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<blockquote data-quote="FrigidFTSup" data-source="post: 2564153" data-attributes="member: 58894">I don&#039;t regret my choice to do it. But it isn&#039;t for everyone.To kind of go off what everybody else has said. You do work longer hours. I&#039;m at my 60 every week. A lot of hourlies do that many hours, but the vast majority do not (contrary to the hive mind speak on here). I saw one member say guys work from 7:30-8:30. I&#039;ve never had that experience. There are sups that come in later, but I&#039;m usually in the door by 545AM. Peak, if I&#039;m not driving it&#039;s 515. 7 if I am.The stress is a lot different. There is a lot more you have to worry about. You aren&#039;t worried about your package car. You are worried about 20 guys and 20 package cars. You catch crap from both sides. Guys are pissed about their dispatches and the center manager is pissed about the numbers. If you want to be successful you have to have a level of critical thinking and be able to problem solve. Both skills are missing at every level of this company.One beautiful thing about being hourly is one you hit punch out, you&#039;re done. Not the case in management. I&#039;m on vacation this week and the phone hasn&#039;t stopped. I ignore most of it, but it doesn&#039;t go away. Same with when you are working. I can&#039;t remember the last weeknight I sat down for dinner and didn&#039;t have it interrupted by the phone. I&#039;m very lucky to have a partner who understands and doesn&#039;t go crazy over it. But you also have to set personal limits. Frankly, guys are just going to hate you. I mean, there is just no avoiding it. Even if you don&#039;t treat them like garbage chances are there is someone in their career that has. You&#039;re that guy now. Relationships are important, but it takes a lot of time to build them. I started in a new center last July, and I&#039;m just starting to feel like I have a good relationship with the guys in my driver group. Some will never come around, but oh well.If you have any questions PM me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FrigidFTSup, post: 2564153, member: 58894"] I don't regret my choice to do it. But it isn't for everyone. To kind of go off what everybody else has said. You do work longer hours. I'm at my 60 every week. A lot of hourlies do that many hours, but the vast majority do not (contrary to the hive mind speak on here). I saw one member say guys work from 7:30-8:30. I've never had that experience. There are sups that come in later, but I'm usually in the door by 545AM. Peak, if I'm not driving it's 515. 7 if I am. The stress is a lot different. There is a lot more you have to worry about. You aren't worried about your package car. You are worried about 20 guys and 20 package cars. You catch crap from both sides. Guys are pissed about their dispatches and the center manager is pissed about the numbers. If you want to be successful you have to have a level of critical thinking and be able to problem solve. Both skills are missing at every level of this company. One beautiful thing about being hourly is one you hit punch out, you're done. Not the case in management. I'm on vacation this week and the phone hasn't stopped. I ignore most of it, but it doesn't go away. Same with when you are working. I can't remember the last weeknight I sat down for dinner and didn't have it interrupted by the phone. I'm very lucky to have a partner who understands and doesn't go crazy over it. But you also have to set personal limits. Frankly, guys are just going to hate you. I mean, there is just no avoiding it. Even if you don't treat them like garbage chances are there is someone in their career that has. You're that guy now. Relationships are important, but it takes a lot of time to build them. I started in a new center last July, and I'm just starting to feel like I have a good relationship with the guys in my driver group. Some will never come around, but oh well. If you have any questions PM me. [/QUOTE]

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