About to go in for training tomorrow, I’m glad I get to see the perspective of someone that worked or works there. Great video and thank you for being completely honest listing pros and cons not just being biased to one side.
Loading is much harder than unloading. It's pretty easy to pull out a box and set it on the belt. With loading, you have to check the label, pick up the package, manipulate it into the wall while making sure said wall doesn't fall on you and you have less than 8 seconds per package to do that. We were pretty regularly loading 500 packages/hour.
I’m thankful that my hub’s management is so laid back. They talk and listen to you and honestly they helped so much. I’ve asked stupid questions and they’ve answered every single one. Their advice has been very helpful. My supervisor even gets in the truck with us to help out without even asking. So far it’s good but I’ll take what you said and everyone else into consideration. It’s hard work forsure
well, finally worked 2 days, only 2 hours each day. PURE HELL!! When you stop and think.. I just unloaded two 55ft semi trailers in less than 2 hours, and made about 20 bucks.... Crazy!
Started working in 2006 as an unloader. Got another part time job while I went full time. 2014 went cover driver "yea it took me 8 years" and now I'm a full time driver at top rate with my own route.... I'm happy I didn't quit!!!
The ups I work at lets you keep your phone, also they start you off at 15(recent change). Medical kicks in after 4~ months. And it’s really really good. If you need medical for your family I highly recommend it as a second job.
Young people, it's tough as hell and more or less military type regulations and expectations. If you have the right personality and know what you want and are willing to make the sacrifices you can make decent living there assuming you don't live in an expensive part of the country. I did 30 years and retired at 48. The downside, I've had 4 back surgeries, shoulder surgery and ankle surgery plus the normal pains of a body that was abused for 3 decades. If you're planning on staying I would make sure I understood about how long it will be before you get a full-time, I've seen way too many kids wait 10 or more years only to get frustrated and quit before ever driving. New pension rules pretty much everywhere are forcing drivers to stay longer thus creating less openings. Also consider how much you plan on being with spouses and children because you will see very little of them when you're a driver. All of that said, I probably wouldn't do it again myself but I was able to get my kids through college and live fairly comfortable but if I ever get in a situation that i have to work I wouldn't be able to so I guess the moral f the story is if your intention is to stay for the long haul I would really give it the consideration it deserves. Best of luck and never never work harder one day than you could keep up for the next 25 years because it will be expected and thrown up in your face if you don't.
@@jdl6881 Been there done it for 5 years making 140 a week start time 4 am (3 am during peak) back in the late 70's Moved to package and spent 31 more years shagging cardboard all over central Georgia.
Thanks for your video. I came across it while looking for a friend of mine who is looking at the possibility of UPS. I passed your info on. Best of luck to you.
Enjoyed the video, I'm going into college myself and looking for a good job and this is my biggest consideration, I don't know anyone who does this work so this is really helpful to me and anyone else wanting to learn about the job before going out there blindfolded, helpful stuff
Hi, I worked for UPS while going to school. Like Klazzikk said, there very accommodating for students. I worked the Sunrise shift (3-9 am). After work, I would go to class. It worked great for me. Hope this helps.
They pay for school, and have benefits with paid time off. But it's shit pay, and barley any hours. Expect to get 18 hours a week waking up at 3am to unload trucks. Unless youre living with your parents or have a place to live, expect to work two jobs on top of school.
Thank you for your honesty as well you're advice,. I worked there twice I was chosen twice two different times to do loader,it wasn't easy being so big to lift some of the boxes were heavy as hell. Thank God A guy was helping me The first day,he was really putting his back in to lifting and stacking I was doing the best I could it wasn't easy,the next day I came back ,him and his girl ,had quit You telling truth the loading is Very demanding. I wanted unloading ,I thought that might be easy, Seems like you said be ready to work. This year I'm trying something different,driver helper, it's probably a lot as well. I thank you should really thank is where you want to be,and how long.
Man it's my second week, I had no idea there were so many ways to load a trailer WRONG. Thought I was doing good because my packages weren't piling up, until the overseer comes in the trailer every 5 minutes to tell you he doesn't like how you build your walls. It sucks. There are much easier ways to make 10 bucks an hour.
good informative video, I just got hired. The way you explained it was perfect, I got the job for extra cash, I already do (roofing/solar) 12hours a day then graveyard shift at UPS. The HR person was straight up with me and told me I would be making between $200-$250 definitely shitty pay I already know it's going to be tough, but the way I look at it, I'm part of a union that will cover 90% of my benefits. Hopefully I mad the right decision, or might as well go to Home Depot lmao.
I did both during peak season. Honestly I was one of 2 people who actually made It through peak. Only reason I wound up leaving was just because pay is bullshit
I'm a fukin loader for twilight it's garbage I'm just grinding it out until the probation end my scan average is 350 to 402 I got use to the job, and your right the pay is terrible I have second job as a dockworker driving forklift great pay
I am glad to announce my last day at UPS was friday past. I was offered another job and I left . I endured working through peak season and it was the WORSE experience ever. They work you like a dog loading trailers not just 1 but 2 and 3 at at time. Only 10 minute lunch break . I was getting cuts and bruises all on me breaking my nails and they were short tips. It was just awful but I work to ensure my kids had a nice christmas and they did but thank God for my new job. No more lifting and throwing boxes around.
Rule #1: don’t try If you try and you’re only working for a short amount of time you’re a headass tbh if they see you doing really good they’ll keep pushing you that’s why you should do low numbers and slowly work your way up. And then quit LMAO
@@TurokAgi you're not weak buddy they just expect a lot out of you is all.. enough to seem like it's way too much for them to be asking for. They give 1 person a workload that should be meant for 2 people. Then expect you to keep up using maximum effort every single second of your shift with little margin for error. Now that is what you call weak
@@FroskiTheBroski I'm getting better at it now that I've been doing it for a whole week. But the way the supervisors count your pph is a little off. I've been ranging from 800 to 1200 and it depends on how heavy the packages are. One thing I absolutely can't stand is my finger tips feel disgusting still after two days off. I might have to wear gloves cus of it. But I'ma probably quit and do cross country otr trucking. My ups hub is more automated than most from what I heard from a supervisor and the hub used to have way more workers before it was automated. So it doesn't matter if you're a union employee or not. You're gonna get laid off if the job gets more automated and you're in the way lol
I work at a warehouse where i have to pull orders, build skids for each truck/warehouse, wrap them, load them then I also have my own route bc i have my Class A cdl. So I do multiple jobs everynight. Pay isn't great but benefits are ok but as a truck driver I have almost a set schedule and it's nice being home at a decent time. So ya I pull orders, load trucks including my own truck and I also drive the loads to the location. Work is work and you have to be willing to work and adapt or you won't make any money.
Great video👍👍 exactly what I was looking for to convince me. I have that idea to that it is going to be be easy work but hard work for little pay I stay away. If I put In hard work or it is requested for hard I would like it to be worth it or appreciate. Thanks again
Franklin Ramirez Everything revolves around seniority at UPS. Doesn't matter how hard you work. You get more oppurtunities the longer you stay, not based on skill.
Just finished my first week and I am not going back (loader). I give my hat off to those guys/girls who can do the groundwork. Honestly the back breaking work is not worth the pay. You do get benefits but that is only after your first year. For those wanting to work there I say try it, but be forewarned. The hub I worked in had a 80% turnover rate.
The blunt truth. It's a shit job. Shit pay. You could probably make more money at mcdonalds. But if you need benefits or a side job it's perfect. I'm here strictly for the benefits. The amount of work you do for the pay is a fucking joke.
At least you made it a week. I walked out on my third day. The pay for the amount of work is straight up ass. I went back to doing what I did before. Pick up dead people for a living. Lol! I like when UPS brings me my shit I order online, but I'll never work there again. I worked for UPS in Ocala, Fl. Now I'm down in Fort Myers.
DopeGaming91 I don't blame you at all man. Along with the highschool drama and tweakers that work there on top of the backbreaking work, its demoralizing to say the least. I hate it too. But i got a family to take care of and im not paying 100$ each time i need or my wife needs to see a doctor. The benefits are second to none. But thats the only thing good about this place. If you have a center that promotes drivers relatively quickly id say maybe go for it. Youre still gonna work your ass off and be miserable but at least youll have money falling out of your asshole.
I loaded in Phoenix AZ for three years in the late 90s including during the strike. This brings back a lot of memories. The pay was $8.00 and I was going to college. Loading in 115 degree hot trailers sucked but I ended up going into PT supervision and the experience ended up looking great on my resume. Good luck.
hondah35 Great decision. PT supervisor is a dead end job. You have to pay for benefits and get shit on by both upper management and union employees. You also have to be ok with being unethical. Get your degree and then get the fuck out.
I work at UPS in Ontario as a package handler and its HARD WORK I don't know if its the same for every UPS but in Ontario you can bring your phone but need receipt showing its your phone and I get paid 10.50 the hour unloader is easier than loader
I have an interview this Thursday (Aug 10), I did the group interview and tour last week. And I got called back. The job I applied for is basically, tractor trailer pulls up, I off load, and put on conveyor belt. I come from a Military and construction back ground, so I'm used to fast paced work. But we'll see. I'm glad they called me back. I applied years ago, and didn't get past the first step.
The pay now for Part Time Pack Handling is 14.50 now, I think that’s great pay I’ll take it. First actual day of loading packages was today and man your right it’s hard work. Having to scan the oncoming boxes and put them on the right shelf in sequential order the best you can all while having to keep in mind more packages are constantly coming. I feel like only getting a 10 minute break isn’t enough, should be 20 minutes or so but other than that I’m liking it ok so far.
How’s peak? Lmao 🤣 I’m probably gonna put in my two weeks today.. yeah I get the pay is good but for 13-20 hours a week it’s basically working a minimum wage full time job but for half the time.. I’m good on that BS.. been there for 6 months don’t know how some dudes can do that for 30 years +.. respect to them
all that safety is pure Bullshit. is just an strategy to defend them self against being sued .once your in the trailers they want you to finish in less than 50 min they care more about the packages than your health in my hub they send trailers full of bulk up to160 pounds that's too much for a human .
100,000,000 views yeah it sucks they even go to my trailer when is down time to force us to work fast.. is like they don't want us to take our time but they do want to keep bringing extra trailers...
+100,000,000 views? What? At my hub at FedEx it was the same deal. We had one hour to unload a trailer. didn't matter if it was the chewy trailer (every box weighing between 35-50 lbs at roughly 900-1000 boxes) We use to do rock paper scissors on the doc when that trailer showed up. Hard hard work. But honest work. It was fun while it lasted. Lasted about three years and bounced. It will take it's toll on your body unloading day in and day out. They don't move good unloaders if they don't have to when they come up. Because they are hard to come by.
To all ‘I started with UPS 200 years ago made $8.00 an hour.’ We are in 2019 $8 from back in the days is not $8 from nowadays. Coffee doesn’t cost 25 cents anymore, a gallon of gas doesn’t costs $1 anymore. A house that was worth $250 000 is now worth $450 000. It’s not the same money you were making back the days. We live in a inflation...please spare us with ancient stories from the past it’s not enough.
Hey at least you got that I started during peak season 2 and also during the coronavirus. I'm still currently employed. I did a test over the computer after filling out my application then I received either a email or a phone call and ask if I could start working. I think my first day was orientation for safety after that I pretty much got kick loose and fed to the dogs.
I was hired as a loader, and have not worked one day. They call me everyday to say I am not needed today! I am "on call" I can not wait around to get hours from UPS, have to start looking again
I worked last year around November as a seasonal Driver Helper , And now Tomorrow I have orientation as a warehouse package handler worker, This video helps alot thank you
not my center, you are done by the time the drivers have to leave, they will get someone to pull for you. Unless something goes wrong like the cages derail or just goes down, a problem on the charge line or air or ground is late, we are usually done before 9:30AM
My father worked there for 31 years as a driver. He made very good money with good benefits at that time. We're talking 70s 80s and 90s.... Now, from what he tells me it's terrible place to work!
I worked there from 1996 until last Feb 2018. I made great money nice pension and I loved the job but it changed so much over the last 5 years. Your father is correct it is a piece of shit now, before we used to have pride working there now it has become a hell hole.
WrestlingFan 86 your father is right I worked there in the 70s80s90s.the big change was the contract in 81when the wages for new hires were cut in half I made more in the 80s than they are paying now
Dennis Pluto I believe a lot of Union jobs in the 1980s went to crap, my dad was a union carpenter, and he said that he would’ve been making like $10 more an hour by retirement if it wasn’t for the anti union crap that happened in those years. I also heard that UPS started at like $8.00 an hour back in the late 1970s, that was good money back then! After that they didn’t raise the starting wage for decades, crazy!
i worked as a driver helper at ups during the holiday season and lemme tell you its not easy work but it's fun for the most part you're constantly on the move
I would LOVE that job. I was hired as a loader, and have not worked one day. They call me everyday to say I am not needed today! I am "on call" I can not wait around to get hours from UPS, have to start looking again
when I was young, I worked in an office supply warehouse as a package sorter/picker. that was a tough job. the boxes would come on the line and had to put the foam in, the order slip, seal the box, and the move it along (often pushing it manually on the rollers), and also pull the boxes that were marked priority shipping. It was physically demanding work (and i had done other jobs that were physically demanding), but working in a warehouse was not for me, I started to get infection in respiratory area/throat even with wearing a dust mask. I lasted about 4 months. It paid minimum wage, so there were a lot of other job options for that low pay.
Thats never good if you want to move up. Also your other coworkers see that and start talking shit. Dont kill yourself working but work hard enough to respect your coworkers.
Alberto, if you get caught deliberately slowing down and delaying the mail that is grounds for immediate termination, so do your job and do not delay the mail.
Yall don't get it, it don't matter if you piss of the supervisor as long as you make this a quick job for extra money, if you tryna make a career working with ups, then thats on you. Stay there for about 3-4 months, and then be outtie and move on to something better. Start a business or something while working there so by the time you quit, you'll be good
i use to work at the dfw hub i really enjoyed it i quit to move to another state to be with a women that turned out to be crazy wish i didnt i really enjoyed it but a very good company to work for im now waiting to do the same job for FedEx
Nice review, straight to the point and unbiased. I got the job and I start in a few days. It's going to be really tough but I'm gonna try to stick it out and take advantage of the tuition reimbursement program.
Benefits are amazing, and tuition remiumbursment is really nice too. If you dont plan on staying, go to college, get your degree, then get out. 10 years down the road the job becomes worth it, but i definitley do not knock anyone who quits. Its really hard work.
20 hours a week although it’s hard work it’s really not that hard. My hardest days are when I’m on call and come back. The company is about time so if you’re not happy time will fix it. After the first year you’re getting paid holidays, two weeks!!! of vacation, a raise, and really good health insurance, which I haven’t had since I was eighteen because my parents are shit. Pension, 401k, opportunities to move up, I got my first A to C car basically based off the fact that I work at UPS. Twenty hours a week gives you plenty of time to figure out another way to make money or chill if the hours you’re working are really so damn hard. Basically this job blows all fast food and retail positions out of the water. Cons would be if they don’t deliver on promises, if amazon takes over, communication about the new contract is poor and they have had us grouped up several times where they could have brought that up. Also ALL of the older guys complain about back injuries, do not want.
Lol and age ur back and body 20+yrs with chronic pain and knee/ spinal surgery’s, then ride you’re deathbed away into the sunset as the big boys make all the money and generation’s of generations of racist snobs eat for free and look down upon loser low pay slaves that made their entire family’s existence...
Dede Strickland they didn’t even hire me lol theft charges and shit! Robbing niggas blind pulling kick doe’s! Lol entrepreneur type! Got my own money! Did it for 13yrs before I got caught, and only reason i did was my mind played tricks on me!!!! Now tho I’m to old pretty much to outrun young cops! F that! I have no clue what to do in life! I don’t wanna work no factory or restaurant! I don’t wanna work at all really! Fuck man! Really might try to become a rapper! Like start trying to write nasty bars! Metaphors n all! Being a mma is to late sadly! Long story short, my mom said no to me when I asked to join mma at 5/6! Sad
@@McRemmyBaby you got that right as I'm scheduling my spinal fusion surgery.ups is destroying your body for wages they paid part-time package handlers 35 years ago.
Young man’s work . Good place to start . I worked at Pepsi for a couple years , it sucked but I moved on . Screw em but thanks . I do attribute some back problems to my years at Pepsi and my manger was a last ass
This place is a joke for Working class people interested in taking advantage of the tuition reimbursement. By the time you get off, you're too exhausted to really apply your self to education, plus do the math. It's 10/hr and they reimburse 5k a year. That's 2.50 and hour more. If you worked at Amazon for example, where it's 15/hr, you'd have 5k in savings after taxes and they still also offer tuition reimbursement. Ups really doesn't offer anything good in terms of benefits, pay, and your paying a fucking union. A union who is not interested in helping working people at all . It's a joke.
@@thematrix1101 is that at all locations? I'm in a small town and it's hiring part time package handler so I'm thinking of applying but did not wanna do it for. 10/hr
Great review brother. Just worked a week and a half at the Longwood, FL location in Orlando, FL. Your video is a little old and the pay is now around $15/hr, but still not worth it in my honest opinion. I think loaders should get around $20/hr at the minimum. You are really breaking your body down and as a 45-year-old who is in excellent shape, it's not worth the back and knee issues down the road. Much Love!
I got an ad that is says that they pay you 18$ for a seasonal job. I work at Quick Trip rn but I want to work more since I'm off college for a month lol..
I worked holiday peak. One day preload then driver helper the rest of the time. Driving was waaaaay better. Not into 4am start. Only reason I would've stayed is to hope a driver job opened up. They pay the drivers well.
Starting Tuesday at 4am... I hope it goes good sounds like everyone hates it but I have a family history in ups so I wanna try and continue it. Also I’m in school and start summer school for college next week so ima be busy as hell😂 I’m a very hard worker so I guess I’ll be put to the test
Far from a job marketer like I said I started as a preloader and now a driver after doing that back breaking preload work and trust me driving isn't much better its actually more stressful!!! The pay is just good.
I started as a preloader loading 4 package cars in the hub. The summer came around and the management team had put up a bid sheet looking for regular temporary drivers (RTD). I signed that sheet and I and three others won the bid to become a RTD. About a month later they sent me to UPS Integrad in Atlanta, Ga which is a week long driver training course where you learn all the UPS methods like the 10 point commentary, the 5 seeing habits, the 8 keys to lifting and lowering, the 5 rules to backing, 8 keys to yard control, how to handle hazmats and went through several computer modulators and had to pass the driver drill and road course to pass this school. Once I passed I worked preload for like a month or so and when peak came around they had me on a training route for three days with a supervisor to show me the ropes of the route. After the three days of training I was by myself making the deliveries on the route I was trained on for the whole of the peak season. When January 15th came along I was dropped from my position and sent back to the warehouse to load package cars. Every now and then they would have me do some runs here and there to help out other drivers. Then about three months passed and then they put up a Full-Time Package Car Driver Bid sheet up. I signed that list and after a week I learned I won that bid and was put on a different route that I had to qualify on. They give you 30 days to qualify which I did and that's how I became a full time driver.
They starting me off at 13/hr with $40 weekly bonus if your on time every week. If you’re wondering I’m in Texas where minimum wage is 7.25 not bad. But they’re about to start paying 20-25hr since it’s about to be peak season
AnthonyMac, serious question here. I just listened to you mention the hardest to easist jobs around 11:15 and I want to know how many mem/women over the age of 35 performed those jobs? I ask because you look to be in your early to mid 20's and I dont mean that in a derogative way but im 35 and can assure you i'd be going for surguries within 6 mths to 1 yr of that crappy laborer type work. It sucks on so many levels I cant even articulate properly. 5 yrs ago it was all about how poorly walmart treated their workers and now its all about the even faster paced world of logistics and on demand online ordering. Its a living hell and capitalism never seems to quit but its the people at the bottom of the grand pyramid scheme that keep the all seeing eye hovering, i.e, detached from the rest.
Dude i was working at family dollar distribution through a temp agency. I was on induction unloading huge cages of boxes onto conveyer belt and made sure barcodes were facing up for 12 hours a day 2 breaks and a half hour lunch. It was very physically demanding labor intensive and was very hard. On day 5 i was told by guy that trained me that not only do barcodes have to be up but have to be a certain way to be read by scanner. You also are expected to do 130 percent to be hired on full time. So working there on my shifts we had 3 people on inducting and as night went on cage after cage of boxes stacked on us and were expected to stay until all cages were unloaded because we were only three people trying to keep up with around 8 forklift pickers or more.
My advice is never work at UPS. They want young strong backs and work you like a slave at a concentration camp. I worked there for twelve years and decades later that wear and tear on your body catches up to you into a host of orthopedic problems and it is too late to make the connection for a lawsuit although orthopedists know that damage can stay dormant and make you miserable with chronic pain when you get old.
Hey buddy, true working at UPS is hard work but if you’re into getting a workout and getting paid for it, it can be worth it. As for sorting being an easier job physically, I disagree. As a sorter you’re expected to sort approximately 1000 - 1200 packages an hour, (talk about constant physical work and peak season is the worst time of the year in the sort aisle). Sorters are required to know a table consisting of the 50 states and their zip codes. You have to read the state and zip code in seconds and sort the packages to the appropriate belt (about 10 different belts). All this while receiving packages from a dock and from several other belts unloading at the same time. You also have to recognize the differences of International packages, next day packages and bulk packages; deal with open packages and broken packages. They don’t just move a package slowly from one belt to another. They move them safely and quickly while working in an isle approx. 4.5 feet wide and are expected to keep the flow moving unless there is a jam, leaking package or emergency. So I think your pecking order may be a little off. I give those guys a lot of respect for their hard work. Best of luck to those that join the company, like everything else in life aim to succeed at it, and just do it.
Actually your raises drop after the first few years. You get dollar raises for your first two or so, but then they drop to either 30 or 60 cent raises. After 4 years you'll be making less than 14 dollars. At our building the average loader does 3 to 5 package cars, which is about 800 to 1200 packages in about 3 to 3.5 hours and makes about 80 to 120 a week. I cannot recommend it for anything other than these three things, 1 for those who want to go full time as a driver, if living a life means nothing to you and you just want that check driving is for you, 2 going management, if you don't mind being a complete piece of shit, take this job, and 3 for those who want health benefits really badly, health benefits are being cut but they're still some of the best around.
I used to work at FedEx as an offloader.. It was easy work they do nothing over there i was a driver for two years as well, again... Free money.. But you max out at about $34,000 a year there as a driver and cant get any hours.. Ive been at UPS for 3 weeks now and i load the trucks because while it's hard work it's the fastest way to become a driver. It takes time but if you become a driver you could eventually clear $100,000 a year and always get hours.. You're right it's very hard physical work. I happen to like that, it's no job for the weak and just like anything if you wanna get into a better position like a driver you have to really show them you're a workhorse, be ambitious, and learn everything you can as quickly as possible so you can kind of get ahead of management.. Do things you're not asked to in order to help out without guidance. Like i said i like this kind of work but i'm sorry you had a bad experience man, i wish you had stuck it out and tried to be a driver but maybe you found something better anyway. They let me have my phone though thats weird... What state are you in?
There a plenty of videos from disgruntled and entitled ex employees who have some shit to talk. It's nice to see someone who differs, and gives a honest opinion of what to expect in the facility. Every building will differ wildly from each other. Hell even many of the shifts differ a lot. On my shift, sort aisle is the hardest job, but the shift after mine, sort aisle is the easiest job. So it depends quite a lot. But the core of this video really got it right: If you have a good work ethic, if you want a workout, then UPS can work. It's a great place to build a career if you don't have an education. It's a good place to get benefits as a part time employee that can serve you and your family. It doesn't pay a lot to start, but if you know where to look you can set yourself up for the rest of your life.
you said its 25 hours a week and 10.25 to start ... exactly its a part time job ! what you forgot to mention is as a part timer you receive free healthcare coverage which is outstanding in quality, a pension, 401k, vacation, sick days, and personal days, i cringe when people complain its hard ... yea no shit
Ur talking out ur ass there is no more pensions. You dont get pto until 1 year in and its 1 week out the year. U dont get sicks days or personal days idk where u got that from. Health care is trash and u will need it from working this job.
@@bullybully yeah... At the hub that just quit after 4 years, you couldn't do double shifts. You were pretty much stuck at part time for the entire time your there, the healthcare is crap, there's no sick days nor personal days. Let's do a comparison between my new job and my old job (ups) Old job - $14.50/hr - only about 20-25 hours a week - no sick days nor personal days - only 1 vacation per year ( my supervisor never let me take mine ) - borderline illegal work conditions - supervisors range from constantly yelling at you to just being clueles -shit healthcare - your back will hate you New job - $14.08/hr (you get a dollar raise every six months) - 80.5-93 hours every two weeks - plenty of opportunities to move up - you get 7 sick days and a personal day every 6 months - you get a guaranteed vacation every 6 months - it's an even older facility than ups, but the work conditions are actually leagues better - supervisors are fair and reasonable, they don't yell too much, and they put safety 1st - ok healthcare - back doesn't hurt anywhere near as bad despite the longer hours per day - it's a rotating 12 hour a day shift which means more days off per month Which job would you personally choose?
drivers start out at 19.50 in order to become a driver you have to put your name on a bid and you have to be 21 yrs old list and they go by seniority and you must know how to drive a standard
We start out at $29.92 at our hub. I'm assuming you're in South America and must be under a vastly different contract? It takes 4 years to top out here and top out is a little over $34 an hour and then you get your contractual raises after that.
I am so glad this UPS job did not work out! I was never getting called, so I decided to get back into electrical work. Called my friend that owns a company, and he told me to send in all my hours ( I did elect. work for 4 years) and see if I get approved to take my journeyman test..... Well I got approved. I am making 18.50 an hour right now, after I pass my test that will shoot way up! If I would have stayed breaking my back for 20 dollars for unloading 2 semis, I would have never got to the spot I am in now...Thank you UPS for making me realize that working for you sucks ass and that there are way better jobs out there for non college people.
I'm going to try one more day on Tuesday and if I don't like it I'm quitting, my back is already hurting from it and those packages are heavy! They have some people doing 2 trucks at a time
@@creyes4182 driving or package handler? My small town is hiring, gonna apply but Im not sure if I want to apply for 430am to930am or 5pm to 10pm. What do you think?
aikalo80 i tried driving a few months ago but it didn’t work out but they let you try again after 6 months. Right now I’m a package handler(loader on the twilight shift) That 4:30 to 9:30 is most likely preload. You have to load the brown ups package trucks. They are tricky because you need to load them in a certain order(packages have stickers with this number that indicates it’s section) and lots of times your doing 2-3 trucks at the same time. The 5pm to 10pm is the twilight shift. You would most likely either load the trailers or unload them. Both are hard physically but it’s a simple job. They will push you no matter what you chose but after your in (past 30 days) it gets easier. I’ve done both and I honestly prefer to load. When I unloaded the boss was always on my ass to unload faster even though my sorter couldn’t handle how much I was pushing out lol. I guess it’s part of their system to just push you until you’re about to break when in probation(at least in my hub). If you plan on becoming a driver I would I would do the day sort. You’ll get a slight advantage knowing the inside of the truck and how it’s sorted. And in the long run it’s definitely easier imo. TLDR: the morning shift is less physical but you have to think about where your putting the package. The twi is more physical but you can shut your brain off and just load/unload. But you will be sore until you get use to it. Plus it’s easier to do double shift if you ever feel like working night shift (11-4). They always need people. One last thing they might try to push you into the night shift. DONT do it unless you don’t mind being there indefinitely. Whatever shift you go in you’re gonna be stuck there. Changing shifts goes by seniority and they will not change you.
That’s only because of the Union, if they weren’t union then they would hire off the street just like every other company, but the pay would also be a lot lower.
i was just hired and start in 4 days, im doing this as a side job im hoping they wont keep me past 9 am because i start my full time job at 10 am for fedex as a driver
How'd it go? Just started yesterday same hours it was easy they just had me matching numbers and putting packages in slots and emptying bags of packages, day 2 here rn see how it goes
