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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1178860" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>There's multiple reasons why retention has gone to <img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />. The "new" starting pay will be frozen until the tentative agreement is finally ratified and most 17-20 year old kids aren't going to sling boxes for a buck more an hour than McDonald's, the economy is "improving" somewhat, and (at least in my area) UPS went on their usual post-peak hiring blitz.. then stopped hiring during spring.. and now local HR is trying to get bodies in the door when it's 100 degrees in the shade every day. The last 4 employees hired on my shift all quit before they finished their probationary period. </p><p></p><p>Another big reason is the expectations.. when I was first hired in the mid-2000's, we were "expected" to load (in the outbound) 250 pieces per hour. Somewhere between '05-'07, that increased to 300 per hour -- still reasonable, but a definite increase. Then from '07 onward, that went up to 350/hour and now it's somewhere in the range of 400-500 per hour, depending on who you ask. </p><p></p><p>While the union doesn't recognize production, most new hires don't understand that concept and they get beat down by baby-faced Hitlers in UPS polo shirts that just got out of high school.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1178860, member: 42270"] There's multiple reasons why retention has gone to [IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG]. The "new" starting pay will be frozen until the tentative agreement is finally ratified and most 17-20 year old kids aren't going to sling boxes for a buck more an hour than McDonald's, the economy is "improving" somewhat, and (at least in my area) UPS went on their usual post-peak hiring blitz.. then stopped hiring during spring.. and now local HR is trying to get bodies in the door when it's 100 degrees in the shade every day. The last 4 employees hired on my shift all quit before they finished their probationary period. Another big reason is the expectations.. when I was first hired in the mid-2000's, we were "expected" to load (in the outbound) 250 pieces per hour. Somewhere between '05-'07, that increased to 300 per hour -- still reasonable, but a definite increase. Then from '07 onward, that went up to 350/hour and now it's somewhere in the range of 400-500 per hour, depending on who you ask. While the union doesn't recognize production, most new hires don't understand that concept and they get beat down by baby-faced Hitlers in UPS polo shirts that just got out of high school. [/QUOTE]
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