My sentiments exactly.I wont care as long as the pension check cashes.
I wont care as long as the pension check cashes.
The only way you will have a pension check is if we stay union. It's a pyramid scheme and if we lose the base, the money won't last long.
Or is it a PONZIE scheme just like Social Security. The "boomers" are probably the last generation to collect on it. After all, how long can you live off of IOU slips!
ups will reap the harvest from the seeds they sew. ups is not sewing any seeds now. so they will not be harvesting. drivers are only being dispatched to cover current deliveries with just enough time to do deliveries. we are not allowed to sew any seeds. so i predict if this current trend continues and we are continually harvesting and not sewing, we will not have any thing to harvest in the future.
Less US drivers but larger workforce Internationally.
Logistics will be a larger revenue generator than US Ground Small Package.
UPS will have a different makeup in regards to which units generate revenue and profit.
UPS will have many business units providing goods and services that don't even exist today.
UPS must find it's next "greatest generation". Young people, who will move this company forward, continue to make it profitable and give UPS a strong base of well trained. dedicated drivers with a high level of integrity. We are all at the mercy of this young and up coming group of employees. The health of this incredible company, whose success we've all enjoyed, depends on them all. Our pension, our benefits and jobs hangs on the balance, if we cannot find good workers to take us into the future. I'm amazed at the history of UPS and those that have come before us. Every time we see a driver retiring after 30 years of service, He or She is taking a tremendous amount of experience with them and it must be replaced.
Secondly, I see major contract refinements. Because of automation, the current contract is not up to date with the times. The current contract is based on past practice. I am not saying that the contract needs to be completely demolished, and re-written from scratch because it certainley does not. However, do not be suprised if the company pushes for production standards in the next contract. Automation takes skilled positions, de-skills them, and makes them entry level UPS jobs. The bid book for many part-time operational positions will be closed, and open positions will be filled by new hires. The changes are dramatic, and the company is very aggressive when it comes to reciving a return on investment with new operational equipment. These changes are already taking place in many hubs, and are scheduled to take place in the remaining hubs. These are not posibilities. They are the future.
What do you think UPS will look like 20 yrs from now. Larger/Smaller. Union/Non-union. Will it go the way of REA and cease to exist?
From a hub operational stand point, I see two major changes in the coming years. I will list each change in chronological order, with the succeeding change being a direct result of it's predecessor.
Firstly, we will see more facilities step into the current times as corporate transportation vists our US hubs, and installs automation systems. These automation systems include NGSS (Next Generation Smalls Sort), Bullfrog (Fully automated smalls sort), MDS (Misload Detection System.. no visit from corporate required for installation), and more. Each automation system feeds the fire in transforming the hub operations. When I say that each automation system fuels the fire, I am saying that NGSS will cut building staffing needs and increase production in smalls sort, while MDS will raise the MAR to about 1/5000. The bullfrog will eliminate the need for any smalls sort staffing as it is fully automated. Therefore, I see a great reduction in the amount of employed part-time employees. I do not forsee any layoffs or such, but I do forsee part-time employees leaving the company without being replaced. I also believe that smart scanners are avaliable as well which would replace our current emerald sanners produced by motorola. Although smart scanners are not exactly automation, they DO feed the fire in the transformation of UPS. They will allow our loaders to work at what once was, an unrealistic speed (since there would be no checking involved). This cuts the amount of hours in which it takes to wrap a belt, and also cuts the staffing to bare minimum. I would say that each outbound belt would be able to drop one loader. That one loader would probably be sent to the primary to help pump out the volume into the outbound. The primary would finish up, and the outbound would wrap up nearly right after at .5 or 30 minutes afterwards on a daily basis. The amount of automation, and automation-like tools will increase over the years, and the M.A.R's will continue to climb in nearly every operational element.
Secondly, I see major contract refinements. Because of automation, the current contract is not up to date with the times. The current contract is based on past practice. I am not saying that the contract needs to be completely demolished, and re-written from scratch because it certainley does not. However, do not be suprised if the company pushes for production standards in the next contract. Automation takes skilled positions, de-skills them, and makes them entry level UPS jobs. The bid book for many part-time operational positions will be closed, and open positions will be filled by new hires. The changes are dramatic, and the company is very aggressive when it comes to reciving a return on investment with new operational equipment. These changes are already taking place in many hubs, and are scheduled to take place in the remaining hubs. These are not posibilities. They are the future.
Other changes will take place as a direct result of these two changes I am sure. Worst part is: I am only a part-time supervisor
What do you think UPS will look like 20 yrs from now. Larger/Smaller. Union/Non-union. Will it go the way of REA and cease to exist?