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<blockquote data-quote="UPS Lifer" data-source="post: 1033888" data-attributes="member: 9789"><p>KevinCP,</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There are union hardliners who believe that anyone in management has a screw loose. They take to work the "us versus them" mentality every day. Their philosophy is bleed the company of all profits for the good of the worker. They don't understand capitalism and where their bread is buttered. They espouse to a socialistic platform even if they don't realize it. When the company or state goes bankrupt, they can't figure out what happened! I figure that with your background, you understand micro and macro economics. </p><p></p><p>This in no way reflects the entire Teamster union ....just the hardliners. </p><p></p><p>There are definitely those folks who enter management and are very unhappy. Those people probably never should have gone into management. I have seen a multitude of management people who fit this mold. They are usually very weak in their confrontation skills as well as other skills necessary to be able to perform their jobs. I worked in Finance for the now President of UPS International Operations (Dan B). The major area that can cause stress for a finance person is an internal Corporate Audit. But if you are doing your job as in any area of UPS, you don't have anything to worry about. </p><p></p><p>I was going to get into this in another post but thought it might be too much info. Support functions for operations such as all engineering departments, HR, and Business Development have close coordination with operations. These departments feel the day to day pressures a little more than Finance. The closest that Finance gets involved with operations is putting out the cost statements and analyzing them for the district and verifying cost for return on investment - when improvements need to be made. As you show your value and move to the region - you are even more layers away from the district to operations and same goes for corporate. In good times, (now is not one of them) district jobs can mean some travel in the district. Region jobs mean you can possibly travel to the districts in your region and corporately you can travel within your area's zone within the country. As a supervisor and even as a manager, chances are you will see little travel. </p><p></p><p>Except for TOS - (there is absolutely no respect for him from me!)- all due respect to the hardliners - they have absolutely no clue about management outside their scope of center operations and those support teams - as well as the labor department.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UPS Lifer, post: 1033888, member: 9789"] KevinCP, There are union hardliners who believe that anyone in management has a screw loose. They take to work the "us versus them" mentality every day. Their philosophy is bleed the company of all profits for the good of the worker. They don't understand capitalism and where their bread is buttered. They espouse to a socialistic platform even if they don't realize it. When the company or state goes bankrupt, they can't figure out what happened! I figure that with your background, you understand micro and macro economics. This in no way reflects the entire Teamster union ....just the hardliners. There are definitely those folks who enter management and are very unhappy. Those people probably never should have gone into management. I have seen a multitude of management people who fit this mold. They are usually very weak in their confrontation skills as well as other skills necessary to be able to perform their jobs. I worked in Finance for the now President of UPS International Operations (Dan B). The major area that can cause stress for a finance person is an internal Corporate Audit. But if you are doing your job as in any area of UPS, you don't have anything to worry about. I was going to get into this in another post but thought it might be too much info. Support functions for operations such as all engineering departments, HR, and Business Development have close coordination with operations. These departments feel the day to day pressures a little more than Finance. The closest that Finance gets involved with operations is putting out the cost statements and analyzing them for the district and verifying cost for return on investment - when improvements need to be made. As you show your value and move to the region - you are even more layers away from the district to operations and same goes for corporate. In good times, (now is not one of them) district jobs can mean some travel in the district. Region jobs mean you can possibly travel to the districts in your region and corporately you can travel within your area's zone within the country. As a supervisor and even as a manager, chances are you will see little travel. Except for TOS - (there is absolutely no respect for him from me!)- all due respect to the hardliners - they have absolutely no clue about management outside their scope of center operations and those support teams - as well as the labor department. [/QUOTE]
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