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<blockquote data-quote="Kramer" data-source="post: 92035"><p>I was a PT Supv for 3 years. I didn't have it so bad because I was a staff Supv. However, my friends in operations hated their existence.</p><p></p><p>It does look good on a resume. You will learn coping and managing skills. However, unless you desire to stay with UPS, I would just keep doing what your doing.</p><p></p><p>UPS goes through phases where we would work 39 hours a week as a PT supv, then the next year, we would work only 30 hours a week. I understand that at present new laws protect PT supv from abuse (I think there were big lawsuits in California over this).</p><p></p><p>To be honest, I remember working 55+ hours a week as a PT Supv. I had employees on the Twilight, Midnight, and Preload shifts. I was told to supervise them by only working 25 hours a week. I'll ask you how I was supposed to do this, because I never figured it out. One suggestion from my manager was to work a different shift each night rotating throughout the week. I also had employees working both the Saturday air night sort and Sunday T-sort. At the time, I was bucking for FT Supv, so I just took it. I look back at it and realize what a chump I was. Then again, UPS is famous for using a carrot (promise of promotion for extra effort) with its employees.</p><p></p><p>Like I said, I have heard that this has slowed down a lot due to the constant lawsuits over the last 5 years.</p><p></p><p>I got a lot out of being a supervisor, but I gave a heck'va lot too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kramer, post: 92035"] I was a PT Supv for 3 years. I didn't have it so bad because I was a staff Supv. However, my friends in operations hated their existence. It does look good on a resume. You will learn coping and managing skills. However, unless you desire to stay with UPS, I would just keep doing what your doing. UPS goes through phases where we would work 39 hours a week as a PT supv, then the next year, we would work only 30 hours a week. I understand that at present new laws protect PT supv from abuse (I think there were big lawsuits in California over this). To be honest, I remember working 55+ hours a week as a PT Supv. I had employees on the Twilight, Midnight, and Preload shifts. I was told to supervise them by only working 25 hours a week. I'll ask you how I was supposed to do this, because I never figured it out. One suggestion from my manager was to work a different shift each night rotating throughout the week. I also had employees working both the Saturday air night sort and Sunday T-sort. At the time, I was bucking for FT Supv, so I just took it. I look back at it and realize what a chump I was. Then again, UPS is famous for using a carrot (promise of promotion for extra effort) with its employees. Like I said, I have heard that this has slowed down a lot due to the constant lawsuits over the last 5 years. I got a lot out of being a supervisor, but I gave a heck'va lot too. [/QUOTE]
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