I was thinking of working there over this past summer, but luckily got to study in MX instead. I took the personality test and interviewed twice. I am glad I had the excuse of traveling abroad- the job description was glamorized, but it was really just working the phones. It paid $7/hr, not bad if you are working at Holiday Inn or something laid back, but give me a break. I thought it was kinda odd that they requested 3 interviews for the job. The worst thing about it was that they wouldn't stop calling me...even after I declined their offer in writing. This whole thread just confirmed my thoughts.

AmandAggie02,

Which department?

I think some higher up from UCS is coming to talk to my AGEC 481 class this coming wedneday or one of the wednesdays to come.

I worked with their international division, I was the lone ranger in college station so everyone left me alone. However, from what I saw it was a company that is micromanaged to a fault. They monitor your every move, every phone call must be accounted for, very political and kiss butt company.

I would never work for them again.

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Using other people's FAC codes is the way to go.

My Fac code still doesn't work after about a month, leaving no doubt in my mind why it is called that. I definitely think "FAC" to myself every time I ahng up the damn phone.

Still liking it after a month by the way.

jock- i work in field service dispatch.

i have friend that used his fac code at home for a few months after he quit. it took a while, but ucs finally figured it out. not many call the middle east from ucs.

another month some more stories

another month some more stories

I thought that I had posted on this thread when it was originally rolling around, but I guess I never got around to it...

Summer of 2000 I went to work at UCS cause I was very poor, not going to school and the money was better than working on campus like I had been...

One of my buddies worked in Keytrak and told me to apply up there. Our supervisor was pretty cool (his name was John I think). HIS boss was a ***** and we almost never saw him. He was pretty young and had only got the job cause his dad was one of the bug muckety mucks for the company. It might have been Chris Cooper's kid.

Like most people, the job description in no way described most of the work. I would spend hours doing menial labor like weighing out baggies full of stuff to ship to customers. We would get yelled at (literally) for not riveting enough boards for the boxes in one day.

One of the big things that we did was make these electronic tags to go on the keys for the keytrak boxes. I discovered a quicker way to do it after a couple of weeks and we all started doing it that way. One day when I wasn't there our boss came out and saw how we were making these tags. He decided that HE would IMPROVE on what I had come up with. He had pretty much no idea of what we did and his new method was very inefficient and a pain in the ass.

All of this was better than the MIS major who was working next to us and getting paid less than the rest of us cause UCS had hired him for an "internship"...

For as much as I ***** about working there and what a terrible job it was, we certainly dicked around a lot. A lot of people dicked around even more than I did. Most of the time it was 6 guys sitting around a table leaning back in chairs sorta working, mostly just BSing and talking **** to each other. One day I got tired of it and called in sick cause I wanted a day off. Did the same thing the next day. The next day I called my supervisor and told him I had a family emergency in Houston and wouldn't be back for a couple of days. I called him a week later and told him that I wouldn't be back at all. He knew what was up and understood what a ****ty place it was. my friend stayed on for another month or so and remained friends with some of the people that worked there. By the end of the summer, of the 20 or so people that I worked with, like 2 were still there.

This is a classic post. I never worked at UCS, but I can identify with the stories. Working at Ernst & Young for an incompetent manager and seeing "Office Space" 3 times helps.

For those of us that are independent contractors (for example, I am an investment real estate broker), we may have some bad days, but I would never go back to work for some of these &*^%$#&-up companies.

I think the former UCS employees shold have alternating monthly reunions in Houston and College Station at a bar. That would be a riot!

I think the three current employees who like UCS are either idiots or think their bosses will somehow know if they make any negative comments.

Some of these UCS leaders sound like they are nuts!

anybody else have any good stories?

What about the grenade story?

I was working there when the power went off the other day. They definitely still had us working. In the dept. I work in, we answer phones (from clients around the country). We were still getting calls. Our supervisor made us answer the calls and then someone would run over with the one flashlight we had so we could write down all of the information. It was pretty ridiculous.

anybody else work there when the power went off?

[This message has been edited by Jock 97 (edited 4/20/2003 2:49p).]

What is the best department to work in and how can I get a job there?

why the edit jock?

just call the recruiting office to get a job- they'll schedule a time for you to go take tests. They're ALWAYS hiring. I have no idea what the best dept. to work in would be. I just know that mine is very weird.

what did jock post?

what did jock post?

I worked there for a year and a half. I was in Client Support Dispatch/Teleservices - we called people who had their cars serviced at Ford dealerships and asked them survey questions (required for Blue Oval certification). I never thought it was that bad until the last few months I was there. They had created a new web-based program for us to make our calls from instead of using Access, had us troubleshoot a "preview" version, and we thought we had all the kinks & bugs noted, and sent it back. Few weeks later, they send us the "revised" version, and the old Access version was uninstalled. Alas, the new version does not work. So we sat around talking & answering the random phone call while the software people tried to figure it out. Eventually the dealerships started getting upset and cancelling contracts. I left because I had a better job for the summer.

I got reprimanded once there towards the end for "dragging down morale" because i liked to ***** about how ****ed up the department was. I thought it was funny, because I wasn't exactly trying to convert people... they were *****ing about the same thing, but my desk was closest to the supervisor's.

Those of you who work there now and can handle it til Christmas... stick it out - the Christmas party rocks and will make up for a semester of UCS bull. Then quit the next day

i think i might just show up for that christmas party. do they check id's or something?

I think so, sort of, but it's real easy to get by without an ID

i want to go

Hey JoePerry97,

Hey look me up on AOL IM under Enviroag02. I think I know who you are and yes we definately need to play some disc golf.

i want to sneak into the party

I worked there too. Those meanies in TSV used to tease me. There was one guy in TSV that I liked. His name was ShortTieGenstein. He used to call me Count Strauchula. Does anyone remember me? I took care of the IIR stuff at the Metro Center and the location behind Golden Coral while the other guys were wiring the new building. I didn't last too long after everyone was moved into the new building, however. I think it may have been my see-thru shirts.

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Didn't you get busted for snoozing at the new building by BP?

I was always getting into some kind of trouble. Especially if I had too much sugar in my system. One day I decided to take some CAT 5 cable and wrap it around my head like those headbands that dancers sometimes wear. Then I thought it would be neat to do my version of that scene from the movie 'Flashdance' where she auditions for a job as a dancer. Anyways, there I was spinning around, kicking up my heels with my keys jingling(keys were always attached to my belt), and I was singing that song..."What a feeling". And then BP came walking in and busted me. He was really upset. But it was probably because I am unattractive and grossly overweight. And I was wearing one of my infamous see-thrus.

what about the grenade story?

Yeah, what about the grenade story?

For days now I have been putting up with the bashing of my name and my company. All of you who are still challenging my authority, I will find you. All of you who have stolen from me, whether it is company time, or the filtered air that I pumped into your office I will find you. Beware of Me
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Mr. Brockman

[This message has been edited by UnknownAggie97 (edited 6/23/2003 11:01p).]