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<blockquote data-quote="CoryAndTrevor" data-source="post: 3059640" data-attributes="member: 67995"><p>So I'm pretty sure this thread was supposed to be about just drivers striking? Anyway who cares, I'm going to rant about package handlers, specifically local sort (I haven't done any pre-loading, so I have no idea what the situation is there).</p><p></p><p>Point is, I have beef with the problem at my center of "not enough and/or not good enough people in local sort." According to management, there are either too many people not being as careful as they should during local sort, or there are not enough people. Sometimes it's people not showing up, sometimes it's "can't find enough good hires."</p><p></p><p>My beef is, our pay is 10.20 for local sort. Reading around these forums, old heads are saying they made 8 or 9 an hour, like 20 or 30 years ago. So while other jobs went from 4 or 5 to 8 or 9 in that time, I'm talking fast food and washing cars and stuff, package handlers at UPS went from 8 or 9 to.... Wait for it... 10.20.</p><p></p><p>Now I could be totally wrong about those numbers, it's just hearsay I've gotten from this site. </p><p></p><p>But what I do know is, for the amount of, I <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> you not, backbreaking labor local sort people put in, whether they have good hustle or not, I think 10.20 is just about peanuts. Honestly, I'm going to be driving come peak. But If I had not been hired as a cover driver, I would at this point consider a SLIGHTLY lower paying job which did not require as much blood/sweat/tears. </p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong; I'm not exactly bitching here. I actually don't mind the work all that much, but I don't see it as a workable long term thing, just something for college-age people to do until they have better things to do. </p><p></p><p>Sorry I'm rambling, but the point is, RAISE THE <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" />ING WAGE, management, if you want "good hires" or "people to show up for work" or "more staff." Am I just missing something here? I know raising it from 10.20 to, I don't know, 12 to 14, would hurt the bottom line, but I would think that the increase in volume UPS is getting as brick and mortar continue to give way to online sales, coupled with more and better staff at 12 to 14 an hour, would, again I'm speculating here, more than make up for the loss in profits from raising the wage.</p><p></p><p>Somebody check me here-- Is this totally stupid, or is it plausible?</p><p></p><p>Oh yeah, I hope it goes without saying that I only know the situation at my center, for all I know everywhere else is all rainbows and unicorn jizz.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CoryAndTrevor, post: 3059640, member: 67995"] So I'm pretty sure this thread was supposed to be about just drivers striking? Anyway who cares, I'm going to rant about package handlers, specifically local sort (I haven't done any pre-loading, so I have no idea what the situation is there). Point is, I have beef with the problem at my center of "not enough and/or not good enough people in local sort." According to management, there are either too many people not being as careful as they should during local sort, or there are not enough people. Sometimes it's people not showing up, sometimes it's "can't find enough good hires." My beef is, our pay is 10.20 for local sort. Reading around these forums, old heads are saying they made 8 or 9 an hour, like 20 or 30 years ago. So while other jobs went from 4 or 5 to 8 or 9 in that time, I'm talking fast food and washing cars and stuff, package handlers at UPS went from 8 or 9 to.... Wait for it... 10.20. Now I could be totally wrong about those numbers, it's just hearsay I've gotten from this site. But what I do know is, for the amount of, I :censored: you not, backbreaking labor local sort people put in, whether they have good hustle or not, I think 10.20 is just about peanuts. Honestly, I'm going to be driving come peak. But If I had not been hired as a cover driver, I would at this point consider a SLIGHTLY lower paying job which did not require as much blood/sweat/tears. Don't get me wrong; I'm not exactly bitching here. I actually don't mind the work all that much, but I don't see it as a workable long term thing, just something for college-age people to do until they have better things to do. Sorry I'm rambling, but the point is, RAISE THE :censored:ING WAGE, management, if you want "good hires" or "people to show up for work" or "more staff." Am I just missing something here? I know raising it from 10.20 to, I don't know, 12 to 14, would hurt the bottom line, but I would think that the increase in volume UPS is getting as brick and mortar continue to give way to online sales, coupled with more and better staff at 12 to 14 an hour, would, again I'm speculating here, more than make up for the loss in profits from raising the wage. Somebody check me here-- Is this totally stupid, or is it plausible? Oh yeah, I hope it goes without saying that I only know the situation at my center, for all I know everywhere else is all rainbows and unicorn jizz. [/QUOTE]
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