Hello I'm a 7 year express employee been fulltime for about 5½ years and was the last courier to upgrade to fulltime at my station. I was recently told the local ups station is hiring and a good friend of mine is a supervisor and told me to use him as reference. I'm scared of change and wonder if this would be a good choice for me as I'm close to 10 years in however I am under 30. I have a family 3 children and it is stressful at times needing to work overtime and volunteer for everything under the sun to make life easier. I know I won't have muchfree time over at brown but from what iI understand I should be making almost double what I make here within 3 years and much better benefits is this true??
As a 25+ year Express employee, I would advise you to leave now... ASAP, especially if you can luck into a full-time driving position at UPS. There is no future here and you will never reach top pay. The pension here is a joke. At UPS, once you become a full-time driver, you will reach top pay in four years with the new contract. Change isn't a bad thing if it's going to be to the advantage of you and your family long term. You are young enough to start over. It won't be easy for a while, but the pay off is well worth it. Just know though, if you become a driver, you will work much harder and your family life during the week may be nonexistent. BUT, you will be paid much better eventually, have much better benefits, more vacation and a real retirement.