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<blockquote data-quote="Outdoorsman48" data-source="post: 813912" data-attributes="member: 33812"><p><span style="color: #333333">I graduated college in May and had a few interviews ready for after graduation when I got home, Casual driver position, being one of them. </span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333333">UM, I dont understand, you go to school to become a casual driver? And that is one of the interviews you scheduled?</span></strong></p><p><em><span style="color: #333333">If you read all of what I’ve said, I said with the economy being tough and not many jobs available I decided to give a big company like UPS a try. Money driving is better than no money at all. Is that not true? And work my way up. Most of my friends that graduated either work terrible jobs or had to take free internships, I figured I would “research” UPS. I found out about BD and thought it was a solid plan. </span></em></p><p> <span style="color: #333333">I felt as tho the interviews I went on were not for the most legit companies so I decided to give driving a shot</span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333333">Actually the honest version is "I was told that someone fresh out of school wanting a high paying job were a dime a dozen. So since no one would hire me, I settled for UPS."</span></strong><em>Actually the honest version, “I graduated in one of the toughest times (tell me that’s not true, tell me we are not in a bad economic recession…you can not) and UPS seemed like a smart option.” </em></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333">and from everything I learned/know/and was told about UPS, they are a great company to work for and like to hire from within. My goal was to drive as a casual until the end of the year and move up to Business Development, which just about everyone in UPS told me was very feasible and they sounded excited about me. </span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333333">Lets see, your not even just a part time employee, you are casual. And just about everybody at UPS sounded exited and it is very feasible for you to go from casual to full time business development? Really? And what type of drugs were you on that day they fed you this stuff? This happens in movies, not real life.</span></strong><em><span style="color: #333333">Casual driver that workI worked 55 plus hours a week during peak. Thank you for proving I was deceived. Why did they fill my mind with this, if it’s only possible in movies? Hmm, sound shady? And I have never done drugs in my life, thank you.</span></em></p><p> <span style="color: #333333">Well, a week before peak ended, they tell me know BD isn't all that realistic for me at the time and introduced the idea of Part Time Supervisor.</span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333333">And you dont see the part time job as a move up from casual?</span></strong></p><p><em><span style="color: #333333">Less pay to me is not a move</span></em></p><p> <span style="color: #333333"> My spirit was instantly shot down when they told me that. I had a pretty crappy route, one that I was told is the worst for learning the area. </span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333333">It might be a bad area for learning delivery, but it just might be the perfect area to prove your mettle and determination....</span></strong></p><p><em><span style="color: #333333">I agree and definitely proved myself, they told me that</span></em></p><p> <span style="color: #333333"> Missing street signs, streets that don't even make sense, dirt roads (packages all fell on the ground). </span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333333">And this is UPS's Fault how?</span></strong></p><p><em><span style="color: #333333">I never said it was, just explained part of why the route was hard to learn</span></em></p><p> <span style="color: #333333"> But I always thought; this is what I need to do and if I do, I will be a better person and get the career I truly want. </span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333333">There you go, some straight talk, first thing you said that made sense.</span></strong></p><p><em><span style="color: #333333">Yup</span></em></p><p> <span style="color: #333333"> They said I would need to do the P.T. Super job first, then be promoted up tom BD. </span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333333">Far be it for me to disagree with "they" but that is not how it usually works.</span></strong></p><p><em><span style="color: #333333">They made me feel like that is how it work, that’s the thing.</span></em></p><p> <span style="color: #333333"> Well, I took the MAPP assessment December 30th. I got laid off Dec 31st. One week later HR says, "hey we'd love for you to come in for an interview, hold tight, we will call you in a few days." I was so happy, so I waited one week and nothing came. So I called them and I hear, "oh yeah, a few days." well its now been almost 2 months. I could have gotten a different job in this amount of time. HR calls me last week to see if I am still interested in Management. They said I need to take the MAPP, I said I already did. They said, oh, how did you do? I said, nobody ever told me. "Oh, well we will look and call you today." I am tired of waiting to be called back, so I drove in. </span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333333">After two months off, this is the first time you paid a face to face?</span></strong><span style="color: #333333">I made one hell of a good </span></p><p> <span style="color: #333333">impression on them. They said the infamous "we will call you in a few days." That was last Tuesday, so almost a week. </span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333333">Two months off without any face time, only calls, and you made a hell of an impression alright! What were you doing with your time off?</span></strong></p><p><em><span style="color: #333333">After dec 31st, they told me they would keep in touch. 1 week went by and they called me and said they want me in for an interview. Great I thought, and asked when approx they think it may happen. “we will call you in a few days.”1 week went by, so I personally went in. They said again a few days. Nothing. And this process went on from the first week in January til now. I did drive myself in a few times and nothing and got the same line each time.</span></em></p><p> <span style="color: #333333"> I feel like they affected me negatively, because I waited for them and as a result lost 2 months of a pay check. What do you guys think? </span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333333">Well since you asked, I will get to that later. But how could they affect you negatively? It was you that sat around without going back to the center, sitting around on your lazy behind, without following through on the phone calls. Who do you have to blame but yourself for your failure?</span></strong></p><p><em><span style="color: #333333">I never sat on my behind. I called and I went in multiple times. </span></em></p><p> <span style="color: #333333"> I agree with all that, but what does one do? wait 5 years til they promote another PT Super to open up a spot? For a job that may or may not even get me to BD, </span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333333">Well we wont ever know now will we?</span></strong></p><p><span style="color: #333333">And after researching, it sounds like UPS in not the most honest or caring for their employees.</span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333333">You want honest and caring, get married. Thats what you are looking for, someone to take care of you. Newsflash, UPS ain't it, they aint your mamma, and they wont breast feed you.</span></strong></p><p><span style="color: #333333">Breast feeding and being told things that never happened are not the same, but thank you for the health lesson.</span></p><p> <span style="color: #333333"> They made BD look like it was right there. They said they are always looking for new people and especially younger people. I'm 22, the next youngest is like 42. I will give them til Friday, and then lost one of the best workers they will see. </span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333333">All I see here is Wah wah wah....</span></strong></p><p><em><span style="color: #333333">If you cannot see a kid fresh out of college; researching, then making a plan for himself and committing to the plan and everyone he comes in contact with show positive feedback/support and fill his head with ideas that are not going to happen a bit sad then this convo is obviously wasted. I never cried and never whined, just did my job and hoped for the best. </span></em></p><p> <span style="color: #333333"> I am damn right giving UPS an ultimatum. </span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #333333">Hey bubba, you need to go back to school. Someone that issues an ultimatum needs to hold all the cards. And from what you have written so far, all you hold is the joker.</span></strong></p><p><em><span style="color: #333333">If you read, I mentioned I got defensive with the “ultimatum” comment, because it bothered me. I came here for advice and people tore me pieces for reasons that are not a reality. The ultimatum is can’t keep wasting my time going in and talking with them and calling forever. Come on man, seriously.</span></em></p><p> <span style="color: #333333"></span></p><p> <span style="color: #333333"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Outdoorsman48, post: 813912, member: 33812"] [COLOR=#333333]I graduated college in May and had a few interviews ready for after graduation when I got home, Casual driver position, being one of them. [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]UM, I dont understand, you go to school to become a casual driver? And that is one of the interviews you scheduled?[/COLOR][/B] [I][COLOR=#333333]If you read all of what I’ve said, I said with the economy being tough and not many jobs available I decided to give a big company like UPS a try. Money driving is better than no money at all. Is that not true? And work my way up. Most of my friends that graduated either work terrible jobs or had to take free internships, I figured I would “research” UPS. I found out about BD and thought it was a solid plan. [/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=#333333]I felt as tho the interviews I went on were not for the most legit companies so I decided to give driving a shot[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]Actually the honest version is "I was told that someone fresh out of school wanting a high paying job were a dime a dozen. So since no one would hire me, I settled for UPS."[/COLOR][/B][I]Actually the honest version, “I graduated in one of the toughest times (tell me that’s not true, tell me we are not in a bad economic recession…you can not) and UPS seemed like a smart option.” [/I] [COLOR=#333333]and from everything I learned/know/and was told about UPS, they are a great company to work for and like to hire from within. My goal was to drive as a casual until the end of the year and move up to Business Development, which just about everyone in UPS told me was very feasible and they sounded excited about me. [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]Lets see, your not even just a part time employee, you are casual. And just about everybody at UPS sounded exited and it is very feasible for you to go from casual to full time business development? Really? And what type of drugs were you on that day they fed you this stuff? This happens in movies, not real life.[/COLOR][/B][I][COLOR=#333333]Casual driver that workI worked 55 plus hours a week during peak. Thank you for proving I was deceived. Why did they fill my mind with this, if it’s only possible in movies? Hmm, sound shady? And I have never done drugs in my life, thank you.[/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=#333333]Well, a week before peak ended, they tell me know BD isn't all that realistic for me at the time and introduced the idea of Part Time Supervisor.[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]And you dont see the part time job as a move up from casual?[/COLOR][/B] [I][COLOR=#333333]Less pay to me is not a move[/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=#333333] My spirit was instantly shot down when they told me that. I had a pretty crappy route, one that I was told is the worst for learning the area. [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]It might be a bad area for learning delivery, but it just might be the perfect area to prove your mettle and determination....[/COLOR][/B] [I][COLOR=#333333]I agree and definitely proved myself, they told me that[/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=#333333] Missing street signs, streets that don't even make sense, dirt roads (packages all fell on the ground). [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]And this is UPS's Fault how?[/COLOR][/B] [I][COLOR=#333333]I never said it was, just explained part of why the route was hard to learn[/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=#333333] But I always thought; this is what I need to do and if I do, I will be a better person and get the career I truly want. [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]There you go, some straight talk, first thing you said that made sense.[/COLOR][/B] [I][COLOR=#333333]Yup[/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=#333333] They said I would need to do the P.T. Super job first, then be promoted up tom BD. [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]Far be it for me to disagree with "they" but that is not how it usually works.[/COLOR][/B] [I][COLOR=#333333]They made me feel like that is how it work, that’s the thing.[/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=#333333] Well, I took the MAPP assessment December 30th. I got laid off Dec 31st. One week later HR says, "hey we'd love for you to come in for an interview, hold tight, we will call you in a few days." I was so happy, so I waited one week and nothing came. So I called them and I hear, "oh yeah, a few days." well its now been almost 2 months. I could have gotten a different job in this amount of time. HR calls me last week to see if I am still interested in Management. They said I need to take the MAPP, I said I already did. They said, oh, how did you do? I said, nobody ever told me. "Oh, well we will look and call you today." I am tired of waiting to be called back, so I drove in. [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]After two months off, this is the first time you paid a face to face?[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#333333]I made one hell of a good [/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333]impression on them. They said the infamous "we will call you in a few days." That was last Tuesday, so almost a week. [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]Two months off without any face time, only calls, and you made a hell of an impression alright! What were you doing with your time off?[/COLOR][/B] [I][COLOR=#333333]After dec 31st, they told me they would keep in touch. 1 week went by and they called me and said they want me in for an interview. Great I thought, and asked when approx they think it may happen. “we will call you in a few days.”1 week went by, so I personally went in. They said again a few days. Nothing. And this process went on from the first week in January til now. I did drive myself in a few times and nothing and got the same line each time.[/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=#333333] I feel like they affected me negatively, because I waited for them and as a result lost 2 months of a pay check. What do you guys think? [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]Well since you asked, I will get to that later. But how could they affect you negatively? It was you that sat around without going back to the center, sitting around on your lazy behind, without following through on the phone calls. Who do you have to blame but yourself for your failure?[/COLOR][/B] [I][COLOR=#333333]I never sat on my behind. I called and I went in multiple times. [/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=#333333] I agree with all that, but what does one do? wait 5 years til they promote another PT Super to open up a spot? For a job that may or may not even get me to BD, [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]Well we wont ever know now will we?[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#333333]And after researching, it sounds like UPS in not the most honest or caring for their employees.[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]You want honest and caring, get married. Thats what you are looking for, someone to take care of you. Newsflash, UPS ain't it, they aint your mamma, and they wont breast feed you.[/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#333333]Breast feeding and being told things that never happened are not the same, but thank you for the health lesson.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333] They made BD look like it was right there. They said they are always looking for new people and especially younger people. I'm 22, the next youngest is like 42. I will give them til Friday, and then lost one of the best workers they will see. [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]All I see here is Wah wah wah....[/COLOR][/B] [I][COLOR=#333333]If you cannot see a kid fresh out of college; researching, then making a plan for himself and committing to the plan and everyone he comes in contact with show positive feedback/support and fill his head with ideas that are not going to happen a bit sad then this convo is obviously wasted. I never cried and never whined, just did my job and hoped for the best. [/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=#333333] I am damn right giving UPS an ultimatum. [/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#333333]Hey bubba, you need to go back to school. Someone that issues an ultimatum needs to hold all the cards. And from what you have written so far, all you hold is the joker.[/COLOR][/B] [I][COLOR=#333333]If you read, I mentioned I got defensive with the “ultimatum” comment, because it bothered me. I came here for advice and people tore me pieces for reasons that are not a reality. The ultimatum is can’t keep wasting my time going in and talking with them and calling forever. Come on man, seriously.[/COLOR][/I] [COLOR=#333333] [/COLOR][I][COLOR=#333333][/COLOR][/I] [/QUOTE]
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