Brownslave688
You want a toe? I can get you a toe.
It's not just detroit. Bids being un filled all over.
No one want to drive in Detroit
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Not entirely true.
The city of Detroit is primarily served by the Woodbridge facility, which is a medium-sized, two-center building. Detroit is just a small portion of the building's volume and service area, which stretches roughly 30 miles north. Detroit is also served through the Cicotte facility, a very small center also known as the International Building because of the large number of packages between the USA & Canada it processes.
I'm in Madison Heights (one of the two largest buildings serving Metro Detroit) and nearly every part-time employee who wanted to got an opportunity to drive. A very large number signed the bid sheet (few job openings have been available for the past ten years or so) but many choose not to take the road test (or were ineligible because of their driving record), some failed it, some were disqualified and others disqualified themselves. End result is that only a few made it, including at least one person who's only worked here a year or so. We're hearing the same trend occurred in other buildings within the area.
The city of Detroit is primarily served by the Woodbridge facility, which is a medium-sized, two-center building. Detroit is just a small portion of the building's volume and service area, which stretches roughly 30 miles north. Detroit is also served through the Cicotte facility, a very small center also known as the International Building because of the large number of packages between the USA & Canada it processes.
I'm in Madison Heights (one of the two largest buildings serving Metro Detroit) and nearly every part-time employee who wanted to got an opportunity to drive. A very large number signed the bid sheet (few job openings have been available for the past ten years or so) but many choose not to take the road test (or were ineligible because of their driving record), some failed it, some were disqualified and others disqualified themselves. End result is that only a few made it, including at least one person who's only worked here a year or so. We're hearing the same trend occurred in other buildings within the area.
greengrenades
To be the man, you gotta beat the man.
The sad part is, management tried to make my buddy finish. He told them to shove it and came back to the hub. The guy that got jumped was an older guy in his late 50's apparently he has been in a fight before and whooped the guy, but he got jumped by a few guys and from what I heard he held his own but he came in the next day and his face was black and blue. This is the kind of
UPS employees shouldn't worry about. Honestly I think UPS should put in a policy where if the area is to dangerous then they don't deliver. If someone orders a package that lives in a hole then they need to come pick there stuff up from the hub.
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Do you get combat pay?
Packmule
Well-Known Member
Really! Tell us more about this. Is this person a ups employee or a contract security guard?
Z
ZQXC
Guest
Just curious....
Does anyone want to live in Detroit?
Does anyone want to live in Detroit?
twoeddies1
Well-Known Member
It's a private security company that has a contract with UPS. They go and sign in center every morning. Most are retired law enforcement personnel. The two guys I work with one is a retired NYPD cop and the other a retired city correction officer.
upschuck
Well-Known Member
Then why have the 9 month prerequisite? Ours is a year, but does the same thing. I don't get it.
TooTechie
Geek in Brown
The language used here is (paraphrasing) a dues paying union member for at least 9 months...so I believe it's a teamsters request it be in there and that they usually will waive it at a local level to avoid hiring off the street first.
I can't even get in because of a friend/t job in the a.m.,was looking for a night time loader but I bet they rarely have openings there...
think I need to talk to HR..... hmmm
Johney
Pineapple King
I wonder if they charge the customer a security surcharge?
BigBrown3605
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BigBrown3605
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twoeddies1
Well-Known Member
Don't think they do
Richard Harrow
Deplorable.
Those of you that have Netflix need to search by title for "Burn".
It's a documentary on one year in the Detroit Fire Department. If you think your job sucks and/or is impossible, you haven't seen anything yet.
One of the best documentaries I've ever seen, and not just because I'm a firefighter either.
I lived there 72-74. If you call it living, I was not allowed out of my house alone. I won tickets from cklw for Alice Cooper at Cobo Hall, , and I wasnt allowed to go. If it was that bad then, I cannot imagine now!
I grew up in the country, got moved to the city, and it was awful. I got to go through the "bad areas" one time, just so I could see, and I was like speechless.
I grew up in the country, got moved to the city, and it was awful. I got to go through the "bad areas" one time, just so I could see, and I was like speechless.
