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<blockquote data-quote="WhoamI" data-source="post: 291805">Here is the story:Techs are not going any where and they are not gonna loose thier jobs. However, the head count is not gonna be the same. If you are a technology person you should understand that technology facilitates things including installs, updates, upgrades and remote troubleshooting. So what should you do? like any UPSER who is looking to improve his carrer you must get ready for promotion by expanding your horizon. Know more so you can be more desirable in other groups or functions if you do not want to be a tech for the rest of your life. However, if you want to be a technology person, then acquire essential technical skills, programming, infrastructure or sytems security etc.There is nothing wrong with evaluating the business needs and making the right decisions. UPS is not declining it is expanding, 428000 employees worldwide and still growing strong.If you think the Union will protect you or your job, you are so wrong. For example, Techs do not get laid off today short time because UPS does not lay off non-union people. I know so many districts that are fat on staffing in TSG and the existance of a union makes it very simple to lay you off becuase there is no work. If you think that can not happen under the Union watch, ask your fellow drivers. Volume is down then you are laid off. I persoanlly think it is irrelevant if TSG was unionized or not. After all, UPS spent billions improving the infrastructure on LOE, HP switches, wirleess, DIAD, Scanner, Operating systems, etc. That investment carries a pay back (ROI) Return on Invetment. Stable environement means less logs and ultimately means smaller more agile workforce. That is smart and i want to be on this team. After all FORD is unionized and had 30,000 employees layoff, Did not they?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WhoamI, post: 291805"] Here is the story: Techs are not going any where and they are not gonna loose thier jobs. However, the head count is not gonna be the same. If you are a technology person you should understand that technology facilitates things including installs, updates, upgrades and remote troubleshooting. So what should you do? like any UPSER who is looking to improve his carrer you must get ready for promotion by expanding your horizon. Know more so you can be more desirable in other groups or functions if you do not want to be a tech for the rest of your life. However, if you want to be a technology person, then acquire essential technical skills, programming, infrastructure or sytems security etc. There is nothing wrong with evaluating the business needs and making the right decisions. UPS is not declining it is expanding, 428000 employees worldwide and still growing strong. If you think the Union will protect you or your job, you are so wrong. For example, Techs do not get laid off today short time because UPS does not lay off non-union people. I know so many districts that are fat on staffing in TSG and the existance of a union makes it very simple to lay you off becuase there is no work. If you think that can not happen under the Union watch, ask your fellow drivers. Volume is down then you are laid off. I persoanlly think it is irrelevant if TSG was unionized or not. After all, UPS spent billions improving the infrastructure on LOE, HP switches, wirleess, DIAD, Scanner, Operating systems, etc. That investment carries a pay back (ROI) Return on Invetment. Stable environement means less logs and ultimately means smaller more agile workforce. That is smart and i want to be on this team. After all FORD is unionized and had 30,000 employees layoff, Did not they? [/QUOTE]

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