UPS Supervising Engineer (Supervisor - Engineer) reviews

UPS has a very strong culture of promoting from within. It is very easy to move up in the company if you display good management qualities and can work with people. Most management people do give 110% to get the job done everyday. The compensation plan is geared toward long-term employment and you can definitely raise a family on the salary and stock bonuses provided. Upper management clearly defines your job responsibilities and many opportunities for additional training are available to those wishing to improve themselves. The corporate culture that surrounds employment at UPS is very strong and gives employees a true sense of purpose. Every employee is well aware of the story of the founder James E. Casey, the man that created UPS in Seattle in 1907.

Despite being a "mature" company, UPS is growing into other areas of the transportation and logistics industry and there are exciting opportunities for those who can take advantage of them. The operations divisions are high-intensity, high energy places. This can be physically and mentally draining with the long hours and the higher and more numerous standards the management is judged by, but it also creates a special kind of camaraderie as well. Although the company became public in 1997, there's still a culture of "partnership" between management at the supervisor level and above which is held over from the days when the company was privately held, and management were the only one who held stock in UPS. UPS is also a very stable company with excellent cash flow. This typically means if you're the type who wants to work for one company their entire career and not jump around a lot you can still do that here. The variable labor cost model typically means that UPS doesn't have to resort to layoffs during mild economic downturns. If you're single or married to a non-working spouse and don't plan to have a family, there are numerous opportunities to advance by relocating to other parts of the company every 4-5 years throughout your career. This is a male-dominated company for reasons typically related to the work environment. UPS does not discriminate against women in any way, but most women simply find that the warehouse environment doesn't suit them. If you're a woman in entry level management and don't mind a warehouse environment, you will be given every opportunity to succeed and advance as UPS is actively trying to bring more women into its management ranks and retain them. You'll have to be competent, but frankly, in the current environment here, if you're up against a man with the same qualifications for a promotion, in my opinion, you'll get it. You'll be encouraged to get on a career track to move ahead quickly unless you explicitly make it known you don't want to do so.