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What will be an automatic NO vote for you?
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<blockquote data-quote="PCLoadPackage" data-source="post: 3556563" data-attributes="member: 72673"><p>THIS!</p><p></p><p>Being a UPS Package Handler used to pay a premium wage compared to other entry level jobs (fast food, grocery store, etc). At $11/hr, it's now in the same range as most of those. It's certainly a much harder job physically. I'd argue that it also takes a bit more mentally (at least if you actually make an attempt to load the car properly). The starting wage needs to go up to the point where we actually start attracting better employees. In some centers, it needs to go up to attract any new employees at all.</p><p></p><p>Our center has a few people that can't seem to make it to work 5 days in a row. There are some that regularly (multiple times each week) show up 20-30 minutes late. Some of the cars are loaded so poorly that the driver goes to the first couple dozen stops twice as he/she finally finds the packages. We don't fire these people because we have nobody to replace them. If there was a line of new applicants, it could greatly help us cut the dead weight. ...which would eventually lead to less turnover, less training needed, better load quality, more efficiency all around, blah blah blah. I know not every manager can connect those dots, but it seems like somebody at some level could.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PCLoadPackage, post: 3556563, member: 72673"] THIS! Being a UPS Package Handler used to pay a premium wage compared to other entry level jobs (fast food, grocery store, etc). At $11/hr, it's now in the same range as most of those. It's certainly a much harder job physically. I'd argue that it also takes a bit more mentally (at least if you actually make an attempt to load the car properly). The starting wage needs to go up to the point where we actually start attracting better employees. In some centers, it needs to go up to attract any new employees at all. Our center has a few people that can't seem to make it to work 5 days in a row. There are some that regularly (multiple times each week) show up 20-30 minutes late. Some of the cars are loaded so poorly that the driver goes to the first couple dozen stops twice as he/she finally finds the packages. We don't fire these people because we have nobody to replace them. If there was a line of new applicants, it could greatly help us cut the dead weight. ...which would eventually lead to less turnover, less training needed, better load quality, more efficiency all around, blah blah blah. I know not every manager can connect those dots, but it seems like somebody at some level could. [/QUOTE]
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