Working at UPS as a package handler is both mentally and physically tough. The turnover rate for employees is extremely high. Some people will go through a weeks worth of training and only last one day doing the actual work. Full-time management is only interested in numbers and downtime and can usually care less about employee safety. When management pushes an already fast paced job to the limit packages are mistreated and handling practices learned in training are thrown out the door. With the constant pressure put on part-time supervisors by full-time supervisors the work environment is often extremely tense and in many cases very dangerous. There are times where a sorter is often forced to get buried in packages just so that belts do not stop and affect downtime. Sort changes are often given the day of said sort change instead of giving employees a few days notice. There is an extreme lack of communication between part-time supervisors around the hub and more times than not each supervisor only cares about their respective areas and doesn't really care what other parts of the hub are negatively affected by their supervision. Employees are often disrespected by management and each person is constantly reminded just how unvaluable they really are. Not all hubs offer tuition reimbursement for package handlers.
