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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 2821532" data-attributes="member: 12570">Both the Company and Union felt strongly enough about outside hires that they made it a part of our national contract.  The ratio of inside to outside hires has risen steadily from 2:1 to the current 6:1.  Members here have been telling us that their centers are having a very hard time filling open positions from the inside.As an outside hire, I can tell you that it was never my intention to walk right in and go to the head of the line; however, I would have been remiss had I not chosen to take advantage of the 3:1 ratio that was in place back in when I was hired in 1989. Starting on the inside with a family of 4 was not an option and had this been the case I would have looked for work elsewhere.</blockquote>