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What's the best part about working for UPS and the worst part about working for UPS?
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<blockquote data-quote="freeloader" data-source="post: 5108310" data-attributes="member: 12163"><p>I started as a PT hub employee and ended as a FT administrative employee.</p><p></p><p>As a hub employee I enjoyed working at UPS. I made alot of good friends while working there and despite management's reputation for being strong-armed, it was a fairly social work environment. I did everything from loading, unloading, sorting and carwash and most everyone was pleasant to work with. I worked 20-25 hours per week for the evening reload/twilight shift while I went to college during the day. There were many others doing the same thing. The pay was good at the time: at least double whatever minimum wage was. Plus good benefits and omg the christmas turkey. I often think back to the time I worked as a part-timer and actually kinda miss it sometimes.</p><p></p><p>After a few years I became FT administrative employee working in the district hub and other buildings around the district. With this job I got a different view of UPS. Many overworked, stressed-out FT sups and managers. Some egotistical and unrealistic division managers that looked down on those below them. Lots of lifers whose UPS experience didn't matter much outside of UPS. One of the things that always baffled me is how extremely efficient UPS is at delivering packages and managing their hourlies but how extremely inefficient UPS is at managing their managers (referring to the hours that management is expected to work). I knew FT sups and managers that worked 50-60 hour weeks and there was nothing they could do to change that no matter how well they did their job. During peak it was 60-70 hours. I told myself that would never be me. I was encouraged to go through the promotion process (can't remember the specific name of it) and I was in what they call the management candidate pool. I had a few interviews and my own manager told me to say whetever the interviewer wanted to hear, which didn't make sense to me. I didn't want to sell my soul to UPS, so I definitely threw an interview or two. Aside from alot of negativity that I noticed in some of the district management, I did get to travel a bit. Mostly around the district and to Atlanta a few times. Got to play around with alot of new UPS technologies (all the new wireless stuff at the time). As a FT administrative employee you definitely hit a ceiling if you don't plan to move into management, which I didn't plan to do. So at that point decided it was time to move on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="freeloader, post: 5108310, member: 12163"] I started as a PT hub employee and ended as a FT administrative employee. As a hub employee I enjoyed working at UPS. I made alot of good friends while working there and despite management's reputation for being strong-armed, it was a fairly social work environment. I did everything from loading, unloading, sorting and carwash and most everyone was pleasant to work with. I worked 20-25 hours per week for the evening reload/twilight shift while I went to college during the day. There were many others doing the same thing. The pay was good at the time: at least double whatever minimum wage was. Plus good benefits and omg the christmas turkey. I often think back to the time I worked as a part-timer and actually kinda miss it sometimes. After a few years I became FT administrative employee working in the district hub and other buildings around the district. With this job I got a different view of UPS. Many overworked, stressed-out FT sups and managers. Some egotistical and unrealistic division managers that looked down on those below them. Lots of lifers whose UPS experience didn't matter much outside of UPS. One of the things that always baffled me is how extremely efficient UPS is at delivering packages and managing their hourlies but how extremely inefficient UPS is at managing their managers (referring to the hours that management is expected to work). I knew FT sups and managers that worked 50-60 hour weeks and there was nothing they could do to change that no matter how well they did their job. During peak it was 60-70 hours. I told myself that would never be me. I was encouraged to go through the promotion process (can't remember the specific name of it) and I was in what they call the management candidate pool. I had a few interviews and my own manager told me to say whetever the interviewer wanted to hear, which didn't make sense to me. I didn't want to sell my soul to UPS, so I definitely threw an interview or two. Aside from alot of negativity that I noticed in some of the district management, I did get to travel a bit. Mostly around the district and to Atlanta a few times. Got to play around with alot of new UPS technologies (all the new wireless stuff at the time). As a FT administrative employee you definitely hit a ceiling if you don't plan to move into management, which I didn't plan to do. So at that point decided it was time to move on. [/QUOTE]
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