Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
When Did the Decline Start?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="quad decade guy" data-source="post: 4747444" data-attributes="member: 77939"><p>No one has mentioned the strike. The company has never been the same. Going public finished it off. </p><p></p><p>My reference starts from 40 years ago. Let's review/explore.....</p><p></p><p>When I started until really a few years ago, it was more like being in the military. Uniforms, appearance standards and mental and yes physical abuse. It was a one-way street. Very rigid. And it worked. Steady work and good benefits and always great pay...for everyone. If you could put up with all that, didn't mind hard work, you could have a career with just a high school diploma or such.</p><p></p><p>The strike crippled/shook this company to it's core. It also allowed FED-EX to become a powerful competitor. I truly think this is not debatable. UPS's sense of pride and singular purpose was challenged and broken those two weeks. They are still angry to this day. Are we still in business? Still here and all that? Yes we are but not like it used to be. UPS did things their own way.....they didn't care or have to listen to anyone...They were a monolith. Very Postal Service like.</p><p></p><p>But....is this a good or bad thing?</p><p></p><p>This subject is way too nebulous for here. Personally if giving up trinkets for milestones, not say shaving ever again or the equipment I have access to now or the pay I receive.....I'll take it. Compared to the way it used to be......decline is a good thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="quad decade guy, post: 4747444, member: 77939"] No one has mentioned the strike. The company has never been the same. Going public finished it off. My reference starts from 40 years ago. Let's review/explore..... When I started until really a few years ago, it was more like being in the military. Uniforms, appearance standards and mental and yes physical abuse. It was a one-way street. Very rigid. And it worked. Steady work and good benefits and always great pay...for everyone. If you could put up with all that, didn't mind hard work, you could have a career with just a high school diploma or such. The strike crippled/shook this company to it's core. It also allowed FED-EX to become a powerful competitor. I truly think this is not debatable. UPS's sense of pride and singular purpose was challenged and broken those two weeks. They are still angry to this day. Are we still in business? Still here and all that? Yes we are but not like it used to be. UPS did things their own way.....they didn't care or have to listen to anyone...They were a monolith. Very Postal Service like. But....is this a good or bad thing? This subject is way too nebulous for here. Personally if giving up trinkets for milestones, not say shaving ever again or the equipment I have access to now or the pay I receive.....I'll take it. Compared to the way it used to be......decline is a good thing. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Home
Forums
Brown Cafe UPS Forum
UPS Discussions
When Did the Decline Start?
Top