Sick of hearing from customers, "working late, huh?"

[Holydriver]

You also have to realize, you would never make the same $ anywhere else doing the same job. The reality of this industry is you can't have your cake and eat it too. You ultimately have to choose what is most important to you. Time or $.

what good is all the money if you dont have the time to spend it? oh, saving for retirement? what good is all that money thats saved when you dont get to use it until youre old and handicapped?

 

[JL 0513]

what good is all the money if you dont have the time to spend it? oh, saving for retirement? what good is all that money thats saved when you dont get to use it until youre old and handicapped?

At least we have the weekends free for activities. We live in a retail economy in which the single most common job is working in a store. On the weekends. The second most common job is working in a restaurant, on the weekends.

 

[Shifting Contents]

Rookie. I've been off for 12 weeks now. With still another 4-8 to go. I may not be back until DST goes away. I might completely escape the "late" comments.

But I didn't have to hurt myself to get the time off

My wife took one for the team

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I will be on the bench for 4 weeks after Peak recovering from surgery for a non-work related injury.

 

[wayfair]

Along with winter's short daylight comes this constant comment from customers. It's one thing if it's after 8, but I'm hearing it in the 5 o'clock hour. Just because it's dark doesn't mean it's late people. I don't have bankers hours like you. So for 3 hours a day I have to respond. I often say "always". In July, if I have a long day and it's 8pm I never hear it. Because it's still light out.

What do you guys say?

"no, it's early."

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

"Smile and wave, boys."

 

[MAKAVELI]

what good is all the money if you dont have the time to spend it? oh, saving for retirement? what good is all that money thats saved when you dont get to use it until youre old and handicapped?

Like I said, you are the highest paid in the industry, there is something you have to be willing to trade for that $. You can always just quit and go work at McDonald's, where you'll have all the free time you want.

 

[FrigidFTSup]

And creating lots of union jobs...for the postal unions... Right??

SurePost is touched by union hands from pickup until the delivery point. Most of that is volume we wouldn't have had otherwise.

 

[Billy Ray]

what good is all the money if you dont have the time to spend it? oh, saving for retirement? what good is all that money thats saved when you dont get to use it until youre old and handicapped?

Probably should quit now.

 

[Cementups]

I will be on the bench for 4 weeks after Peak recovering from surgery for a non-work related injury.

Must be that "privileged" lifestyle of yours

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

SurePost is touched by union hands from pickup until the delivery point. Most of that is volume we wouldn't have had otherwise.

Suit has a point. SmartPost goes directly from the shipper to the PO.

 

[Coldworld]

SurePost is touched by union hands from pickup until the delivery point. Most of that is volume we wouldn't have had otherwise.

It is taking driving jobs and letting us keep a few 8.00 per hour jobs... Really, come on.

 

[Coldworld]

I will be on the bench for 4 weeks after Peak recovering from surgery for a non-work related injury.

What a hernia that you received from outside work..

 

[AKCoverMan]

"Yes'm it is rather late, but Santa is getting old and needs a lot of help."

 

[Coldworld]

Yes but for the most part this is volume that we wouldn't have.

So if we didn't have sure post the company would be bankrupted...I'm pretty sure that fedex could beat in pricing most of the time do if that was the case we should have been out of business 10 years ago... I think sure post started out as something ups had to do now it has grown into something else...just like telematics...company is great at abusing things

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Do you like "free shipping"? I do.

 

[Wally]

Don't hate on us lazy people!

 

[wayfair]

Do you like "free shipping"? I do.

nothing is free

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

nothing is free

Hence the quotes.

 

[Holydriver]

Probably should quit now.

Nah, I'm not a . I'll finish a degree first. Then I'll get easy work and live. Thing is, to some money is everything. To others, money is something. Id gladly trade a 50k job and have 15 more free hours a week plus almost unlimited energy than hoelw I currently live. I'm a friend-ing single parent and UPS seems to think their numbers are more important than my life. Wrong