Tips for a Seasonal Employee

[Tron Swanson]

about that......

What did I do wrong?

 

[Tron Swanson]

Congrats and I know that feeling.

Honestly, just work your ass off. Be on time, never call off during the season and don't complain.

Most seasonals will drop like flies but since u have a family to support, then quitting is not an option and will be ahead of most.

Thank you!

 

[cosmo1]

What did I do wrong?

Nothing.

His point was that at this time of year, UPS will pretty much hire anybody with a heartbeat.

Work hard, do what you are told and maybe, just maybe, you will be kept on after the first of the year.

 

[barnyard]

If only there were a sticky for new hires to read through........

 

[Tron Swanson]

If only there were a sticky for new hires to read through........

Moderator/admin/troll

 

[Shifting Contents]

Moderator/admin/troll

They are all of the above


All of them

Trolling is a req

 

[Tron Swanson]

How dare I try to have my own discussion on a forum.

 

[barnyard]

You asked for advice and seem sad that you received some.

Bummer

 

[Tron Swanson]

You asked for advice and seem sad that you received some.

Bummer

Oh it's gonna take more than that to get to me. You seem to be the only one that's worked up.

 

[cosmo1]

Moderator/admin/troll

How dare I try to have my own discussion on a forum.

This will end well.

 

[burrheadd]

If you really want to stand out get yourself a pair of these. Works every time

 

[Number24]

HR tells all of their seasonal employees things to get you excited, but chances are that you are only seasonal.

 

[Tron Swanson]

I sense a power trip coming. Thank you to all the people who talked with me.

 

[browner89]

I sense a power trip coming. Thank you to all the people who talked with me.

Keep egging on the mods and its what will happen, to be fair this topic is a dead horse.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

 

[Tron Swanson]

You were hired as a package handler, you won't be needing to stand out among the drivers, you'll either be loading trailers/package cars, unloading trailers/package cars, or bagging smalls.

Just work hard, show up on time, and look like you actually want the job. The other seasonal hires likely won't want to stay anyways. Good luck to you, too, but If you don't mind me asking, why turn down a job that pays as well as the oil industry? Don't care for the two-weeks on two-weeks off life? I don't think I'd be too into that, myself.

I see that I was mistaken by saying that I will be a package handler because I thought that was the same thing as a delivery driver. I was hired to drive and deliver packages. I do not know if that changes how you all feel about this seasonal employees chances.

The oil field is dead right now and my experience is all on the drilling side. They aren't drilling right now. I gave up the oilfield. In one month it went from "we'll be working in the Bakken for the next ten years!" to heres your severance.

 

[barnyard]

I do not know if that changes how you all feel about this seasonal employees chances.

You have a better chance of staying on PT than FT.

 

[Tron Swanson]

Keep egging on the mods and its what will happen, to be fair this topic is a dead horse.

I completely understand this topic has been talked about over and over again. I was just looking for some direct conversation. I do apologize if this is a serious problem.

 

[Turdferguson]

I see that I was mistaken by saying that I will be a package handler because I thought that was the same thing as a delivery driver. I was hired to drive and deliver packages. I do not know if that changes how you all feel about this seasonal employees chances.

The oil field is dead right now and my experience is all on the drilling side. They aren't drilling right now. I gave up the oilfield. In one month it went from "we'll be working in the Bakken for the next ten years!" to heres your severance.

To get hired on full time as a driver they have to use a 6 inside to 1 off street ratio. Seasonal does not count as an inside one. It's not impossible but very, very hard

 

[browner89]

To get hired on full time as a driver they have to use a 6 inside to 1 off street ratio. Seasonal does not count as an inside one. It's not impossible but very, very hard

Only if there are 6 willing insiders, in smaller buildings with >100 employees many of them may not even be old enough and everyone else is either already driving or UPS is a stop gap.