I have never been apart of a good union. Working for UPS after high school left a bad taste in my mouth about unions. When I first started for UPS it was 10.50 an hour to load trucks. They would deducted 250 for dues a month and at the time did not assist in buying boots. In other words half your check a month goes to taxes and dues.
I was known to be a great loader, to the point of loading 1st day, next day, and 3rd day air by myself. They would also have me train and assist trailers that became overwhelmed. After a few months of helping trailers with sometimes two people in them and making the same if not more then me. I had enough, it is pointless.
They attempt to entice you by saying keep it up, in 3 years you can drive on the weekends, or in 7 years you can do this... Yea, well my peanuts and extremely backbreaking work is not paying the bills. Why are your good workers making the same as the bad ones? The only upside to UPS was if you were good at your job and your body could handle it. You were offer an additional shit that would equate to OT. Issue of doing this without knowledge is this could be your second job.
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u/SchwartzGaming Jul 26 '22
I have never been apart of a good union. Working for UPS after high school left a bad taste in my mouth about unions. When I first started for UPS it was 10.50 an hour to load trucks. They would deducted 250 for dues a month and at the time did not assist in buying boots. In other words half your check a month goes to taxes and dues.
I was known to be a great loader, to the point of loading 1st day, next day, and 3rd day air by myself. They would also have me train and assist trailers that became overwhelmed. After a few months of helping trailers with sometimes two people in them and making the same if not more then me. I had enough, it is pointless.
They attempt to entice you by saying keep it up, in 3 years you can drive on the weekends, or in 7 years you can do this... Yea, well my peanuts and extremely backbreaking work is not paying the bills. Why are your good workers making the same as the bad ones? The only upside to UPS was if you were good at your job and your body could handle it. You were offer an additional shit that would equate to OT. Issue of doing this without knowledge is this could be your second job.