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<blockquote data-quote="interested" data-source="post: 51865"><p>Pro, </p><p> </p><p>Nobody has said the package is "bad". We have stated that many feel that they are undercompensated. We have also provided examples of jobs with commensurate benefits and better compensation. We absolutely love to talk about other companies downsizing at UPS. The reality is that there are also many companies that are growing as well. The majority of career choices all have intangibles. The landscape of a particular industry and job is key to the decision making process when choosing a new career path. Downsizing is usually at the end of a long road of change, often the careers that are contracted are on someones radar screen long before someone would take a job. There are situations like Enron, but they are few and far between. </p><p> </p><p>The bottom line is that there are many many good jobs out there with helathy growing companies that are not in any danger of downsizing. They offer attractive packages for talented people and United Parcel Service has an outstanding reputation out on the street. </p><p> </p><p>Why don't more people leave? There are two reasons that come to mind above all else. First, The investment in time and money. Many of our management folks have been here for years and years. They have quite an investment in this company and they have accrued quite a bit of stock in that time. It would still be theirs if they left, but many are determined to see their career through. This is not an organization that a lot of people leave after 10 or 15 years in management. </p><p> </p><p>The other may be a lot more unpopular, but I believe it is fear. Fear of the unknown. If you think about the process that most of our people go through in their UPS career path, it ends up being the only job they have ever known, at least in a professional sense. That does not mean that our folks are not talented or dedicated, it just means that they can become institutionalized. It can be a very scary proposition facing the job market at 35-40 years old after you have had only 1 professional management job your whole life. You have never been on an interview outside of UPS, never networked successfully, calling people for favors whom you do not know. You may have the skillset, talent- and in more and more cases, even the college degree, but it can be scary to actually start the process of looking for a new job. Your UPS peer group sure isn't going to be sympathetic, and everything you are told when you work at UPS- is that the glass is half-empty in the job world outside of Big Brown. </p><p> </p><p>Why do I stay? I am a little different. I had considerable outside experience in my chosen career, sales, outside of UPS. I was actively recruited to work at UPS and was hired directly into management. (My first day was the first day of new sup school!!!) The compensation plan that I entered UPS with was based on my abilities and performance in my sales career BEFORE I arrived at UPS. I am compensated pretty well. Are there other jobs out there that are better, Yes. Do I have an updated resume and have I listened to other offers while I have been in the employ of United Parcel Service, sure. I know how important it is to manage my professional career. I am at UPS now because I think the experience for what I am doing will be invaluable in my career in the future. Does that future include UPS? It remains to be seen. </p><p> </p><p>There is a larger issue here also, it is one we have discussed before at length, but we should touch on it again. If an employee is unhappy with a decision that UPS makes, like the restructuring of the MIP-Are they bad employees because they discuss that issue or openly voice their concerns about the change in policy-? </p><p> </p><p>I'd like to hear some other thoughts on this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="interested, post: 51865"] Pro, Nobody has said the package is "bad". We have stated that many feel that they are undercompensated. We have also provided examples of jobs with commensurate benefits and better compensation. We absolutely love to talk about other companies downsizing at UPS. The reality is that there are also many companies that are growing as well. The majority of career choices all have intangibles. The landscape of a particular industry and job is key to the decision making process when choosing a new career path. Downsizing is usually at the end of a long road of change, often the careers that are contracted are on someones radar screen long before someone would take a job. There are situations like Enron, but they are few and far between. The bottom line is that there are many many good jobs out there with helathy growing companies that are not in any danger of downsizing. They offer attractive packages for talented people and United Parcel Service has an outstanding reputation out on the street. Why don't more people leave? There are two reasons that come to mind above all else. First, The investment in time and money. Many of our management folks have been here for years and years. They have quite an investment in this company and they have accrued quite a bit of stock in that time. It would still be theirs if they left, but many are determined to see their career through. This is not an organization that a lot of people leave after 10 or 15 years in management. The other may be a lot more unpopular, but I believe it is fear. Fear of the unknown. If you think about the process that most of our people go through in their UPS career path, it ends up being the only job they have ever known, at least in a professional sense. That does not mean that our folks are not talented or dedicated, it just means that they can become institutionalized. It can be a very scary proposition facing the job market at 35-40 years old after you have had only 1 professional management job your whole life. You have never been on an interview outside of UPS, never networked successfully, calling people for favors whom you do not know. You may have the skillset, talent- and in more and more cases, even the college degree, but it can be scary to actually start the process of looking for a new job. Your UPS peer group sure isn't going to be sympathetic, and everything you are told when you work at UPS- is that the glass is half-empty in the job world outside of Big Brown. Why do I stay? I am a little different. I had considerable outside experience in my chosen career, sales, outside of UPS. I was actively recruited to work at UPS and was hired directly into management. (My first day was the first day of new sup school!!!) The compensation plan that I entered UPS with was based on my abilities and performance in my sales career BEFORE I arrived at UPS. I am compensated pretty well. Are there other jobs out there that are better, Yes. Do I have an updated resume and have I listened to other offers while I have been in the employ of United Parcel Service, sure. I know how important it is to manage my professional career. I am at UPS now because I think the experience for what I am doing will be invaluable in my career in the future. Does that future include UPS? It remains to be seen. There is a larger issue here also, it is one we have discussed before at length, but we should touch on it again. If an employee is unhappy with a decision that UPS makes, like the restructuring of the MIP-Are they bad employees because they discuss that issue or openly voice their concerns about the change in policy-? I'd like to hear some other thoughts on this. [/QUOTE]
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