Age you started and years it took to get f/t

si_dan · 02-09-2008, 01:51 PM

28 years old hired as a full time driver 19 years ago. 16 years to progress to feeder. Those years seemed to zip by in retrospect.

tups · 02-10-2008, 03:33 AM

I started as a full time driver off the street at 40 years old. Guess I just applied at the right time to get in. Now I am looking at getting out sometime this spring. To me the job has gotten harder in just the last 3 years, and I know I would never be able to make it to retirement the way we are pushed now. The guys I know that started 15 years ago, had a different animal back then, and were younger than I was when they started. And the young guys I see coming on now will have a hard time making retirement. Some of them have been here only a year or two, and they are already complaining about how much they hurt. 2 of them have already been out on injuries. And before those of you who push the methods so hard jump on me, I use them. And the other guys I know use them too. It's just that the job has gotten that much more physically demanding. I hear stories about how 5, 10 years ago we didn't deliver 25 boxes of copy paper to offices, Pottery barn, and there was less over 70's going through back then. This all ads up despite how safe we work. And in the time I have been here I have seen the job get worse as far as how hard we are pushed, and treated by management. (I'm sure most of you can relate to that, and it doesn't need any explaining).

IDoLessWorkThanMost · 02-10-2008, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by tups

I started as a full time driver off the street at 40 years old. Guess I just applied at the right time to get in. Now I am looking at getting out sometime this spring. To me the job has gotten harder in just the last 3 years, and I know I would never be able to make it to retirement the way we are pushed now. The guys I know that started 15 years ago, had a different animal back then, and were younger than I was when they started. And the young guys I see coming on now will have a hard time making retirement. Some of them have been here only a year or two, and they are already complaining about how much they hurt. 2 of them have already been out on injuries. And before those of you who push the methods so hard jump on me, I use them. And the other guys I know use them too. It's just that the job has gotten that much more physically demanding. I hear stories about how 5, 10 years ago we didn't deliver 25 boxes of copy paper to offices, Pottery barn, and there was less over 70's going through back then. This all ads up despite how safe we work. And in the time I have been here I have seen the job get worse as far as how hard we are pushed, and treated by management. (I'm sure most of you can relate to that, and it doesn't need any explaining).

It all depends on the individual. Some are in good physical and emotional shape and don't mind it. others well...can't hang.

CBUK · 02-10-2008, 01:12 PM

Started as a FT driver at 23.

Just completed 10 years service on Jan 2 2008.

There must be easier ways to get a wristwatch!

ExupserNaples · 02-11-2008, 09:01 AM

1987, hired as peak driver, was kept on never laid off. I was 22.

barnyard · 02-12-2008, 05:43 AM

I was 34 when I started at UPS and my FT seniority date is my 5 year anniversary. I work with a guy that worked the preload for 9 years and another for 7 waiting for a FT gig.

Our last 4 hires were off the street, all the PT people had either signed bids or were not qualified. One of the PTs lost his license because of an unpaid parking ticket. He got it back the next day, but his background check revealed it, so he has to wait. If you are working PT waiting for a driving job, PROTECT your license.

I doubt that I will make it 15 more years.

TB

PTer4Ever · 02-12-2008, 08:58 AM

I was p/t for 9.5 years before finally becoming a f/t service provider a few weeks ago. No, I was not trying to wait that long. That's just how long the wait is in our building. I can't believe some of you only waiting a few short months or years to go f/t. In our building, if you weren't hired by 2000, you're looking at about ANOTHER 5-6 year wait.