Questions about driving

evilleace · 08-17-2008, 11:09 AM

Hi I just started working at ups a few months ago and I really want a driving job when I turn 21 I was wondering if someone could tell me how I go about getting a driving job what they are looking for and also how long the process could take and how exactly they choose drivers? Thanks

UpstateNYUPSer · 08-17-2008, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by evilleace

Hi I just started working at ups a few months ago and I really want a driving job when I turn 21 I was wondering if someone could tell me how I go about getting a driving job what they are looking for and also how long the process could take and how exactly they choose drivers? Thanks

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MonavieLeaker · 08-17-2008, 11:58 AM

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Cementups · 08-17-2008, 07:09 PM

1. Find bid list
2. sign bid list.
3. wait
4. Repeat as necessary

Baba gounj · 08-18-2008, 06:39 AM

Learn the DIAD;
Turn 21,
sign up to do Saturday air work,
take a driving test & pass it,
go to driver's school,
work Saturdays to learn the basics of a driver's job,
over time learn several different routes ( this is extremely important...the more area knowledge one has increases your survival chances )

every time a f/t driver's job, or combo job is posted sign up.

1989 · 08-18-2008, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Cementups

1. Find bid list
2. sign bid list.
3. wait
4. Repeat as necessary

Isn't there an easier way???

finaddict · 08-18-2008, 09:28 PM

CementUPS stated the facts, 1989 repeated it and I endorse it. It's all about seniority. You are young. Take your licks, climb the ladder and enjoy an early union retirement if you so choose.

evilleace · 08-19-2008, 11:49 AM

thanks for all the replies as for doing saturday air work is there a bid list for that also and do I have to go to driving school first before I do that? Also do they hire a lot of saturday air drivers I work in a small building probably put out 40-55 routes a day. thanks

Mike Hawk · 08-19-2008, 03:38 PM

step 1 coffee
step 2 donuts
step 3 driving

Fnix · 08-19-2008, 03:46 PM

So you need to take the test before you can Sat Air drive?

But Benefits Are Great! · 08-19-2008, 03:59 PM

Definition - Bank - Noun - The place I am laughing all the way to.

To the original poster - The cliche "good things come to those who wait" appears to be the motto to most here. And if you want to wait, feel free to do so.

If you want something, at UPS, in life, you go after it. Hard. Let every person who is wearing a suit know you want to be a driver. Tell them you want to drive saturday air. Tell them you want to go to integrad. Tell them every day. Twice a day. Make the HR Manager's office your second home.

Now, if you are a schlub, a slacker, a below-average performer at what you are doing, then I don't know. Excell at everything you do, for yourself to be noticed in a positive way, and you will drive sooner.

I'm at UPS just over 3 months, thank GOD I didn't take to heart the "set in stone" attitude that prevails here. I'm driving, and I love it. Can't believe I'm getting paid what I am to do such an easy, enjoyable job.

But Benefits Are Great! · 08-19-2008, 04:06 PM

No insult meant on the "easy job" comment. I know for myself, I believe the unloading job should start at $20 / hour, and driver at $8.50. Unloading is pure hell hard labor. Driving is like taking a nap compared to unloading.

drewed · 08-19-2008, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by But Benefits Are Great!

No insult meant on the "easy job" comment. I know for myself, I believe the unloading job should start at $20 / hour, and driver at $8.50. Unloading is pure hell hard labor. Driving is like taking a nap compared to unloading.

der Teufel spricht

But Benefits Are Great! · 08-19-2008, 04:33 PM

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der Teufel spricht

aber selbstverständlich

moreluck · 08-19-2008, 05:36 PM

der Teufel spricht = the devil speaks

aber selbstverständlich = but obviously

cino321 · 08-19-2008, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by But Benefits Are Great!

No insult meant on the "easy job" comment. I know for myself, I believe the unloading job should start at $20 / hour, and driver at $8.50. Unloading is pure hell hard labor. Driving is like taking a nap compared to unloading.

Unloading is brainless. Try preloading before PAS like we used to have to do, that's hard work. I'm a driver now, and that was one of the hardest jobs at UPS back in the day.

hyena · 08-20-2008, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by evilleace

thanks for all the replies as for doing saturday air work is there a bid list for that also and do I have to go to driving school first before I do that? Also do they hire a lot of saturday air drivers I work in a small building probably put out 40-55 routes a day. thanks

Ive been a saturday air driver for almost two years now about to hit top rate! They've never sent me to school. I was told you go to school right before you start qualifying for full time. Definitly do saturdays or at least some kind of air driving before you go full time. If you get the chance, it'll get you used to the diads and the trucks.

But Benefits Are Great! · 08-20-2008, 07:25 AM

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...Definitly do saturdays or at least some kind of air driving before you go full time. If you get the chance, it'll get you used to the diads and the trucks.

EXCELLENT advise, I strongly second that!

For Saturday Air, a sup takes you out on the road for 20 minutes to be sure you know which end of the truck is the front, and you need to pass a DOT physical, that's it.

evilleace · 08-20-2008, 07:29 AM

Do you have to be 21 to be a Saturday air driver just like a full time driver I assume you do?

hyena · 08-20-2008, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by evilleace

Do you have to be 21 to be a Saturday air driver just like a full time driver I assume you do?

Yes you do

Re-Raise · 08-20-2008, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by But Benefits Are Great!

No insult meant on the "easy job" comment. I know for myself, I believe the unloading job should start at $20 / hour, and driver at $8.50. Unloading is pure hell hard labor. Driving is like taking a nap compared to unloading.

The 'Chosen One' has returned. I love how you know eveything about a job some of us have been doing for years after three months. If you are driving at all it is air on Saturdays which isn't even the same job as a full-time driver. How many routes have you run blind ? How did you handle the last ice storm you delivered in ? I don't care whose ass you attach your lips to, it doesn 't override seniority. A UPS career is a marathon not a sprint. I don't care how great you think you did today , new pkgs are still going to come in tomorrow and you get to do it all over again.