What are the sizes of the buildings you guys work in? How many trucks are in there? How many slides? How many trucks do you do at a time by yourself? Whats your PPH estimated at? What are the sizes of your pools? Just wondering if my hub is ridiculous with the numbers they put out. This is a physical job and i dont see why they feel the need to run the numbers for everything done in that building. Things should be done safely and at a good pace. Not a pace set that forces you to be running in and out of trucks. Also, what is peak season like at your buildings? I worked 10-12 hours every day during peak. They never gave a break. When i first started we had 2, 30 min videos before being thrown into the warehouse. Was told the numbering system of the trucks and they left me to 6 trucks by myself.
#1) UPS has long stressed production -- which is measured by how fast you load/unload/sort. This will never change. Work quickly, work efficiently, work safely. Harassment and micro-management, unfortunately, is part of the work environment If you can't handle it, you won't last. Just remember that the union doesn't recognize production standards -- only "a fair days work for a fair days pay," so as long as you're trying (not talking, not using the rest room every 20 minutes, etc.), you'll keep your job. And the faster you work, the more work you'll do.
#2) Peak season is always crazy. Unless your state laws differ (there's only a half-dozen states or so, and some don't apply to UPS), you'll only receive a single 10-minute break. Many of us would love to work 10-12 hours... I got about 6 most days, and have to beg for my 3.5 guarantee most days right now.
#3) Your training seems typical of many facilities.
#4) Society currently reigns under bean counters. If you worked at a fast food restaurant, you'll deal with numbers like how many consumers you served per hour, how long they waited, etc. If you worked at a grocery store, you'll deal with numbers like carts per hour, rings per minute (cashier), items stocked per hour, etc. Technology is a wonderful thing, but it's brought all sorts of less-meaningful data that managers feel they need to use. Until a new generation of managers reigns and filters through it, we'll have to deal with it.
Welcome to UPS, btw.
