Originally Posted by Jetjok

Fatboy,

In this industry, the accepted norm is to take the first job offered. By your post, I'll assume that you had a bunch of simultaneous offers and that you choose wisely. Most of the rest of us took what came along. I know I did, and when I went to UPS it took me exactly 2 hours to determine that I'd made a mistake. I think it was the hour-long briefing from the guy in Loss Prevention, telling us what they'd do to us if we were caught stealing, that made me have immediate second thoughts. Not that I planned to steal anything, but it was just that I had always considered myself a professional, and as such, should have been treated that way. That first day, during the first break, I remember calling my previous employer and asking if I could come back to work. Of course the answer was "NO", and so I stuck it out for a year, being miserable and hating the place. Thankfully I received a job offer from FedEx, but that was about 3 months after I had left UPS. You see, sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. It had nothing to do with the crew force, which I thought were just great, but everything to do with how the company treated us.

JJ

Originally Posted by Jetjok

No sweat. It was the best move I ever made. My personality was, at the time, not quite right, for the UPS "experience." It took me about 6 additional years to make it to the left seat, but that was just fine with me. FedEx was a more correct fit for me than UPS would have ever been.

JJ

Originally Posted by Jetjok

Fatboy,

... I think it was the hour-long briefing from the guy in Loss Prevention, telling us what they'd do to us if we were caught stealing, that made me have immediate second thoughts...
JJ

Originally Posted by Buck92

For me it was the look on the HR guy's face when, on day one, someone asked what kind of employee discount we get for shipping something at UPS. He literally looked like the guy had just asked to have sex with his daughter. "Discount -- why would you get a discount?!" Now, I openly admit that 1. it's a good job and I'm not complaining, generally and 2. they certainly pay me enough to ship my own crap at full price. But it really is the principle -- even McDonald's gives pimple-faced high schoolers a buck off a happy meal during their break!

Originally Posted by UPSMISTAKE

Stability? HA, I have been advised that I could be furloughed for 3-5 years. Yeah, we mitigated the furlough until April, but most of us on the bottom can envision a final paycheck of three months pay on January 1st along with a letter saying that we will be furloughed. That is what I expect.

Originally Posted by UPSMISTAKE

Have you seen the RDG schedules? Not everybody is going to hold 8 days of reserve on RDG. In fact they are much worse than that and as a commuter I could/will be commuting to ANC just as much as I would have as a non-RDG bidder.

I think you example is best case scenario but you are still not even factoring in the commute which will add 2 days on each end of that reserve stretch likely.

I would love a part time job WHERE I LIVE so I could go and do something else, but the problem is I will be commuting to Alaska for that part time job.

You probably don't understand since you live there and don't have to commute. And no I cannot move there now since we just bought a house here in SDF.

Originally Posted by UPSMISTAKE

So my accountant/financial planner, wife, parents, etc. all advise that buying a house is the best idea, but you insinuate that I am some kind of idiot for buying one. Yeah, what a crazy idea to buy a house in base!

I guess I don't have a crystal ball like you do.

Originally Posted by Freightpuppy

I would love a Corvette ZO6 but I can't afford it.....will someone feel sorry for me?