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browniehound, post: 289272, member: 4653"] Here in Boston, everyone I know in management has driven for at least 30 days. My opinion is: If you want to advance at UPS beyond the HUB level you must understand the delivery end of the business "hands on". That means being a driver or driver supervisor. In my opinion 30 days in insufficient. We've all seen these types. Part time management who aspire to become full-time management. Problem is these people can't handle it, so we stick them in customer service or human resources. The ones that can handle it, ie: the smart ones that can do the driving job, are forever stuck where they are and its a shame:dissapointed:. I'm talking about my immediate supervisers. They are getting screwed! These people know the ins-and-outs of our delivery business(our life blood!) yet, are not given enough credit for what they truly do. Its easy to sit back and bash management, especially the frontline like on-car sups. The reality is however, that they are on the same team as us drivers and their hands are tied more than we know. From what I understand, the drivers are not overdispatced because its our sups (somebody who knows what is going on at the center level). desicion not to add another route. It comes from above the center level to run X amounts of routes. My gripe is how can someone sitting 200 miles away know the intricacies of my center (small businesses, schools, churches, ect...) enough to say based on this amount of volume you must run X amount of routes. This where I wish my sup. could actually make some management descions. If we can't make all the businesses, schools, churches and ect..., they upper management should allow us to add a route at the sup's descretion. At the same time, if the route is not cost effective or not warrranted than said employee should be reprimanded [/QUOTE]
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