UPS joining 21st century anytime soon?

[thisjobaintforeverybody]

I can drive a stick, grandpa. I’ve got a class A CDL. You’re just mad because you can’t read the DIAD screen without a magnifying glass or your cheaters. Sorry they didn’t make the font adjustable size for you.

FYI he is a veteran like yourself!

 

[feeder05]

As a 30 year employee 16 in packages, I am embarrassed with how UPS has slackened appearance guidelines. Drivers with beards because of a doctors note. Tattoos that are visible to the public, and untucked shirts.

 

[feeder05]

to the WM guy, everyone of their trucks are automated. They don't even get out of their trucks

 

[JackDR]

Lol, a garbage man using big words! Get back with me in 26 years about making good on that bet.

Being a garbage man doesn’t make me unintelligent. Being a UPS driver takes about as much brains as a bathroom attendant. I probably know lots of big words you wouldn’t understand. If you’re alive in 26 years, I’ll be sure to come collect your... or my pension.

 

[sandwich]

Thanks for serving. Sadly, UPS is a snail of a company, and I think it's going to get worse, maybe much worse, before anything gets better. A lot of good drivers will be retiring at my hub this year and a few are just waiting to see how the contract plays out. The only way they're replacing them is with over-eager, under-abled youngsters who only care about the number on the check at the end of the week and not the big picture. They will be pushovers and the company knows it.

Yes because I'm sure when you were a driver at age 23 all you cared about was your pension and healthcare.

 

[JackDR]

to the WM guy, everyone of their trucks are automated. They don't even get out of their trucks

False. Some of their trucks are automated, but some are still rear load, and require you to get out at every house and run from the cab to the back.

 

[Poop Head]

False. Some of their trucks are automated, but some are still rear load, and require you to get out at every house and run from the cab to the back.

I always thought it would be cool to be the guy that hangs off the back of the truck and flings the trash into the back.

 

[JackDR]

I always thought it would be cool to be the guy that hangs off the back of the truck and flings the trash into the back.

It’s a fun job, except when it’s sleeting.

 

[rod]

I always thought it would be cool to be the guy that hangs off the back of the truck and flings the trash into the back.

I thought those guys were called "monbacks" -----because they were always yelling "mon back"

 

[TheMachine]

Military but wants a beard and doesn’t want to polish boots.....must be Air Force and still t!t fed.

 

[BigBrown87]

I may be a millennial by age/birthyear but I bet could outwork you any day of the week. I’ve delivered beer for AB, picked up trash/recycling/yard waste for WM, and deliver packages now for good ol’ UPS. I also serve in the military. UPS is so stuck in doings things “the way they’ve always been done” which is a giant handicap. I’m not bitching about pay or benefits, simply things that SHOULD change, but never will if the questions not asked.

Welcome to UPS, the land of ed. If you want a tip stop trying to make UPS better and accept the inevitable that nothing will change to make our jobs better or easier. I once was like you, would get upset over the smallest things that could be improved with a simple solution and then I found the answer IDGAF ideology. Seems to work no more stress and no more resentments.

 

[Indecisi0n]

I am under the impression that UPS ends up not putting in a dime into the pension for any worker who does not vest.

Wrong

 

[walk the jewels]

Man I sure hope underwear is never a required part of the uniform.

For when you blow out the entire back seam of your pants, boom, giant ups logo on your ass. Gotta look professional.

 

[wide load]

I may be a millennial by age/birthyear but I bet could outwork you any day of the week.

This says everything we need to know. I bet you could out work me. But, let’s compare W2s at the end of the year. We can see who is wealthy and who is tired. You understand yet?

 

[wide load]

I understand it’s different work. UPS is way easier. In the aspect of route optimization for just the sake of a driving job, UPS’s system/algorithm needs much improvement.

Like easier than this?

 

[wide load]

Yes, exactly. Idk wtf you’re “WOW”-ing at. I’m a driver. I’ve driven for a decade & have more “route” & logistics/optimization experience than any of the on-road supervisors in my center. Having a good work history/ resumé and being hired off the street as a driver is not at all the same as putting an in-experienced on-road sup in charge of multiple drivers doing a job the sup has never done.

A pre-requisite for being an on-road supervisor should be at least one year of being a package delivery driver. Consider it the probationary period. Even driving a route 3-4 days/week and focusing on “managerial” tasks for the other 1-2 days would be a perfect first year to being an on-road sup.

So put your letter in.

 

[bottomups]

Brown underwear = no more visible racing strips.

I like my Trump underwear.

 

[old levi's]

Tell us again why you wanted to work at ups?

 

[BigUnionGuy]

Being a garbage man doesn’t make me unintelligent. Being a UPS driver takes about as much brains as a bathroom attendant. I probably know lots of big words you wouldn’t understand.

Tell us again why you wanted to work at ups?

Because he's so smart ?

I’ve watched many pre-loaders & insiders attempt to drive and fail. Even seen a few who made it, but couldn’t handle it and asked to go back to sorting/loading.

And working inside.... is sooo easy.

-Bug-

 

[JackDR]

Military but wants a beard and doesn’t want to polish boots.....must be Air Force and still t!t fed.

Newsflash: UPS isn’t the military. Despite how much they try to assimilate with the standards. I’ve polished boots & shaved daily for the military. You’re probably bitter about me being Air Force because your ASVAB scores were only high enough to be a grunt eating crayons in the Army.