beentheredonethat,
Do you see what the company has done by running its business this way? PAS is a total failure. Why? Because the company believes that you dont need to know technology to manage technology. BIG MISTAKE. They are not doing things faster or cheaper at this point. They are flushing the careers and futures of many, many of the faithful down the toilet. Shareowners are already upset, as the stock of the company is a big fat loser. They have laid off how many people now and still the stock doesnt move? One day the only people left will be the ones in the ivory tower and everything else will be outsourced. Of course this will accomplish nothing except crapping a big brown turd on the good people that made the company what it was until people like JB, TO and M E trashed it.
NCR, keep the faith bro, your day is coming soon!
You know, I really do feel for those left behind, or were layed-off. I was one of you. However, you guys are really losing focus, though.
You guys are left with a situation that is perpetually deteriorating. You keep getting upset that UPS no longer loves you. When did they, really. I mean, when things were good we were always the stepchild of the company. We were a necessary evil expense.
Now that things are tougher, why wouldn't they want to shuffle us out.
There hasn't been real technical work for technicians since the days of Novell or the first deployment of NT. Since I have left, I have had a rude awakening to the fact that my technical skills were in such decline that I had to fake my abilities for months at my new job.
UPS techs have always had to train themselves; we have always had to make our way. It is this 'can do' philosophy that aided me at my new job. Being a tech at UPS is being a 'persona non grata'. Come on, you know you never felt entirely part of UPS. If you came from another department, as many of us did, you know this better than others. It is this outcast experience that actually gave me the strength to take on the challenge of learning a whole new company, their politics, and technology.
The situation now is that you recognize the ship is sinking, and yet, you still cling to the railing instead fighting for the raft.
If you are close to retirement, I understand the clinging response. I would too. But, man, if you are in your twenties, thirties, even forties, I cannot fathom why you still cling.
If every month brings new horror stories of layoffs and random quitting, then why do you cling to the idea of retiring, when each year is more bleak -- each month, actually.
There are managers and supervisors, that bled brown, quitting monthly. I would have lost my life savings had I bet on these people ever leaving. These are guys with less education and skill than we have.
I hate to rant, but don't you think UPS has a right to automate and downsize as they see fit. I'm not saying it is morally right, but it is legally correct.
I felt ill after hearing about our layoff this year. I have been gone since February and I have not, for a minute, regretted it. Then again, I had wanted to leave for years and just couldn't do it. I suppose this explains some of the 'clinging.'
If I felt the way some/many of you do, I couldn't understand staying. I mean, they stress of it all. How can you ever have a good day.
You are rolling dice if you think you'll make it to retirement. Of course, this is true for most jobs, really. However, why not enjoy your working life. There are jobs, just as unsecure as a UPS Techs, that will challenge your mind and keep your days full of interest.
To continue to blame Eskew and Beavis for doing what every other company does is simply not solving anything. It helps to vent, I know. But, it gets you nowhere other than another notched day. There are too many of those stressful days left to think you will make it to the end at UPS.
Knowing that TSG is changing; the job is dull, you are being deskilled, and the job is not secure, I wonder what your feelings are. Do you love UPS that much? I have to wonder, because you don't want to leave. If your passion is UPS, then doing TSG work is secondary. In this case, do a preferred UPS job such as driving or management.
If your passion is technology, then you are in a rut, because there are hotter jobs practically everywhere else.
If you leave, though, leave smart. There are a lot of bad jobs out there. I know you know this, but I have to say that you need to plan well.
Sorry to rant, especially saying the same crap that we have heard over and over again.
I am really starting to read less angry voices and more desperate ones on this thread. That bothers me. It is almost a resignation to a future bad fate. You don't have to be a victim, unless, of course, you put your future in UPS' hands. During your next department or group meeting, look around. In your mind, find that one person who does whatever management always wants, that sorta loves SMS, that finds a positive in every negative. This guy makes me wanna puke. But guess what, he is the one that will be there until the end. As you look around the room, picture that group dwindling next year, then the next, and so on. Eventually all is left is that one guy -- the one that just either isn't motivated or is just happy at doing whatever at UPS. He is the one that will sit alone. The rest of you will be filling out W2's at your new jobs, or working hard at your new company. You'll think back to all this and wonder why you didn't see things more clearly in 2006.
Oh, and lastly, I want to address the old argument that UPS will have to keep Techs because somebody will have to be there to keep up with the ever increasing technology. Yes, this is the often argued view of many. This is the one that is salve to your wounded feeling about your place at UPS. Well, isn't 2006 really revealing? I mean, isn't other functions doing PAS upgrades. Don't extended centers swap out their own equipment. Doesn't Mahwah reorg the PAS databases. Aren't we giving money to customers to buy their own Worldship hardware.
Yeah, that last bastion of hope is really just a badly constructed theory by technicians clinging to the rail. Well, I think it, too, is all wet.
Good luck guys.
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