Former military....busted my butt so that I wouldn't have to work while in college and training. I've been pretty succesful at that. And then this summer happened. The "responsible" person in me decided that I should get a job since I'm resting this summer, so that I could "gain some real-worl work experience...." So, I'm slaving away in the middle of the freaking night, as a pre-loader at UPS...can you say that it's jobs like this that meake people loose all work ethic, and become bums??
Really, I hope that the UPS flight training dept. have an actualy training department, or that they actually give a cent about the welfare of their employees!!!! I had the following dialog with my supervisor TODAY...lol. Hello, I've been there forever!!
Sup : "So, where do you live?"
Me : "Madison"
Sup : "Got another job?"
Me : "No"
Sup : "Oh. How does your wife feel about that?"
Me : I'm not married"
Sup : "Oh, I thought you looked old enough to be married. Did you go to college?"
Me : "Yep...."
Sup : "Where at??"
And we went on and on!!! Idiots!! You know, I had to spend 45 minutes at my orientation filling out an "All About Me" profile JUST for my managers and supervisors, so that they could learn about me, any jobs, work experience, education, goals, plans, families, and interests. Why did I waste my time???
Adam, if you can find a job related to what you did in the military, take it!! The style of management and leadership that we've become used to does not exist out here. In the civilian community (in most cases, not all), managers have seniority, but no real training in management!! Otherwise, be prepare to be disappointed!!!
