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<blockquote data-quote="browniehound" data-source="post: 379567" data-attributes="member: 4653"><p>I have to 2nd that.</p><p> </p><p>I'll post what I know. I started at $13.94 in 1999 which was 70% of top rate from the '97 contact in which top-rate was $19.91. I was under a 2-year progression that eventually paid me $22.75 per hour after 24 months.</p><p> </p><p>This was 2 contacts ago. Waiting for top-rate went from 24, to 30, and now I think its at 36 months! </p><p> </p><p>This really stinks. However there is an upside to this. So you start around 16 bucks now. This really isn't a bad wage but you may think so compared to what everyone else is earning and its killing you because you must now wait 3 years to recieve top-rate.</p><p> </p><p>Ok, but here is where I think you will be happy! You will go from making around $16-18 per hour (and in the mean time your are getting by on this wage) to start and 3 short years later will be making $33+ per hour!</p><p>That is a HUGE increase. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At straight time that is like a $500 a week raise! That is more that most people make at their full-time jobs for goodness sake! For these numbers to work you would have to make seniority in 2011 and top-rate in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Even if you started today, you would start driving in the $15-18 an hour range (can someone please post the starting raise for full-time drivers today?) and then make over $30 per hour 3 years later!</p><p> </p><p>I think this is really great. I understand the 3-year progression stinks, but the reward at the end is worth the wait in my opinion!</p><p> </p><p>Let's just think about it by itself. This is a tremendously great thing about working at UPS! The driver will work for $18 to start (just guessing as I don't know exactly what the wage is) and he can make a living on this.</p><p> </p><p>Things will get really good for him in less than 3 years when he progresses to top-rate which will be around $33 per hour at the end of the contract.</p><p> </p><p>Its like a huge windfall for the UPS driver and its really great. I went from around $18 to 22.75 and thought it was great. Today, these drivers are jumping up 8-12 bucks in 3 years which blows my mind!!!</p><p> </p><p>Think about it? You are surviving on $19/hour and 3 short years later you are now making $33/hour. Life became very comfortable, very fast, in my opinion<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy2.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy2:" title="Happy2 :happy2:" data-shortname=":happy2:" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browniehound, post: 379567, member: 4653"] I have to 2nd that. I'll post what I know. I started at $13.94 in 1999 which was 70% of top rate from the '97 contact in which top-rate was $19.91. I was under a 2-year progression that eventually paid me $22.75 per hour after 24 months. This was 2 contacts ago. Waiting for top-rate went from 24, to 30, and now I think its at 36 months! This really stinks. However there is an upside to this. So you start around 16 bucks now. This really isn't a bad wage but you may think so compared to what everyone else is earning and its killing you because you must now wait 3 years to recieve top-rate. Ok, but here is where I think you will be happy! You will go from making around $16-18 per hour (and in the mean time your are getting by on this wage) to start and 3 short years later will be making $33+ per hour! That is a HUGE increase. At straight time that is like a $500 a week raise! That is more that most people make at their full-time jobs for goodness sake! For these numbers to work you would have to make seniority in 2011 and top-rate in 2014. Even if you started today, you would start driving in the $15-18 an hour range (can someone please post the starting raise for full-time drivers today?) and then make over $30 per hour 3 years later! I think this is really great. I understand the 3-year progression stinks, but the reward at the end is worth the wait in my opinion! Let's just think about it by itself. This is a tremendously great thing about working at UPS! The driver will work for $18 to start (just guessing as I don't know exactly what the wage is) and he can make a living on this. Things will get really good for him in less than 3 years when he progresses to top-rate which will be around $33 per hour at the end of the contract. Its like a huge windfall for the UPS driver and its really great. I went from around $18 to 22.75 and thought it was great. Today, these drivers are jumping up 8-12 bucks in 3 years which blows my mind!!! Think about it? You are surviving on $19/hour and 3 short years later you are now making $33/hour. Life became very comfortable, very fast, in my opinion:happy2:. [/QUOTE]
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