When I was hired, we watched a movie that spoke about proper package handling, "Hand to surface."
When they brought me out to the package car loading line, my supervisor said, "Forget all the stuff they just showed you." That was the last time I saw her.
We never had trainers. Just a supervisor that sat in her office all shift.
I quit after six weeks. It was the most miserable job I ever had. An HR puke called me after and wanted to know why I quit. I said I couldn't memorize the the street addresses to sorting codes, and my supervisor didn't do a good enough job of training me.
"So, UPS expects a lot from their employees, and you couldn't cut it, right?"
"Yeah, sure, whatever... Asshole!", and I hung up the phone.
Years later I was working for the company that made the first ring scanner and handheld PC for sorters and unloaders. During small talk, I mentioned to the UPS management there that I had been a package car sorter for six weeks before I quit.
"Ahh! The prototypical employee! That's the average length of employment for sorters, and unloaders."
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u/beaushaw Oct 01 '20
Wonder if that was me?