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<blockquote data-quote="SeniorGeek" data-source="post: 78339" data-attributes="member: 4823"><p><span style="font-family: 'Fixedsys'">I've been lurking, and I got to the point that I must respond to so many things....</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Fixedsys'">I'll start with another set of data points, this from Oregon District (which gets to absorb or shed the Region Techs from the TSC):</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Fixedsys'">For 38 techs, 14 technician positions and 24 Severance Allowance Packages (SAPs) will be available. </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Fixedsys'">Once all 14 jobs are taken, the remaining people will be offered only SAPs. In the unlikely situation where all 24 SAPs are taken before the list is completed, the remaining people will not have the SAP option.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Fixedsys'">The "line" is drawn at a late-1996 or early-1997 date-of-hire. (Sorry, I don't have the exact info handy.)</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Fixedsys'">Of the 11 management (that I can think of right now), two have recently gone to IE. I imagine that others will leave TSG, too. Maybe they'll be needed to get the work done.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Fixedsys'">Things we've been told by authoritative sources (such as HR, Region TSG Manager or District TSG Management):</span></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Fixedsys'">No other positions will be offered to technicians. </span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Fixedsys'">The substitute for TSC will not be UPS staffed, and will not (for now) go overseas.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Fixedsys'">UPS Management can not provide any form of reference, but HR will provide us a letter that explains that this is a Workforce Reduction - to help assure potential employers that we weren't fired for incompetence/misconduct/etc.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Fixedsys'">Anyone who takes the SAP will be flagged as "No Rehire", and the SAP agreement has a clause "...that I will not seek employment with the Company or any of its affiliates in the future." [I hope "affiliates" doesn't include everyone with a shipping account....]</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Fixedsys'">Anyone taking the SAP will work until a "mutually-agreed-upon" date, which is to be determined in our one-on-one meetings, based on each individual's situation.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Fixedsys'">The one-on-one meetings are scheduled for February 9th, and SAP papers will be ready-to-sign on February 10th.</span></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><span style="font-family: 'Fixedsys'">A week after hearing "mutually-agreed-upon date", we're told that "February 10th will be the last day for several people". We cross-examined management until we got a date range, and learned that some people might stay as much as a week after signing papers!</span></li> </ul><p><span style="font-family: 'Fixedsys'">My intent was one MegaPost with all the info, plus some specifics about the SAP contract, plus responses to some of the things I've read here, plus something about how I've felt (and toward whom)...but we've just had a couple of power glitches, and I want to shut down my home PC until this storm has passed. You are spared the lengthy diatribe...for now.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SeniorGeek, post: 78339, member: 4823"] [FONT=Fixedsys]I've been lurking, and I got to the point that I must respond to so many things....[/FONT] [FONT=Fixedsys]I'll start with another set of data points, this from Oregon District (which gets to absorb or shed the Region Techs from the TSC):[/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Fixedsys]For 38 techs, 14 technician positions and 24 Severance Allowance Packages (SAPs) will be available. [/FONT] [*][FONT=Fixedsys]Once all 14 jobs are taken, the remaining people will be offered only SAPs. In the unlikely situation where all 24 SAPs are taken before the list is completed, the remaining people will not have the SAP option.[/FONT] [*][FONT=Fixedsys]The "line" is drawn at a late-1996 or early-1997 date-of-hire. (Sorry, I don't have the exact info handy.)[/FONT][/LIST][FONT=Fixedsys]Of the 11 management (that I can think of right now), two have recently gone to IE. I imagine that others will leave TSG, too. Maybe they'll be needed to get the work done.[/FONT] [FONT=Fixedsys]Things we've been told by authoritative sources (such as HR, Region TSG Manager or District TSG Management):[/FONT] [LIST] [*][FONT=Fixedsys]No other positions will be offered to technicians. [/FONT] [*][FONT=Fixedsys]The substitute for TSC will not be UPS staffed, and will not (for now) go overseas.[/FONT] [*][FONT=Fixedsys]UPS Management can not provide any form of reference, but HR will provide us a letter that explains that this is a Workforce Reduction - to help assure potential employers that we weren't fired for incompetence/misconduct/etc.[/FONT] [*][FONT=Fixedsys]Anyone who takes the SAP will be flagged as "No Rehire", and the SAP agreement has a clause "...that I will not seek employment with the Company or any of its affiliates in the future." [I hope "affiliates" doesn't include everyone with a shipping account....][/FONT] [*][FONT=Fixedsys]Anyone taking the SAP will work until a "mutually-agreed-upon" date, which is to be determined in our one-on-one meetings, based on each individual's situation.[/FONT] [*][FONT=Fixedsys]The one-on-one meetings are scheduled for February 9th, and SAP papers will be ready-to-sign on February 10th.[/FONT] [*][FONT=Fixedsys]A week after hearing "mutually-agreed-upon date", we're told that "February 10th will be the last day for several people". We cross-examined management until we got a date range, and learned that some people might stay as much as a week after signing papers![/FONT][/LIST][FONT=Fixedsys]My intent was one MegaPost with all the info, plus some specifics about the SAP contract, plus responses to some of the things I've read here, plus something about how I've felt (and toward whom)...but we've just had a couple of power glitches, and I want to shut down my home PC until this storm has passed. You are spared the lengthy diatribe...for now.[/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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