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<blockquote data-quote="HEFFERNAN" data-source="post: 530501" data-attributes="member: 11315"><p>I applaud the original poster's decision in making the jump to the management ranks. It really does take a different breed to make their career work and flourish in operations. His background in the military is a huge plus. The skills you learned in the military WELL OUTWEIGH anything you've seen as a UPS employee so far. The ties at UPS respect and demand the rank system and you following the will of your commanding officer (center manager, dm, DM) only will help you.</p><p> </p><p>The problem with supervisors with military service is that you begin to treat your employees cold like soldiers instead of employees. People skills need to be developed to an extreme for your employees to react positive for you. I've seen a couple sups with mili backgrounds in the past lose their workers before they realized what happened.</p><p> </p><p>I also don't agree that a new sup should have a certain amount of time at UPS before serving in management. Does it help? a little. But it gives the manager a chance to teach him the way HE wants it done. Eventually, the sup figures it out.</p><p> </p><p>Also, Casey's idealisms are dead at UPS. It is about money and more importantly, NICKLES and DIMES. If you are going into operations, the bottom line is PPH. In driving, its about the least amount of routes you can use. If you havn't figured this out yet while working here, you'll be peeling potatoes behind the mess hall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HEFFERNAN, post: 530501, member: 11315"] I applaud the original poster's decision in making the jump to the management ranks. It really does take a different breed to make their career work and flourish in operations. His background in the military is a huge plus. The skills you learned in the military WELL OUTWEIGH anything you've seen as a UPS employee so far. The ties at UPS respect and demand the rank system and you following the will of your commanding officer (center manager, dm, DM) only will help you. The problem with supervisors with military service is that you begin to treat your employees cold like soldiers instead of employees. People skills need to be developed to an extreme for your employees to react positive for you. I've seen a couple sups with mili backgrounds in the past lose their workers before they realized what happened. I also don't agree that a new sup should have a certain amount of time at UPS before serving in management. Does it help? a little. But it gives the manager a chance to teach him the way HE wants it done. Eventually, the sup figures it out. Also, Casey's idealisms are dead at UPS. It is about money and more importantly, NICKLES and DIMES. If you are going into operations, the bottom line is PPH. In driving, its about the least amount of routes you can use. If you havn't figured this out yet while working here, you'll be peeling potatoes behind the mess hall. [/QUOTE]
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