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<blockquote data-quote="pretzel_man" data-source="post: 394959" data-attributes="member: 927"><p>Scuderia,</p><p> </p><p>I really think you are asking the wrong questions, and setting yourself up for failure.</p><p> </p><p>The WORST reasons to go into management is to make more money or to have easier work.</p><p> </p><p>The management job is much different than the hourly job. Full time management makes up less than 10% of UPS. You will be held accountable for the work of others.</p><p> </p><p>To be successful, you must be an excellent planner and communicator. You must be able to hold people accountable (the right way), and have excellent follow up skills.</p><p> </p><p>All these things are hard and being successful requires more than just hard work. In today's environment technical skills and education become important.</p><p> </p><p>You will be asked to think and act as if you were an owner, not an employee. A major failiing we have is that many in mangement are not prepared for what this job entails.</p><p> </p><p>All this being said, I made the decision to go into management over 30 years ago and it was a great decision. Of course times were different then, but I didn't know what the pay or benefits were when I accepted the job. I wanted to do that kind of work.</p><p> </p><p>I've had a great career and did many cool things for UPS. Lots of varied assignments and worked with very good people.</p><p> </p><p>If pay is your reason, don't go into management. Do it becasue its the type of work you want to do.</p><p> </p><p>P-Man</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pretzel_man, post: 394959, member: 927"] Scuderia, I really think you are asking the wrong questions, and setting yourself up for failure. The WORST reasons to go into management is to make more money or to have easier work. The management job is much different than the hourly job. Full time management makes up less than 10% of UPS. You will be held accountable for the work of others. To be successful, you must be an excellent planner and communicator. You must be able to hold people accountable (the right way), and have excellent follow up skills. All these things are hard and being successful requires more than just hard work. In today's environment technical skills and education become important. You will be asked to think and act as if you were an owner, not an employee. A major failiing we have is that many in mangement are not prepared for what this job entails. All this being said, I made the decision to go into management over 30 years ago and it was a great decision. Of course times were different then, but I didn't know what the pay or benefits were when I accepted the job. I wanted to do that kind of work. I've had a great career and did many cool things for UPS. Lots of varied assignments and worked with very good people. If pay is your reason, don't go into management. Do it becasue its the type of work you want to do. P-Man [/QUOTE]
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