Drivers who pass away shortly after retirement

[1989]

1 in 10 is a lie....first of all only one in six drivers are hired off the street....that means your center would have hired 60 plus people within your career....If your gonna lie at lest make it believable....

Know well over 20 off the street hires. 27 years with the company. 21 years driving. Worked in 6 buildings in 3 states. Worked with at least 400 drivers.

 

[ITwannabe]

Lmao...way off base on most of this ...and yes you did win the lottery...should be 25 to 1 hiring ratio...

1 in 25? I think your getting your west Virginia breeding rates confused with UPS hiring process

 

[ManInBrown]

The majority of PTers I speak to in passing, have zero interest in going driving. Said they don't want to put up with the BS. All young people. Early to late 20s. I work with MANY off the street hires. About a 75 driver center. Would say easy 10-20 off street. You have to remember drivers transfer. SO if you work with 10-20 off street hires. They didn't all make book in that center

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

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besides your grandkid what is your purpose in life Dave???

To mess with you and the other Joe Unions.

 

[over9five]

To mess with you and the other Joe Unions.

You sir, are a great Teamster!

(my new catch-phrase!)

 

[govols019]

1 in 10 is a lie....first of all only one in six drivers are hired off the street....that means your center would have hired 60 plus people within your career....If your gonna lie at lest make it believable....

It hasn't always been 1 in 6.

You seem sensitive to your outside hire status.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

It hasn't always been 1 in 6.

You seem sensitive to your outside hire status.

I believe his misunderstood his post.

 

[Browntown2014]

I played the "veteran" card.

I heard veterans have a great work ethic.

 

[hellfire]

I will get another job, doing anything, to supplement my income. It won't be a high stress toxic hellhole like ups. I'm looking forward to it

 

[Coldworld]

1 in 10 is a lie....first of all only one in six drivers are hired off the street....that means your center would have hired 60 plus people within your career....If your gonna lie at lest make it believable....

In many cases the 1 is a pt sup...see it quite a bit.... The days of off the street hires is about dead, especially in large locations...and if an off the street gets hired after a Christmas season usually they are runners...jmo

 

[Coldworld]

1 in 10 is a lie....first of all only one in six drivers are hired off the street....that means your center would have hired 60 plus people within your career....If your gonna lie at lest make it believable....

How many years you have in man????

 

[Coldworld]

1 in 10 is a lie....first of all only one in six drivers are hired off the street....that means your center would have hired 60 plus people within your career....If your gonna lie at lest make it believable....

If you have a 100 driver center hiring 60 within a few year time is not uncommon....most large cities have buildings with 2 or 3 centers with hundreds of drivers within the building....we're not talking a 15 car bfe center

 

[Coldworld]

It hasn't always been 1 in 6.

You seem sensitive to your outside hire status.

Many outside hires find that they are better than the pt'ers in the hub and that those folks are wasting their time in the building...where the reality is outside hires, especially now get lucky...especially when hired outside peak season. I along with most inside hires will never forget where we came from....the funky hours, the working split shifts and picking up an extra job or 2 to make ends meet, to support the family....Dave and others will never understand that...ever. And if someone asks me how long I've worked here, I ALWAYS tell them that I worked in the hub for x amount of years... How can I not, it was my start on this journey and will always be a part of me.

 

[Coldworld]

To mess with you and the other Joe Unions.

Sad!!

 

[Coldworld]

1 in 25? I think your getting your west Virginia breeding rates confused with UPS hiring process

It's Alabama....get it right!!!

 

[clean hairy]

On the part of retiring, do any travelling while you can, do not put it off!
2 relatives I know are glad they did their trips when they could, health issues ended plans of any future trips for them.

 

[Babagounj]

I fish for lobsters year round.
Throw the boat in early April , take it out late Oct, and use a row boat for the other months. Usually I keep 4-6 lobster traps in all year .
Some times in the winter it can be long time between going out.
But I make do.

 

[Babagounj]

As for the amount of hires seen .
In my career 40 yrs of working , I have seen thousands take the prework tours and only a handful show up to work from those groups .
I estimate that it's 1000 to 1 ratio.

 

[Nothing by 1030 anymore]

Wow I have been retired 2 whole weeks after 30 years,3 repaired hernias,herniated disk, and just got a new shoulder all thanks to ups...never been happier in my life!

 

[Foamer Pyle]

You need to have purpose in your life.

You mean something other than 9am to 9pm?