Bruh. Like when she was flying friend-16s in the military and none of the guys could handle all the Gs she was pulling. Landed her the role of squadron commander and later, astronaut.
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Bruh. Like when she was flying friend-16s in the military and none of the guys could handle all the Gs she was pulling. Landed her the role of squadron commander and later, astronaut.
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
Bubblehead
My Senior Picture
The one thing I never got used to as a Teamster is that members that have more seniority than you think they are better than you. I got this job at almost age 38 . Before this job merit was more important than anything else as it should be.
Seniority carries more importance than it should. I had little respect with drivers that had more seniority that thought theirdidn't stink and tried to skate their way along than drivers who were totally professional no matter where they were on the board.
This is one thing i do not miss at all.
I would like to know who evaluates "merit" and by what standards???
What I find "interesting", is that in one sentence she is railing about those who have more seniority as "thinking that they are better than you", then in the next clamoring about "merit"???
Isn't "merit" just an avenue for the Company to arbitrarily tell us one employee is "better" than the next; while "seniority" a concrete variable that implies an employee has satisfied the same conditions of employment for a period of time???....making them "better"???
For me, in this arena, I'll take the seniority system; because no matter how fast a junior employee runs, or the shortcuts they choose to take, they will never catch me, "as it should be".
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oldngray
nowhere special
Usually said by people with little seniority.
The people with more went through being low on the totem pole so its only right they should benefit from it later.
542thruNthru
Well-Known Member
I literally had to check the search function to see if she had told a story like that. It just shows you how ridiculous her stories are!
1989
Well-Known Member
But still a fact.
Not fact.... the ones at the top did not go through what they go through now. And most couldn’t do it. They have the least amount of experience in their centers.
oldngray
nowhere special
Ones with most seniority have the least experience?
1989
Well-Known Member
Yes, I have the lowest seniority, but have the most experience. It’s not even close. They know few routes, they have no clue how bad/good other buildings have it.
oldngray
nowhere special
Knowing a lot of routes isn't having more experience.
And most drivers went through that before they got their own routes.
1989
Well-Known Member
1996 was much different than 2018. The worst part make then was having 200 dell servers going to the 42nd floor. Thank got for tablets.
Doing more routes plus doing the job longer is more experience.
oldngray
nowhere special
Which equals higher seniority drivers.
1989
Well-Known Member
Wrong
MyTripisCut
Never bought my own handtruck
Quit transferring so much, and you won’t have to cry about your seniority.
So wait a minute. You've nutshot your own seniority a couple times and are now using your own rare and personal experience to critique seniority as experienced by 99%+ of union hourlies at UPS?
1989
Well-Known Member
My seniority is only good for a transfer. I only follow the rules. If the union won’t protect my job. The union will be the only reason why I may have to leave ups.
Dracula
Package Car is cake compared to this...
I won't pretend to know you, but your complaints sound identical to a lot of drivers I know, that sit on, or near the bottom of the seniority list. "It's not fair," "I never get days off when I want."
And I won't even argue with you about who works harder; that's playing UPS's game.
And knowing more routes than other drivers doesn't make you more experienced, it makes you a cover driver.
I've worked here my whole adult life, and you're right, having little seniority sucks, but you deal with it the same way we all did: day by day.
1989
Well-Known Member
Critiquing seniority when used as an entitlement. Seniority should not be used to screw your neighbor.
