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<blockquote data-quote="TG43" data-source="post: 1414614" data-attributes="member: 49675"><p>I was a city carrier at USPS from May 2011-May 2013.</p><p>I quit shortly after TE's lost $5.90/hr during the last contract. (TE is similar to a UPS cover driver). I've been a cover driver at UPS for 6 months now.</p><p> </p><p>This is only my opinion on the two jobs...</p><p> </p><p>There's a lot more BS and stress at UPS. This is not to say there isn't BS and stress at USPS...there is! I know. But at UPS when I hit the street, one of my main concerns is getting next day air delivered by 10:30. There could be 2 NDA's or 10. There are commit times you have to make throughout the day for deliveries and pickups. You could get to a pickup that has 5 pallets of boxes for pickup (no end of day sheet either) there's an extra 20 minutes picking them up. You could get an on-demand pickup out of no where that you have to take care of, bunch of extra time there. There's a bunch of little BS at UPS...can't sheet businesses closed between 12-1, I sheeted a package "other, other" one day because of a dog, found out that's a big no-no, have to sheet "other, emergency". At post office you just fricken write "dog" on the letter, it's not rocket science. With telematics if you drive with the cargo door open, back up after starting the truck, back up far, etc you risk getting in trouble.</p><p> </p><p>I've literally have had 3 days I would consider "good" in the 6 months I've been at UPS. Most days I feel overwhelmed and stressed. At USPS I had more good days than bad...only an occasional really stressful day.</p><p> </p><p>Saturdays do suck at USPS. I also didn't really like walking 10 miles a day and hearing welfare scum telling me I was late with their check.</p><p> </p><p>I don't really like giving my opinion or advice because people are different. You might like it at UPS, I don't know you. I don't like the stress of it, but stress probably gets to me more than others.</p><p> </p><p>Also at UPS you may not get many hours on the road and might be asked to work inside unloading trucks. They do that at 4 am, I hate it. I'm looking at getting back into USPS as a Rural carrier. It's a whole different world than city carrier, different union and all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TG43, post: 1414614, member: 49675"] I was a city carrier at USPS from May 2011-May 2013. I quit shortly after TE's lost $5.90/hr during the last contract. (TE is similar to a UPS cover driver). I've been a cover driver at UPS for 6 months now. This is only my opinion on the two jobs... There's a lot more BS and stress at UPS. This is not to say there isn't BS and stress at USPS...there is! I know. But at UPS when I hit the street, one of my main concerns is getting next day air delivered by 10:30. There could be 2 NDA's or 10. There are commit times you have to make throughout the day for deliveries and pickups. You could get to a pickup that has 5 pallets of boxes for pickup (no end of day sheet either) there's an extra 20 minutes picking them up. You could get an on-demand pickup out of no where that you have to take care of, bunch of extra time there. There's a bunch of little BS at UPS...can't sheet businesses closed between 12-1, I sheeted a package "other, other" one day because of a dog, found out that's a big no-no, have to sheet "other, emergency". At post office you just fricken write "dog" on the letter, it's not rocket science. With telematics if you drive with the cargo door open, back up after starting the truck, back up far, etc you risk getting in trouble. I've literally have had 3 days I would consider "good" in the 6 months I've been at UPS. Most days I feel overwhelmed and stressed. At USPS I had more good days than bad...only an occasional really stressful day. Saturdays do suck at USPS. I also didn't really like walking 10 miles a day and hearing welfare scum telling me I was late with their check. I don't really like giving my opinion or advice because people are different. You might like it at UPS, I don't know you. I don't like the stress of it, but stress probably gets to me more than others. Also at UPS you may not get many hours on the road and might be asked to work inside unloading trucks. They do that at 4 am, I hate it. I'm looking at getting back into USPS as a Rural carrier. It's a whole different world than city carrier, different union and all. [/QUOTE]
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