jesus_saves
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I'm moving back to my old town and there is a ups building about four miles from where I will be staying. Will it be hard to get on because I hear the small buildings are the hardest. Thanks in advance guys
No matter what I will have two jobs lined up. But my wife cousin is a driver there so he talked to his sup and his sup will talk to the hub manager to see if they are any openings. He said I should have alot of +'s because during the seasonal period they only hired driver helpers and since I worked in the warehouse and know how everything operate I should be good. I talked to my manager at the houston hub tonight and I ask him if he can give me a written recommendation and he said he will give me a good hiring status *whatever that is*. So I hope all works out if not i'll just try to work for the big hub in New Orleans. Goodnight guysGo for it....But have another job lined up too incase ups doesnt hire you
LOL I thought the title of the thread was .........."hard to get on at a small WHOREHOUSE"He could always pray.
Yeah we talked about that he said it took him 4 years to become a driver but after hurricane Katrina they were trying to bump anyone to driver but all the dudes who had seniority there was under 21. So they hired people off the street.Well, first off i believe he was a seasonal at the Houston hub because when i first started at the Houston hub seasonal would be hired. This year i saw boat loads of tours near the beginning of peak for both midnight shift and the sunrise(similar hours as preload's but loading and unloads trailers).
Anyways as far as the advice goes i would recommend making the trip to the hub in New Orleans. There you will PLENTY of more opportunities open up then if you go to a small center.
At a hub you will have the opportunity one day to get a combo job, revenue auditor, different sorts to pick from based on you life changes and of course the motherload... FEEDERS(I'm a part time feeder shifter) at smaller center very few runs extremely high seniority levels.
I recently won a bid/transfer opportunity to go full time at a small center in SW Houston. It would of been instant full time with a route of my own. I turned it down since and said center there are probably 4 feeder runs looked like all have 20+ years with the same driver. Hence the lack of opens in feeders. At the Houston hub there are over 120+ runs with openings yearly.
UPS wanted to push that volume down to the SW since far southern building hat gotten larger and absorbed some of SW centers routes. When i went to package driver school at SW center i saw how small and the lack of multiple shifts there they only have a preload and twilight sort.
At a hub you will have the opportunity one day to get a combo job when open, revenue auditors, different sorts to pick from based on you life changes and of course the motherload... FEEDERS(I'm a part time feeder shifter) at smaller center very few runs extremely high seniority levels.
To sum it up i would go hub for the opportunities but if you want to be a package car driver possibly for life talk to you wifes cousin and he will tell you about it that small center.
plenty of people live happy package car lives
I'm soooooo going to hell for this one.....
Ok here's what you do it worked for me...so there's hope.... Go at the beginning shifts and ask to talk to the HR person directly....if not there ask to talk to a manager on that shift.....if that doesn't work ask the guard for an application. If you keep bugging the crap out of them they know you won't leave them alone they will either eventually talk to you or hire you one.....I got hired I bugged them everyday for 2 weeks. I too work at a smaller hub. I had previously taken the hr class and had done my info online awaiting them for 3 months after the constant nagging them Mon-Friday for those few weeks I was in. Been there 6 months now