Originally Posted by mrvmo

Good luck finding a company these days that will give you a big fat hug and rub your feet after you sign in. All companies are looking for ways to replace us.......just a matter of will and cost.

Originally Posted by brownie

You have a valid point however big brown is on a faster pace to shrink us. Name an airline that shrunk their staffing by almost 17% in last 6 years??

Originally Posted by brownie

You have a valid point however big brown is on a faster pace to shrink us. Name an airline that shrunk their staffing by almost 17% in last 6 years??

Originally Posted by brownie

Management culture is based on lies and deception. Interviews and pools are nothing but another cheap high passing to our guys just to get thru another peek. It doesn't cost the company a dime to interview a bunch of hopeful candidates and create an illusion in a training center after all that's where all the rumors are created.

And:

"Its like this, NO ONE here knows when/if hiring will continue. No one that can or will post anything to an internet forum.

Another thing about UPS, every peak that I have been through, there ALWAYS seems to be some upbeat rumors about hiring, aircraft acquisitions or even during the dark days ..., furlough recalls ... for whatever reason it has been part of the operation like a routine event.

I know its not very insightful, or what you wanted to hear ... its just the reality of the current environment."

Originally Posted by FTFF

I may be just an overly optimistic poolie, but wouldn't the more simple explanation suggest they are, in fact, preparing to hire? FWIW, I was told (durning interview) to expect, "possible classes starting early 2015."

Originally Posted by Swedish Blender

It's a carrot.

"Don't worry, you're in the pool. UPS will hire you, just sit back and wait for it. The phone will ring any day."

I'm sure they told the same thing to the poolies from 04-07 hoping they would have a ready supply of bodies who turned down other jobs to wait. What they didn't tell them was the pool is actually a toilet bowl. Thus the flush that wiped out the last group of poolies.

Originally Posted by mrvmo

Doubtful......They are not going to interview a group of people without the intention of hiring. Unless there is a major plan shift, these guys should be called as classes are formed. No conspiracy here.

Originally Posted by Swedish Blender

While I hope UPS does hire, a pool and hiring are not interdependent. This last round of hiring was off the street and not from a pool. The pool is not FIFO as proven by those left swimming last time. You could be in the pool and never be called even if UPS hires.

Finally, a pool costs UPS basically nothing. They do not pay for transportation or hotel for the interview. If something happens, ie part 117, and UPS needs bodies, they have a supply. If everything stays status quo, well, they have people waiting(to a point) if needed. The pool only represents a contingency plan and the possibility of new classes, nothing more.

Yes, I am channeling my inner Sideshow of expectation zero.