Why does the pay for part-timers suck so much?

[km3]

The drivers get amazing wages but the part-timers get squat for the work we do. $10 an hour? To load up trucks in that heat/cold? How far does $10 an hour get you these days?
I mean I get it, people who make more than us want to keep up down because it means they have more money both relatively and absolutely. Why work us for $15, when prices will just inflate and reduce the real value of your $30? Better to keep us as a slave underclass who keeps the value of your $30 floating nice and high right?
I'm not saying every newbie that walks in on the street deserves the whole farm, but can we get bumped up a little or what? Jesus Christ

Looks to me like you have one of the easier jobs at UPS. Let people who actually work complain about the wages.

 

[old levi's]

The drivers get amazing wages but the part-timers get squat for the work we do. $10 an hour? To load up trucks in that heat/cold? How far does $10 an hour get you these days?
I mean I get it, people who make more than us want to keep up down because it means they have more money both relatively and absolutely. Why work us for $15, when prices will just inflate and reduce the real value of your $30? Better to keep us as a slave underclass who keeps the value of your $30 floating nice and high right?
I'm not saying every newbie that walks in on the street deserves the whole farm, but can we get bumped up a little or what? Jesus Christ

Are you employed here for the lousy pay, or do you plan to drive one day?

 

[eats packages]

Quit now!

You should be grateful they pay you that much.

Looks to me like you have one of the easier jobs at UPS. Let people who actually work complain about the wages.

Stay if you want.
Maximize hours. Maximize benefits.
Help others around you and help yourself to a load stand, handcart, coworkers, 1 package at a time. Don't give a single square inch of your body away for this company. Especially not while people earn investment dividends from the comfort of their couch.

 

[UrFellowUpser]

Glad i was only part-time for 8 months. I still dont know how i even won a bid with so many higher seniority guys that was working the belt. Seems like most dont want this job. And after the day i had i dont blame them

 

[UrFellowUpser]

Also when i was a baggage handler for Greyhound we aint get paid jack starting pay was like 8.75 an hr. And after working there 8yrs i only got up to 10.95 .The greyhound drivers got paid like 23 an hr tops. It depends on the job that you do.

 

[Gman33909]

The drivers get amazing wages but the part-timers get squat for the work we do. $10 an hour? To load up trucks in that heat/cold? How far does $10 an hour get you these days?
I mean I get it, people who make more than us want to keep up down because it means they have more money both relatively and absolutely. Why work us for $15, when prices will just inflate and reduce the real value of your $30? Better to keep us as a slave underclass who keeps the value of your $30 floating nice and high right?
I'm not saying every newbie that walks in on the street deserves the whole farm, but can we get bumped up a little or what? Jesus Christ

Tell your fellow part timers to VOTE

 

[golden-handcuffs]

I always encourage all the part-timers around me to vote. After 18 years of being part time, it is finally paying off, around $25/hr and 20+ hours of overtime a week, I'd take a pay cut to go full time (at least for the first 3-4 years).

 

[Jkloc420]

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I always encourage all the part-timers around me to vote. After 18 years of being part time, it is finally paying off, around $25/hr and 20+ hours of overtime a week, I'd take a pay cut to go full time (at least for the first 3-4 years).

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[Jkloc420]

Tell your fellow part timers to VOTE

im telling them to vote no

 

[retired2000]

You get less pay because all the part timers voted yes for the last contract

 

[40 and out]

The drivers get amazing wages but the part-timers get squat for the work we do. $10 an hour? To load up trucks in that heat/cold? How far does $10 an hour get you these days?
I mean I get it, people who make more than us want to keep up down because it means they have more money both relatively and absolutely. Why work us for $15, when prices will just inflate and reduce the real value of your $30? Better to keep us as a slave underclass who keeps the value of your $30 floating nice and high right?
I'm not saying every newbie that walks in on the street deserves the whole farm, but can we get bumped up a little or what? Jesus Christ

Your pay sucks because of a two-tier part time wage beginning in 1982. The hybrid driver scheme is this contract's full time version. So years from now someone will start a thread "Why does my driver pay suck so much?".

 

[browndevil]

The drivers get amazing wages but the part-timers get squat for the work we do. $10 an hour? To load up trucks in that heat/cold? How far does $10 an hour get you these days?
I mean I get it, people who make more than us want to keep up down because it means they have more money both relatively and absolutely. Why work us for $15, when prices will just inflate and reduce the real value of your $30? Better to keep us as a slave underclass who keeps the value of your $30 floating nice and high right?
I'm not saying every newbie that walks in on the street deserves the whole farm, but can we get bumped up a little or what? Jesus Christ

Because we've been selling out the part timers for over 30 years!

 

[TheMachine]

True. It's great for people who want to stay part time.

Thing is, most around here never get to top rate as an air driver. It's just a stop on the way to FT driver. Something to think about with the newest second class 22.4 position.

Just another way for the company to put off top rate even longer than the crappy 4 year progression.

New contract sees PT progression eliminated though, I just saw.

Any current PT employee should be voting NO to this contract.

 

[mikejonesjr]

I am voting no. Losing progression = I make less than I normally would and it sucks.

 

[Reading Rainbow]

Now hold on a second, when you say we are losing part time progression. What do you mean, no more general wage increases?

 

[mikejonesjr]

Now hold on a second, when you say we are losing part time progression. What do you mean, no more general wage increases?

No we still get the GWI. Just for me personally had they kept progression from the last contract I would make more. Seniorty + 4 years pay etc

 

[Reading Rainbow]

Yeah it's a real shame. Hopefully we actually have a democratic union that votes this thing down, and not an president that will force it through.

 

[jagger john]

The drivers get amazing wages but the part-timers get squat for the work we do. $10 an hour? To load up trucks in that heat/cold? How far does $10 an hour get you these days?
I mean I get it, people who make more than us want to keep up down because it means they have more money both relatively and absolutely. Why work us for $15, when prices will just inflate and reduce the real value of your $30? Better to keep us as a slave underclass who keeps the value of your $30 floating nice and high right?
I'm not saying every newbie that walks in on the street deserves the whole farm, but can we get bumped up a little or what? Jesus Christ

thats why we will vote nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[wayfair]

I always encourage all the part-timers around me to vote. After 18 years of being part time, it is finally paying off, around $25/hr and 20+ hours of overtime a week, I'd take a pay cut to go full time (at least for the first 3-4 years).

You're only problem is your "vested Years".

18 years of pt work compared to 18 of ft... HUUUUUGe difference

 

[PT Car Washer]

You're only problem is your "vested Years".

18 years of pt work compared to 18 of ft... HUUUUUGe difference

I make the same hourly wage as the FT employees I work with and a whole lot more then the 22.3 employees.