35 years ago you could start at 16, how times have changed. UPS didn't even service the entire US then.
30andout, I feel your pain, I was seventeen back in 1975 when I started.
This is about the UPS Pension for Part Timers from back then. Like I have posted a dozen times, I worked PT from Oct '75 to April '84, then I went into FT Package. Recently, I sent a written request to Corp about my Part Time UPS Pension that I earned under a "Reciprocal Agreement" with Central States. I earned 8.25 years PT service credit and will get $206.25 per month based on my thirty years of Combined Service Credit between the two plans. I have to be 65 years old to get the full amount.
The Formula:
(UPS Pension Plan Service Credit) / 30 Years) X (30-Year Service Pension Benefit)= UPS Pension Plan partial service pension payable monthly as a Single Life Only Annuity
Calculation:
(8.25) Years UPS Pension Plan Service Credit) / 30 Years) X ($751) = $206.25
So I will get about 25 bucks a month for every year that I worked Part Time. Right now, that puts me at about $2750 a month when I am in my early sixties. I hope this new proposed Teamster UPS Pension Plan will be better than that.