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<blockquote data-quote="Algernon" data-source="post: 3000572" data-attributes="member: 67668"><p>Thanks for all the replies everyone. I just want to clear a couple things up. Firstly, I'm not naive enough to think HR wouldn't lie about getting a driver spot so quickly, but based on the things I've heard from <em>everyone,</em> there's been a bit of a shortage of drivers at my building lately and they regularly hire people off the street for seasonal driving which may be what I start with. I was a helper last year and that's what got me interested in UPS in the first place. I've seen the daily routine of a driver and am sold on it. Yes, I know they sometimes work 12 hour days and are now doing Saturdays too. As a helper I was often with my driver for 10 hours of the 12 and did the Saturday preload once (on overtime at 22.50/hr hahaha they were desperate as hell).</p><p></p><p>I know didn't pass out in the truck from heat exhaustion or severe dehydration. It wasn't really very hot that day and I drank a lot of water though it never seems to be enough and dehydration might have made me a little more tired. It was more of of dreamlike state where I was sitting up and drifting in and out of dreaming and being startled awake when I started to slump over. "Passing out" was a bit of an exaggeration.</p><p></p><p>So far I have not missed a day and was only 2 minutes late once because of ridiculous traffic that literally slowed me down by 20 minutes though I didn't bother telling my supervisor that because he didn't bring it up. Hopefully once I pass that ridiculous sort test I'll be getting a break from busting my ass and won't have to worry so much about being considered useful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Algernon, post: 3000572, member: 67668"] Thanks for all the replies everyone. I just want to clear a couple things up. Firstly, I'm not naive enough to think HR wouldn't lie about getting a driver spot so quickly, but based on the things I've heard from [I]everyone,[/I] there's been a bit of a shortage of drivers at my building lately and they regularly hire people off the street for seasonal driving which may be what I start with. I was a helper last year and that's what got me interested in UPS in the first place. I've seen the daily routine of a driver and am sold on it. Yes, I know they sometimes work 12 hour days and are now doing Saturdays too. As a helper I was often with my driver for 10 hours of the 12 and did the Saturday preload once (on overtime at 22.50/hr hahaha they were desperate as hell). I know didn't pass out in the truck from heat exhaustion or severe dehydration. It wasn't really very hot that day and I drank a lot of water though it never seems to be enough and dehydration might have made me a little more tired. It was more of of dreamlike state where I was sitting up and drifting in and out of dreaming and being startled awake when I started to slump over. "Passing out" was a bit of an exaggeration. So far I have not missed a day and was only 2 minutes late once because of ridiculous traffic that literally slowed me down by 20 minutes though I didn't bother telling my supervisor that because he didn't bring it up. Hopefully once I pass that ridiculous sort test I'll be getting a break from busting my ass and won't have to worry so much about being considered useful. [/QUOTE]
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