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不過佢170000 係total compensation =/= Salary. 雖然已經高到難以置信
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how much are they actually paid?
This Yahoo article included the numbers and the quote from the CEO:
To avoid a worker strike, UPS agreed on July 25 to provide $30 billion in new money over a five-year period to boost wages, benefits, and working conditions for employees. It set a minimum wage for part-time workers at $21 an hour and full-time workers at $49 an hour on average, making them the "highest paid delivery drivers in the nation," the union said. This deal has yet to be approved by union members.
UPS CEO Carol Tomé said on an earnings call this week that full-time drivers would earn about $170,000 annually in salary and benefits by the end of the five-year period. These drivers currently earn, on average, about $95,000 a year with a further $50,000 in benefits.
So the top-end, senior, full-time, union, UPS driver will make up to $49/hr - bringing them to right around $100k/yr salary. To get to the $170k figure, they are including benefits - which can mean things like the value of their health insurance, retirement plans, life insurance, and other random benefits. You can see what UPS offers here and see that $50k value repeated.
When you add your pay to the value associated to your benefits, that's what most people call "Total Compensation". The new UPS contract tops out at a total compensation package of around $170k. Not base salary.
so how is UPS able to stay competitive while paying this much for a relatively low-skilled job?
Well, you're jumping directly into the "Why do the rich get richer?" part of the conversation. UPS makes around $80-100B annual revenue. After costs, their net income is around $10B/yr source. They adjusted their operating margin down one point - from 12.8% to 11.8% - to account for the impact of the new contract. Operating margin is essentially profit per dollar. So for every $1, they made $0.12. After the agreement, they'll make $0.11.
Putting aside all of the white collar vs blue collar discussions, what it boils down to is the fact that corporations are making record profits right now. However, in most of those companies, the only people who really benefit are the large shareholders - not the workers. In a different Yahoo article, a small, but significant blurb is mentioned:
UPS said Tuesday that it will pare its management ranks by 2,500 jobs to help keep expenses in check.
This means that while UPS will sign its new contract with the drivers (assuming it's approved by the Teamsters), UPS still answers to its shareholders. So while they can't fire any of the drivers, they have to show that they will cut costs somewhere else. This "somewhere else" will come in the form of 2500 office jobs - workers who are probably not protected by a union.
UPS makes a lot of money. After they sign the contract, they will continue to make a lot of money. The only difference is that now, their drivers benefit a little more from the company's success.
This is essentially the entry point for the "Death of the middle class" conversation - which is way too long to just tack on here as an afterthought. I'd suggest reading up on it through articles like this, this, or this. There's tons more out there.
最後只會減少其他工種啲數量平衡返. 好定壞就睇你咩角度睇