sandwich
The resident gearhead
I don't know how a delivery driver can live in the bay area. It is so crazy expensive up there. So cal is bad but bay area is even worse.
San Diego routes
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Yes San Jose is in Silicon Valley, not Upstate NY.
We have stops here that get more than one envelope per day hence my question.
sandwich
The resident gearhead
Its not hard dude. Just put down a couple buildings and wait for the call. It basically went like this. Hr called me in September and said hey it looks like your 3rd on the list for your transfer to seattle. If the 2 guys above you say no then its your turn. So go home and talk to your wife. She said if they ask us lets do it. Lets move. Sure enough by Friday the 2 guys ahead of me said no so I said yes. They said ok your start is xXxX here is your new centers phone number. I called the new center manager said welcome aboard would you like an extra week or two to get things in a row. I said yes. They gave me a few weeks and now here I am up in washington. You keep your top rate you just go to the top rate of whatever building you transfer to.
Operational needs
Virescit Vulnere Virtus
$1,700 will get you a townhouse in a not so great area where I live.
MAKAVELI
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For the most part yes, our powerpads do separate the stops. But there usually is a few duplicates on our stop counts.
overflowed
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1700 will get you an in law garage apartment, with maybe a small kitchen, if your lucky where I live.
overflowed
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Hey sandwich! Go grab a Paseo's sandwich in Seattle. One of the only things I miss food wise from living up there.
Billsbacker77
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No east of Cuse Utica area
Billsbacker77
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That's kinda what I'm headed for nice warm weather sick of the cold lol
Billsbacker77
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So this maybe a dumb question then. How does one express driver live off their salary in SD. You literally have to have a full time job and part time ?
Billsbacker77
Member
That's kinda what I'm afraid of. I've heard of cheaper places to live such as riverside county but even rental prices there are high.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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...or be married to someone with a good job or perhaps living with a roommate or even still living at home...
Purplepackage
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does you married? Does your spouse work?
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Wu*?
Billsbacker77
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She does but we're not married no kids and I make more then she does. So I'm gonna take a shot in the dark and assume a express salary won't get me very far. I'm aware of the rental prices in sd have a buddy of mine that lives there. I've just heard from our senior manager that if you obviously transfer to a place where the cost of living is more you'll obv make more. Just am curious how much could a express driver in sd make.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Wouldn't JCATS show the wage range by area?
Billsbacker77
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I'm not 100% sure. I've only checked jcats once just to check it out but didn't put much effort into checking out how much one would make.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Perhaps you should.
Have you considered the Carolinas? Growing area with reasonable cost of living with much more comfortable weather than Cuse.
Billsbacker77
Member
I have considered Carolina. That as well as New Mexico Arizona places with warmer climates that could provide me with a steady route. I'm not a fan of rural routes and unfortunately that's pretty much the only opportunities I will have a shot at getting a route at my station.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Rural routes are much easier now that we have 911 addresses.
