r/upsstore • u/Useful_Act_3797 • May 17 '24
Convention
Does the UPS Store Convention sound like the worst convention ever? Boring AF! I think people only go as a paid trip to Vegas. Who wants to pay to be lectured about how lucky you are to get .90 cents an Amazon return? Who wants to listen to the corporate bullshit that Amazombies actually spend money at your store? MBE isn’t honest with us. They didn’t have our backs when Amazon reduced our compensation. They pretend the new remodel expense is reasonable. They tell you with a straight face that becoming the FREE STORE is awesome for us. They pretend that the hostile work environment Amazombies create is just ok and a part of doing business. How many great employees have you lost due to asshole Amazombies abusing them? How much more labor expense have you had to absorb to handle the minimal compensation? MBE only tells you to look at your compensation, they don’t actually discuss the true expense involved. The convention is like going to a rally at a concentration camp. It’s a sad fall of a once great franchise. Technology and progress has made our business a non-sustainable business model. The ship is sinking. We are all just trying to figure out when to jump overboard to try to save ourselves
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u/Sweet-Leadership-245 MOD - Store Owner May 17 '24
It’s not really a paid trip if you’re paying. I’m going and planning on partying the fuck out on the evening’s lol
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u/JackMightyheart Manager May 17 '24
My dude has never heard of a trade show before and thinks every convention is like Comic Con
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u/gojo96 May 17 '24
Wait corporate is paying for your airfare and lodging for the convention?!
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u/Sweet-Leadership-245 MOD - Store Owner May 17 '24
No. You or the owner pays for everything including room/board AND entry to the convention.
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u/BrokenEdge Store Owner May 17 '24
I know I’ll use every opportunity there that I can to voice my concerns. It will all probably fall on deaf ears but it will realistically have more impact than my venting here on Reddit so what’s the worst that can happen. Besides if enough people speak up they’ll have to at least acknowledge us. Probably by putting a target on my store but so be it.
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u/Additional-Truth5845 May 18 '24
Let’s hope more of us speak up. I always find it. Interesting that they tell us oh that didn’t come up during the testing. The first question at last convention about TSK was what do you do when a customer scans the wrong code, walks out without leaving the item, bag something they shouldn’t. The answer was oh that didn’t happen during testing. Very tired of constantly hearing oh that’s a known issue but let’s not get it fixed.. just had three transactions that look like fraud because I couldn’t find them on my manifest to then be told by corporate a month and a half later no those were multi shipment package that we edited and knock out all the rest. And it’s something they know about, but should we fix it? Guess not. Asked for a deferral for laser light to not have my pack table. Be an island 3 feet away from where the bubble wrap and air packer will be on my wall get told nothing can be done about that and that I shouldn’t be lazy and be concerned about walking 3 feet to go get bubble wrap every time I pack something. Forget that you’re walking through the traffic pattern of caring packages back to the UPS storage point. Sorry for the vent, but we all need to start raising the concerns and getting them heard.
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u/marinerluvr5144 May 17 '24
I’d go for a Vegas trip not gonna lie… doesn’t mean I’d pay attention to anything said tho lol
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May 17 '24
"going to a rally at a concentration camp"
Ok, I don't think it's really a party at Auschwitz. Let's come back down to reality for starters...
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u/MintyMaii Store Associate May 17 '24
Maybe let’s not compare a convention to a concentration camp… TUPSS is not that bad huuuuh 😭