And at FedEx Express, in my location, you can start at $16.08 as a PT courier....and you don't have to wait 2-7 years to do so. Of course the argument is that if you can make FT at UPS in under 15-20 years you can make $30+/hr, and you would be around $20-$25 at Express. So do you want to make more over then next 10-15 years, or wait 10-20 years hoping to make FT and make more then?
I'll break $20hr after 17 years. Sure, you can start at $14.46hr now here, I was rehired at $10.85 and took 2 hits dropping from swing to regular courier. What you aren't saying is that UPS will negotiate higher pay with new contracts as inflation increases. FedEx will stretch you out forever with your purchasing power eaten alive by inflation. According to the Dept of Labor inflation calculator my $17.09 in 2010 was the equivalent of $12.77 in 1998 when I was rehired. So poor raises, some years no raise, healthcare cost increased every year, traditional pension terminated, and yet you want to argue we at FedEx somehow have it better than UPS. Do you burst out laughing when you type this? You actually seem like a decent fellow but dude, seriously, Fred won, you no longer have to spread the disinformation!