Ricochet1a
Well-Known Member
I have a question can you work as a fedex part time dockworker and a ups delivery helper?
I have an interview and orientation for a ups delivery helper position today and its only a seasonal position until December 31st. I had an interview for a fedex part time dockworker position late last week and I called the person who interviewed me yesterday to check the status of the hiring process and he told me hes still waiting for the background check and if that clears(which it should) I have to take a drug test.(which I should pass) I was just wondering if I could work both positions even though they are both shipping companies, the ups driver helper position is only a seasonal position until the end of December. I wouldn't think it would be a big deal seeing that that the ups position isn't permanent.
Nope. It would be considered to be a conflict of interest from FedEx's point of view - probably from UPS's too. No employee of a FedEx company may work for a company that FedEx competes with. UPS and the USPS are specifically included in this definition of conflict of interest.
The fact that the UPS position isn't permanent isn't relevant to FedEx. One cannot have employment with an competitor of FedEx's, be it full-time, part-time seasonal or temporary.
Continue to pursue both. Take any job that is offered to you. If FedEx offers you a position first, let UPS know that you cannot work for them (assuming that you want to keep "permanent" employment with FedEx). If UPS offers a position first, then FedEx offers a position, you can evaluate what you want. You will have to inform FedEx that you have a temp postition with UPS and will be given a specified period of time to produce "proof" that you have terminated employment with UPS if you were to accept FedEx employment. 30 days is the usual time period to provide proof.
If you are looking for a career in this industry, take the UPS position if it is offered and work your tail off. You'll have a decent shot to continue as a handler and be able to progress to a driver positon within a few years. If you are looking for short term employment, then the FedEx positon would be the one to pursue.
If FedEx calls you to take a drug test, you've got the job - pending the result of the test. FedEx doesn't give drug tests to people if they don't intend on hiring them, this is why it is done after the background check. To me it would make sense to give the drug test first, since that would "weed out" any users and save FedEx the cost of the background check. But FedEx does the background check first.