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TSG WAKE UP! UPS rules with fear and intimidation
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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 82930" data-attributes="member: 1940"><p><strong><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Let's bring things into perspective...</strong></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p>I'd venture to say that most people don't really care for their jobs. In fact most people are in a day to day rut<span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy">,</span></span> living week to week. They are only working at their jobs to support themselves and take time off. Ever heard the song "Everybody's working for the weekends"? </p><p></p><p>For example<span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy">:</span></span> if you were to ask a UPS driver if he likes his job I'd be willing to bet that over 50% would say "YES". The question is does he or she like it for the right reasons?? Does he or she like the physical aspect, the social aspect with customers, the being <span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy">their</span></span> own boss on <span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy">their</span></span> own<span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy">,</span></span> outdoors, the health benefits, the pay? You'd probably have to say that if you were making 50k-75k a year doing this, all isnt bad. By the way this same senario can be applied to Supervisors, Managers, Division level and above. Basically it can be applied anyone, in any job, at any company.</p><p></p><p>View # 2 says B.S. My back hurts, my sup sucks, the <st1 ="">Union</st1> never backs me up, doing the same old lugging of packages around is really getting old. <em><em>This is where you can add your own reason of why you might hate your job.</em></em></p><p></p><p>Could it just possibly be a state of mind? After all, UPS has been around for almost 100 years. Other companies have the same challenge... Keeping their employees excited about coming to work everyday.</p><p></p><p>Another thing... It also boils down to choice!! We all make our own decisions when it comes to accepting a job or not. When the lifestyle and the spouse get used to that paycheck it even makes it harder to leave<span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy">,</span></span> if you want to. </p><p></p><p>If you have passion about succeeding at UPS<span style="color: navy"><span style="color: navy">,</span></span> or somewhere else, doing something you're actually happy (passionate) about, thats what you should set your sights on if you aren't satisfied with your current situation. </p><p></p><p>But to say that UPS or GM or Starbucks or Microsoft sucks is really not their fault. After all, they've done what they can to provide you with something to choose from.</p><p></p><p>Easier said than done, but it had to be said..</p><p></p><p>Ultimately the choice is ups to us..<span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><o =""></o></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 82930, member: 1940"] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][B]Let's bring things into perspective...[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] I'd venture to say that most people don't really care for their jobs. In fact most people are in a day to day rut[COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy],[/COLOR][/COLOR] living week to week. They are only working at their jobs to support themselves and take time off. Ever heard the song "Everybody's working for the weekends"? For example[COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy]:[/COLOR][/COLOR] if you were to ask a UPS driver if he likes his job I'd be willing to bet that over 50% would say "YES". The question is does he or she like it for the right reasons?? Does he or she like the physical aspect, the social aspect with customers, the being [COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy]their[/COLOR][/COLOR] own boss on [COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy]their[/COLOR][/COLOR] own[COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy],[/COLOR][/COLOR] outdoors, the health benefits, the pay? You'd probably have to say that if you were making 50k-75k a year doing this, all isnt bad. By the way this same senario can be applied to Supervisors, Managers, Division level and above. Basically it can be applied anyone, in any job, at any company. View # 2 says B.S. My back hurts, my sup sucks, the <st1 ="">Union</st1> never backs me up, doing the same old lugging of packages around is really getting old. [I][I]This is where you can add your own reason of why you might hate your job.[/I][/I] Could it just possibly be a state of mind? After all, UPS has been around for almost 100 years. Other companies have the same challenge... Keeping their employees excited about coming to work everyday. Another thing... It also boils down to choice!! We all make our own decisions when it comes to accepting a job or not. When the lifestyle and the spouse get used to that paycheck it even makes it harder to leave[COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy],[/COLOR][/COLOR] if you want to. If you have passion about succeeding at UPS[COLOR=navy][COLOR=navy],[/COLOR][/COLOR] or somewhere else, doing something you're actually happy (passionate) about, thats what you should set your sights on if you aren't satisfied with your current situation. But to say that UPS or GM or Starbucks or Microsoft sucks is really not their fault. After all, they've done what they can to provide you with something to choose from. Easier said than done, but it had to be said.. Ultimately the choice is ups to us..[FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][FONT=Arial]<o =""></o>[/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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