UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
cost of living must be pretty low where you live. there's never enough money for this job.
The key is to budget based on 40 hours---everything else is gravy.
cost of living must be pretty low where you live. there's never enough money for this job.
I do believe top-rate should fluctuate around the country based on this example above. A driver should make more in the mid-west or east coast delivering in a snow-storm than myself delivering in the So-Cal rain same time of the year.On misloads, it's a safety issue as much as it is sweeping the problem under the rug so higher management won't be forced to find a real solution. Safetywise, area knowledge is extremely important. Example; they once sent a coworker of mine out to deliver a misload on my route in the winter. If he'd fell for the nice dry roads you start out on, he'd have been backing uphill, in the dark, on a windy road for approximately half a mile to get back out. Otherwise ice would have dumped him in the ditch and they'd still be trying to figure out how to get his p1000 out. Extreme, yes, but no worse that trying to find a house number in the dark in an area you don't know.
I do believe top-rate should fluctuate around the country based on this example above. A driver should make more in the mid-west or east coast delivering in a snow-storm than myself delivering in the So-Cal rain same time of the year.
Why? It's to your benefit. If your in Syracuse/Albany or those whereabouts and delivering in the snow and ice and i'm in sunny Los Angeles delivering on a sunny day the same time of year, who's job is more dangerous? Not mine. Yes, cost of living is higher here...........so! Earthquakes? Overrated. We have had 2 so called major earthquakes in the last 25 years. Whittier in 1987 and Northridge in 1994. You get blasted with crappy weather, what? 4 months out of the year EVERY YEAR. Drivers here would run to the Home Depot for a job there. We are spoiled.100% disagree with this.
I cant see a match on the 401k. UPS is already paying about 8 bucks an hour per full time driver on their pension.All FT on 9.5 list w/opt Out option. Elimination of PT cover driver, as it hinders FT hiring. FT jobs!! Definitely no two tier wage syst. Matching 401k would be a +. 8yrs in and still waiting for FT.
I want to be able to wear mutton chops. Take away my pension, free healthcare, and cut my pay to $10 an hour. I demand to be able to wear facial hair!
How about firing all management personnel and replace them with a bunch of 6th graders. The 6th graders will do a far superior job of managing this company than this current bunch of clowns. I would even accept no pay raise for this. I am tired of working for people that have no clue of what they are doing.Please list most important to least .
ME ......
Better paid days......................... ( 8-9 hrs instead of 9-10 hrs OR LONGER ! )
Better plans to ask for day off ...... ( VERY hard to get day off in my hub )
Better 9.5 plan ........................... ( current 9.5 plan sucks )
Less Harassment .........................( UPS hates us )
Better benifits/retirement............ ( I am 41 with 24 yrs , so I can not retire early )
Better sick days ......................... ( maybe have 2 weeks option instead of 1 week )
Less Use of telematics.................. ( talk to , NO waring letters )
small raise.................................. ( everyone needs cash )
maybe get paid in stock options ?... ( if no raise , GIVE ME STOCK )
overall better working condtions ....( go back in the past , UPS was a PERFECT , GREAT job 10 yrs ago !!!!!! )
Why? It's to your benefit. If your in Syracuse/Albany or those whereabouts and delivering in the snow and ice and i'm in sunny Los Angeles delivering on a sunny day the same time of year, who's job is more dangerous? Not mine. Yes, cost of living is higher here...........so! Earthquakes? Overrated. We have had 2 so called major earthquakes in the last 25 years. Whittier in 1987 and Northridge in 1994. You get blasted with crappy weather, what? 4 months out of the year EVERY YEAR. Drivers here would run to the Home Depot for a job there. We are spoiled.