Bereavement? Did your center send you flowers/cards when your family member died?

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

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I meant management cares about business as usual versus family loss.

You must be under the assumption that corporations are people.

 

[govols019]

The last family member that I had pass away was my grandfather in 2012. The center sent flowers and my center manager came to the visitation.

 

[soberups]

There are approximately 200 drivers at my building and over 100 in my center alone.

It simply is not realistic to expect the company to give away flowers and cars to every employee who has a death in the family.

 

[TooTechie]

There are approximately 200 drivers at my building and over 100 in my center alone.

It simply is not realistic to expect the company to give away flowers and cars to every employee who has a death in the family.

A sympathy card wouldn't be unreasonable.

 

[brown bomber]

I retired from a very large center a few years ago,..the management team sent flowers to my in-laws and my out-laws,..in addition to that they heard that my youngest daughter was admitted to a hospital for one day for a minor procedure,..next day flowers and a fruit basket
Had many Management members show up at my wifes funeral,..one came from out of state...had several show at my Mom's funeral.
As much as anyone rips UPS,..And I can understand if it's not like that in similar circumstances,...they treated me quite well

They took care of me after my wife passed away in 2002,..but I did the same for them...In order to take care of my daughters,..I broke so many rules at that time,..I'd be fired with the current constraints....just taking care of business

 

[soberups]

My grandmother had a massive stroke on December 14th, and died on Christmas Eve of 1998.

I didn't get any flowers from management. It was peak season and they were probably kind of busy. However...they were totally understanding and supportive of the fact that I missed work on the day after her stroke because I didn't get home from the hospital until 6:00AM on no sleep, and my center manager at the time made it clear that I should put family first and take whatever time off I needed.

That meant a lot more to me than a basket of flowers.

 

[brown bomber]

had a similar circumstance,..when my sister passed away in Arizona,..was trying to arrange flights for her funeral on 12/23,...she passed away on 12/20,..got there on 12/21,..returned home on Christmas Day in the evening,...no questions asked,..no flowers,....this was 1999

 

[you aint even know it]

Reading all these posts, I definitely dont want a future with this company. No matter how much they pay.

 

[DorkHead]

My Mother passed away in 2012. UPS sent flowers and my center manager and OCS both came to the wake. That scored some points in my book.
The Teamsters, nothing. But to be fair, I don`t think they even knew that she had passed away.

It would be nice if UPS would coordinate with the many Locals when employee family members pass on.

 

[Jack4343]

When my father in law passed away in 2010, my on-car sup asked for his name and then took it upon himself to figure out where the funeral home was in NY (I live in Georgia) and sent flowers to the funeral home on behalf of UPS. It is up to your individual management team. UPS will pay for it but it's up to your local management to do the grunt work. I work in a large center with way over 200 drivers. Also, our close out sup usually buys a card and gets people to sign it when someone is sick or if there is a death in the family. Again, it's up to individual local people. Times like that show you who cares. No matter how many times my on-car screwed me over later on, I never forgot that he did that. Also, I can echo the statements of others that the Teamsters did nothing. However, in their defense, how were they supposed to know about it? I guess it depends on your local BA or shop steward.

 

[cmoll]

Your lucky management didn't ask you for a death certificate to make sure you weren't just trying to get the day off. Happened to a driver in Portland maine. center manager asked to see his step father's death certificate.

 

[DorkHead]

Lucky? No, I don`t think so. My OCS told me to take as much time as I needed and I came back when I was ready.

 

[28down]

No ,after 28 years no card call or a visit ,only a flower that was sent by work group that took up money

 

[HEFFERNAN]

1) As long as you give them notice, you are allowed to take time off for a wake or funeral (unpaid)
If you can call out sick an hour before your shift, you can give them 2 days notice for a funeral and not lose sleep.

2) It is their problem to have enough staffing to handle call outs. Don't make their problem yours.