Tough decisions ahead. Advice?

[Doc Brown]

A Little about myself. I'am 26 years old and graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a degree in Business Administration/Operations and Supply Chain Management almost 2 years ago. I have yet to find a decent job and I'm considering part time management to get some experience under my belt to help round out my resume. However, I am approaching my 5th year as a part time hourly and throwing away 5 years of seniority and the option of driving one day is weighing on me heavily. Granted I'm in socal and the wait is about 10 years right now.. I still feel like I would be opting out of solid backup plan. Any suggestions or insight would be appreciated.

 

[Johney]

10 year wait as opposed to never? You're already half way there why give up free health care and a chance to make great money to go into paying for insurance, little to no advancement, constantly trying to reach unobtainable goals. Yea that sounds like a great idea.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Put it this way, you can go into management anytime you want so don't make any rash decisions. Me personally, you could double my current pay as a top rate driver and I still wouldn't go into management. I don't allow people to walk all over me. They can do other things all over me but not walk.

 

[Wally]

My advice is to start drinking heavily.

 

[Turdferguson]

A Little about myself. I'am 26 years old and graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a degree in Business Administration/Operations and Supply Chain Management almost 2 years ago. I have yet to find a decent job and I'm considering part time management to get some experience under my belt to help round out my resume. However, I am approaching my 5th year as a part time hourly and throwing away 5 years of seniority and the option of driving one day is weighing on me heavily. Granted I'm in socal and the wait is about 10 years right now.. I still feel like I would be opting out of solid backup plan. Any suggestions or insight would be appreciated.

Have you looked into other jobs at UPS? Not everything at UPS involves loading and unloading packages, or delivering them.

 

[By The Book]

Put it this way, you can go into management anytime you want so don't make any rash decisions. Me personally, you could double my current pay as a top rate driver and I still wouldn't go into management. I don't allow people to walk all over me. They can do other things all over me but not walk.

Whoooooopiiiiiish!

 

[By The Book]

A Little about myself. I'am 26 years old and graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a degree in Business Administration/Operations and Supply Chain Management almost 2 years ago. I have yet to find a decent job and I'm considering part time management to get some experience under my belt to help round out my resume. However, I am approaching my 5th year as a part time hourly and throwing away 5 years of seniority and the option of driving one day is weighing on me heavily. Granted I'm in socal and the wait is about 10 years right now.. I still feel like I would be opting out of solid backup plan. Any suggestions or insight would be appreciated.

Put in a transfer request to a nearby building that may have a shorter wait?

 

[Indecisi0n]

Put in a transfer request to a nearby building that may have a shorter wait?

Some locals drop you to the bottom of the seniority list of where you transfer to.

 

[By The Book]

Some locals drop you to the bottom of the seniority list of where you transfer to.

My bad, he's a part timer and would still be that with the transfer.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I am surprised that you have not been able to get a job in your degree field yet as it is a rapidly growing industry. Are you on Linkedin?

 

[By The Book]

Some locals drop you to the bottom of the seniority list of where you transfer to.

Maybe a quit, rehire, off the street? Maybe he would hit the lottery first, I don't know.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Maybe a quit, rehire, off the street? Maybe he would hit the lottery first, I don't know.

Chances of that happening are slim to none. Just have to put in your time and wait it out.

 

[By The Book]

I am surprised that you have not been able to get a job in your degree field yet as it is a rapidly growing industry. Are you on Linkedin?

Hey Upstate, I was looking at an old pension thread and didn't want to resurrect it, what's the latest?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Hey Upstate, I was looking at an old pension thread and didn't want to resurrect it, what's the latest?

We should hear more details by August but the rumors are 20% cuts for actives and even more for retirees.

 

[Babagounj]

First look into what other jobs UPS has available in your field of study .
Some maybe friend/T and/or you may have to
move out of state .
If you find something good , then do it .
Life as a P/T with a slim chance of driving someday is not an option that looks appealing .

 

[Rack em]

We should hear more details by August but the rumors are 20% cuts for actives and even more for retirees.

WHAT THE #$%^

 

[Wally]

We should hear more details by August but the rumors are 20% cuts for actives and even more for retirees.

Ouch!

 

[dookie stain]

As much as I complain about driving I think you should wait it out...I'm making more than most of my friends with college degrees and I'm still at bottom scale...10 years to drive though

 

[728ups]

PT supervision is an absolute dead end. It's also BY FAR the absolute worst job at UPS.

 

[baklava]

PT supervision is an absolute dead end. It's also BY FAR the absolute worst job at UPS.

That's not true, I worked with a lot of PT sups over the years who got promoted, not only within operations but to I.E., finance, corporate.

It is the worst job at UPS though.