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<blockquote data-quote="The Milkman" data-source="post: 5685503" data-attributes="member: 22760"><p>Our Center was in central Jersey and most routes started about 10 miles west all the way to the PA border of Easton PA about 45 miles from our center. Many rural RD routes back then. As far as healthcare when I retired. I was on the UPS healthcare coverage that I had as driver till I was 65. Then got the boot into Medicare. I was paying $50.00 a month for the full benefit pkg. The benefits were 0 when I retired then started to creep up after the next contract. But still worth it. I wanted to take advantage of the medical benefits while still fairly young. If I retired at 60, I would've only had 5 years of coverage. It was a no brainer to retire. With the pension vs my pay at the time which was bit less working at the counter I would be working for if I can remember at that time maybe $800 more per month than my pension payout. So, to work for $200 roughly a week it works out to be not worth it, when I could collect close to my pay being retired. Starting the 401K when it first came out, I think back in 86 made my decision to hang it up an easy one. 50 pound weight limits, blue label, Clipboards and carbon paper, no power steering, Crappy old trucks, wooden bulkhead doors and shelves, high steps to get in the truck, no automatics, green sheets in the am. Rookies today have no idea how bad things were back then. UPS today is a totally different monster. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group2/yes.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Milkman, post: 5685503, member: 22760"] Our Center was in central Jersey and most routes started about 10 miles west all the way to the PA border of Easton PA about 45 miles from our center. Many rural RD routes back then. As far as healthcare when I retired. I was on the UPS healthcare coverage that I had as driver till I was 65. Then got the boot into Medicare. I was paying $50.00 a month for the full benefit pkg. The benefits were 0 when I retired then started to creep up after the next contract. But still worth it. I wanted to take advantage of the medical benefits while still fairly young. If I retired at 60, I would've only had 5 years of coverage. It was a no brainer to retire. With the pension vs my pay at the time which was bit less working at the counter I would be working for if I can remember at that time maybe $800 more per month than my pension payout. So, to work for $200 roughly a week it works out to be not worth it, when I could collect close to my pay being retired. Starting the 401K when it first came out, I think back in 86 made my decision to hang it up an easy one. 50 pound weight limits, blue label, Clipboards and carbon paper, no power steering, Crappy old trucks, wooden bulkhead doors and shelves, high steps to get in the truck, no automatics, green sheets in the am. Rookies today have no idea how bad things were back then. UPS today is a totally different monster. :yes: [/QUOTE]
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