QKRSTKR
Well-Known Member
Is the first job that you have ever had? Are you telling us that this is the worst place that you have ever worked? I worked in a Christmas bulb factory during the summer when I was going to college. We worked 12 hour shifts for minimum wage. Benefits? Yeah, right. It was nothing to see someone fired on the spot. Remember that strike in '97? You were probably still in high school. I worked construction during the strike. 46 of the hardest hours I had ever worked for the grand total of $253. Have you ever tried to do your job while wearing a chemical protection suit in 100+ degree temperatures, performed perimeter security at a C-141 crash site while others looked for body parts or refueled a B-52 in -68F windchill conditions?
Have things changed at UPS? Absolutely and these changes in part are why UPS continues to post record profits. Is the production push necessary? Yes but not to the degree that they are using it. I work in a small center where 9.5 is not just a number---we simply don't go over 9.5. I am not harassed on a daily basis. Our efforts are appreciated---we came to work two days this week to find water and Gatorade waiting for us. We work together to get the job done..
I guess I am being less than kind with you as I cannot fully appreciate the level of harassment and disrespect that you describe as that has not been my experience. For that I apologize. I do not apologize for saying that if you truly cannot handle the heat that you should quit and that there are at least a hundred who would be more than willing to fill your spot and that you would be forgotten within the week.
You seem to work in the only center that doesnt work over 9.5. Our center manager has no control. Our stops per car were so high last week our average paid day for the whole center was over 9.5. Talking 50 drivers. So how can OUR management team work us any less when theY AREN'T ALLOWED TO BREAK STOPS PER CAR? We can't talk to the people that are making the decisions. Who knows where they are even at. Maybe if others had what you have, they wouldn't be whining. When's the last time you had 11 hr dispatch. Oh that's right, your center doesn't go over 9.5.
I will agree the pay is good, the benefits are good, the hours suck. It's not the job. It's the hours. I get along with my mangament team and realized that throught this crap we are going through, they are in the boat with us. The job does provide real good for my family. They are worth the crap I deal with. We have good weekends together. We have the $$$ to do what we want. I've made more money this year than most households will make this whole year.
The reason you don't whine is cause it sounds like you have nothing to wine about. Just cause others do isn't a reason to tell them off the way you do.
http://youtu.be/jAfzMnjMHfc
This clip sums it up sometimes. It's how some feel sometimes.