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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 911323" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>I drove seasonal feeder for UPS for 4 years, while delivering for FedEx Express during the day. I got about 3 hours of sleep per night in my car during each of those peaks. I had hoped to get hired-on at UPS but quickly found out that you needed 20 years of seniority just to hold a feeder job, and that I'd have to work as a loader for years before I even got into a package car. They wanted to hire me, but I couldn't afford to wait that long.</p><p></p><p>I already had CDL experience, and went to RTD (feeder) at FedEx Express within one year. Not nearly as good a job as UPS, but nowhere near the wait. If I were you, I'd stick it out at UPS and try to get into package cars. FedEx, and most other transportation companies these days, tend to be non-union and not that great. For example, it takes about 22 years to get to top wage at FedEx.</p><p></p><p>In retrospect, I wish I'd waited and just worked for UPS. One thing you can look forward to at either FedEx or UPS is weird hours, generally all-night long at UPS and/or super early in the AM at FedEx. I did it for 10 years and went back to being a courier (package car) so I could have some kind of family life.</p><p></p><p>Good luck, and always know where your trailer is. If it's next to you, that's a really bad sign.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 911323, member: 12508"] I drove seasonal feeder for UPS for 4 years, while delivering for FedEx Express during the day. I got about 3 hours of sleep per night in my car during each of those peaks. I had hoped to get hired-on at UPS but quickly found out that you needed 20 years of seniority just to hold a feeder job, and that I'd have to work as a loader for years before I even got into a package car. They wanted to hire me, but I couldn't afford to wait that long. I already had CDL experience, and went to RTD (feeder) at FedEx Express within one year. Not nearly as good a job as UPS, but nowhere near the wait. If I were you, I'd stick it out at UPS and try to get into package cars. FedEx, and most other transportation companies these days, tend to be non-union and not that great. For example, it takes about 22 years to get to top wage at FedEx. In retrospect, I wish I'd waited and just worked for UPS. One thing you can look forward to at either FedEx or UPS is weird hours, generally all-night long at UPS and/or super early in the AM at FedEx. I did it for 10 years and went back to being a courier (package car) so I could have some kind of family life. Good luck, and always know where your trailer is. If it's next to you, that's a really bad sign. [/QUOTE]
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