Well I thought this might be a somewhat positive thread "BUT" I see I was wrong. However, I'll be a little positive here.
Last Thursday, a fellow UPSer retired after 30 years and he and I in the weeks leading up to his retirement talked about life at UPS. A few distasteful moments but tons of good and even funny stuff over the years. Now I read about Ind. Driver Steve Roach who also has a positive outlook on what he does.
As I look back over the years sure I can name several events I didn't like but as I think about it all, these are not what comes to mind. It's the positive, humorous events that come to mind way more often than not. UPS, with all its faults has been overall a good thing for me and IMO I think the future wil be pretty good too. I'm sure there will be moments I don't like but like the past, the positives will outweigh the negatives.
I can't say I'll hang around 40 years like Steve Roach has because the wife and I have some plans that don't include a daily visit to UPS but I appreciate what I have had a chance to experience because of my association with the company. And even in a time when sending folks out the door to boost the bottomline is in favor, UPS has choosen, as much as they can, to keep folks working and this type of security and loyality is something not common place in this day and age. We all (management and hourly)need to step back and give this more consideration than we seem too.
Thanks UPS. Your not perfect by a long shot but then again neither am I.