LOL!
Will you keep your tail between your legs and do what the daily EMail from IE tells you?
Is the money better in PT supervising compared to PT union hourly? Yes it is, but again, more money more problems. Also, you'll be working more hours to get the money and you will be expected to make UPS your life even as a part-time supervisor
The part time supevisor in todays world is much better treated and much better compensated then I ever was as a part time sup. Your statement is more accurate in reference to the old days.
With the 850 starting wage the skill level of todays part time sup is much less then we had many years ago. So we either promote someone who is barely literate but knows the job or we promote someone off the street who is literate but does not know or understand our company and the job.
The part time sup works a 5.5 hour day. Anything over that is compensated with overtime. Todays part time sup is nothing more then an hourly worker with a management title.
Accountability!!! From all sides employees (hourly), p/t sups/ft sups, as well as yourself,
Holding employee accountable
fairness across the board
fast decision making
be respectful not disrespectful @ all times
love a challenge
can take negative feedback for all the screw ups (i promise will happen) handle working long hours (well deserved pay)
don't take to much home
don't mind paperwork
learning something needed to be done 2 weeks ago your center manager just gave you to do by the end of the night
my personal favorite dealing w/ you drvrs (just kidding I get along very well w/ drvrs except the bottles of urine that come down the belt in a tote box.
That's just a few to add to the good info already in this thread...
IMPO I love my job in management(yeah, I know give it a couple more years I heard that) it has its bad days but for the most part I have a great team of p/t sups we work well together. It's called communication you can bet that 95% of the time when something goes wrong there was no communication there. Learn from everyone around you take advice, listen to what others have to say sometimes its better than what you had in mind. Being opened minded to change, when your not making your #'s we all hear about change something, it may not work the first time or the second by the 3rd if its not going to go back to the drawing board. I am fair 100% of the time worked in almost every position from preload to reload so I have a good sense of what someone is going thru where there working and keep that in mind when I approach a situation.. The hardest part for me is to fire someone, I do not like for anyone to loose their job. Sometimes that's what has to happen to awaken or simply its the best decision. I recently hand to send a young man packing bec. of communicating threats, real ones not a young man who I trust very explosive. Like I explained to him UPS is not right for some people wish him well and ended on good terms I could keep going (but I'll leave that chapter out IDOLESS WORK THAN MOST ) lol...
Do very serious thinking about management its not for everyone your personal life has a lot to do with it. There's test you will take along with panel, so I wish you the best..
The part time supevisor in todays world is much better treated and much better compensated then I ever was as a part time sup. Your statement is more accurate in reference to the old days.
With the 850 starting wage the skill level of todays part time sup is much less then we had many years ago. So we either promote someone who is barely literate but knows the job or we promote someone off the street who is literate but does not know or understand our company and the job.
The part time sup works a 5.5 hour day. Anything over that is compensated with overtime. Todays part time sup is nothing more then an hourly worker with a management title.
There should be a requirement of atleast 5 years of driving experience before one can become an on car supe. I am sick and tired of the bean counters with absolutely no clue as to how things actually are in the "trenches" of a driver's day and year and yet can have the audacity to make you think your methods or whatever is the causes of over allowed days!
It is worth it. Your salary will no longer be capped by collective bargaining....
Ask yourself:
Do you really think you can make a difference where others have not?
-Too many of us collecting a check for nothing
Can you forgive, forget and move on with people?
-There are going to be a lot of feelings hurt and standoff's with employees and peers. The best management do not hold grudges.
Are you a computer dork?
-He/She who has the info or can find it, has power and its all trapped in the computer and the 10,000,000 report generating systems.
Drama, can you handle it?
-Your life better be free of it because you will inherit the drama in every one of your employees lives.
Can you "Just Get it Done?"
-You will be thrown into situations where you have zero experience, zero tools, zero training and a deadline that must be met. If you aren't a "Get it done" person now, you will not be successful.
Todays part time sup is nothing more then an hourly worker with a management title.
The part time supevisor in todays world is much better treated and much better compensated then I ever was as a part time sup. Your statement is more accurate in reference to the old days.
With the 850 starting wage the skill level of todays part time sup is much less then we had many years ago. So we either promote someone who is barely literate but knows the job or we promote someone off the street who is literate but does not know or understand our company and the job.
The part time sup works a 5.5 hour day. Anything over that is compensated with overtime. Todays part time sup is nothing more then an hourly worker with a management title.
This is all a shame, UPS can be so much better. I'd like to go into management. However, when I see management and sup's in my center stressing so bad that they are willing to pass the buck to there driver or loader to make themselves look good or not get the blame for something.