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<blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriѵeOut" data-source="post: 1102482" data-attributes="member: 44954">There are probably better articles out there about the trend of shifting to all part time workers, but&nbsp; this one: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/business/a-part-time-life-as-hours-shrink-and-shift-for-american-workers.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/business/a-part-time-life-as-hours-shrink-and-shift-for-american-workers.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0</a>has some interesting quotes. Since most won&#039;t read it:&nbsp;Mr. Flickinger, the retail consultant, said companies benefited from&nbsp; using many part-timers. “It’s almost like sharecropping — if you have a&nbsp; lot of farmers with small plots of land, they work very hard to produce&nbsp; in that limited amount of land,” he said. “Many part-time workers feel a&nbsp; real competition to work hard during their limited hours because they&nbsp; want to impress managers to give them more hours.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Ms. Rosser, the Jamba Juice district manager, amplified on the advantages.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;“You don’t want to work your team members for eight-hour shifts,” she&nbsp; said. “By the time they get to the second half of their shift, they&nbsp; don’t have the same energy and enthusiasm. We like to schedule people&nbsp; around four- to five-hour shifts so you can get the best out of them&nbsp; during that time.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Yes, that guy actually referenced share-cropping.&nbsp; I won&#039;t even get into that, but I&nbsp; will say the divide between full&nbsp; timers&nbsp; and part timers only&nbsp; benefits UPS, not the workers and the union that represents them.As a part timer I want my wage to better reflect the kind of work I do. However, I also can&#039;t afford to work two part time jobs my entire life.&nbsp; It will never add up to the income of one full time job, and not even close to the income full time upsers make.&nbsp; &nbsp;Higher PT wages AND more opportunities to go FT.&nbsp;&nbsp; Many, many, more opportunities to go FT, and actually follow through this time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DriveInDriѵeOut, post: 1102482, member: 44954"] There are probably better articles out there about the trend of shifting to all part time workers, but this one: [URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/business/a-part-time-life-as-hours-shrink-and-shift-for-american-workers.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0[/URL] has some interesting quotes. Since most won't read it: Mr. Flickinger, the retail consultant, said companies benefited from using many part-timers. “It’s almost like sharecropping — if you have a lot of farmers with small plots of land, they work very hard to produce in that limited amount of land,” he said. “Many part-time workers feel a real competition to work hard during their limited hours because they want to impress managers to give them more hours.” Ms. Rosser, the Jamba Juice district manager, amplified on the advantages. “You don’t want to work your team members for eight-hour shifts,” she said. “By the time they get to the second half of their shift, they don’t have the same energy and enthusiasm. We like to schedule people around four- to five-hour shifts so you can get the best out of them during that time.” Yes, that guy actually referenced share-cropping. I won't even get into that, but I will say the divide between full timers and part timers only benefits UPS, not the workers and the union that represents them. As a part timer I want my wage to better reflect the kind of work I do. However, I also can't afford to work two part time jobs my entire life. It will never add up to the income of one full time job, and not even close to the income full time upsers make. Higher PT wages AND more opportunities to go FT. Many, many, more opportunities to go FT, and actually follow through this time. [/QUOTE]

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