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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1090130" data-attributes="member: 43436">If you made more money working an easier fast food job, and absolutely dread working at UPS, then why don&#039;t you return to fast food?&nbsp; It&#039;s hard to take us PTers seriously when we keep making faux arguments.Just as with any other place of employment, some PT jobs at UPS are easier than others.&nbsp; Consider a typical mall retailer targeting students: if you&#039;re a good looking early-twentysomething, you&#039;ll spend most of your time working the floor interacting with consumers.&nbsp; But if you don&#039;t fit that company&#039;s brand image (not so good looking), you&#039;ll be performing a job such as stock or inventory, needing to reach ludicrous goals.&nbsp; At UPS, we&#039;re union, so the CBA covers the procedure for preferred jobs, but there are employees performing clerk work (which really is an easy job) for 5-hours each day whereas loaders are chased out of the building in less than 3.5 after working their tails off.&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;ve answered the UPS vs. McDonald&#039;s comparison several times, demonstrated that each job has its pros &amp; cons and showed that UPS is the superior compensation package of the two, so I won&#039;t bother to do it again.That said, I do believe UPS PTers are undercompensated.&nbsp; I believe the same thing of those working low-paying jobs across the country (Walmart, Home Depot, retail, etc.).&nbsp; I&#039;m a firm believer that until all workers are fairly compensated for the work they perform, instead of executive management continually receiving nearly all of their respective company&#039;s wage increases, that our economy will continue to be bleak.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1090130, member: 43436"] If you made more money working an easier fast food job, and absolutely dread working at UPS, then why don't you return to fast food? It's hard to take us PTers seriously when we keep making faux arguments. Just as with any other place of employment, some PT jobs at UPS are easier than others. Consider a typical mall retailer targeting students: if you're a good looking early-twentysomething, you'll spend most of your time working the floor interacting with consumers. But if you don't fit that company's brand image (not so good looking), you'll be performing a job such as stock or inventory, needing to reach ludicrous goals. At UPS, we're union, so the CBA covers the procedure for preferred jobs, but there are employees performing clerk work (which really is an easy job) for 5-hours each day whereas loaders are chased out of the building in less than 3.5 after working their tails off. I've answered the UPS vs. McDonald's comparison several times, demonstrated that each job has its pros & cons and showed that UPS is the superior compensation package of the two, so I won't bother to do it again. That said, I do believe UPS PTers are undercompensated. I believe the same thing of those working low-paying jobs across the country (Walmart, Home Depot, retail, etc.). I'm a firm believer that until all workers are fairly compensated for the work they perform, instead of executive management continually receiving nearly all of their respective company's wage increases, that our economy will continue to be bleak. [/QUOTE]

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