Why I walked out at UPS and why UPSers will too.

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39. My son was a part-time specialist at UPS for years ...

Working mainly in maintenance supervising union mechanics, he was considered management so he couldn't get union benefits. They eventually "promoted" him to full time, but since he wasn't a "supervisor" he didn't qualify for bonuses. He kept the high speed sort equipment running, writing manuals after new equipment installations and training mechanics. He was considered "unpromotable" as a full time supervisor because he didn't have a degree even though he performed the job duties and actually trained his bosses (usually newly graduated engineers still wet behind the ears). The noise, heat and cold in the hub were awful and his doctors say his Meniere's Disease is due in no small part to working there. Peak season was constant and unrelenting and employee turnover was exactly as the OP describes. Drivers delivered 2, 3 and 4 trucks full of packages per day, with full trucks being driven out to wherever drivers were in the city rather than them driving back to the hub. It was go, go, go constantly and all hell broke loose if a line went down. After being asked to take on even more responsibiity with no promotion or raise in pay he left and is now doing less work for double the salary.

UPS churns through employees, squeezing whatever they can out of them like sponges, then throwing them aside. People are commodities to them ... nothing more.