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<blockquote data-quote="MrBates" data-source="post: 2833944" data-attributes="member: 67129"><p>You have just described the plight of every single UPS driver that went thru the qualification process.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If and when he qualifies it will be the end of family life on weekdays as you know it. 10-12 hour days are the norm. It takes a special kind of person to be a UPS driver. This is not your normal 9 to 5. Look on the bright side, lucky qualifiers will have at least two days off every week from January 15 to Black Friday.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>During the qualification process, it is highly recommended that the candidate have a second job. UPS is notoriously known to be quite harsh to lads trying to qualify. Sometimes, on rare occasion, you will find a supervisor who is kind enough to call and tell a candidate not to come in if a route will not be available. Finding such a supervisor, however, is like spotting a unicorn.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>At UPS, you are never fast enough. He will have to learn to tune his supervisors out and just listen to the safety part of their message. Just work hard, put in an honest effort, and try to get a little better each day.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It sucks at first. We have all been there. If you can put up with all the garbage in the beginning, then after a while the garbage will start smelling like money. Patience is a virtue.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Never trust the minions from preload. If you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself. From my observations, the candidates that management qualifies seem to come in really early to sort their truck before start time. I've also heard of this concept of sorting during lunch so the packages are lined up stop for stop, which will do wonders for his SPORH. He may hear some hollering from the Union guys, but, hey, they really can't do anything since he's not booked anyway. If and when he books, we insist that he does away with that behavior. We hate seeing Union brothers work for free.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>All of the things you have witnessed or heard of are normal. Cheers....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrBates, post: 2833944, member: 67129"] You have just described the plight of every single UPS driver that went thru the qualification process. If and when he qualifies it will be the end of family life on weekdays as you know it. 10-12 hour days are the norm. It takes a special kind of person to be a UPS driver. This is not your normal 9 to 5. Look on the bright side, lucky qualifiers will have at least two days off every week from January 15 to Black Friday. During the qualification process, it is highly recommended that the candidate have a second job. UPS is notoriously known to be quite harsh to lads trying to qualify. Sometimes, on rare occasion, you will find a supervisor who is kind enough to call and tell a candidate not to come in if a route will not be available. Finding such a supervisor, however, is like spotting a unicorn. At UPS, you are never fast enough. He will have to learn to tune his supervisors out and just listen to the safety part of their message. Just work hard, put in an honest effort, and try to get a little better each day. It sucks at first. We have all been there. If you can put up with all the garbage in the beginning, then after a while the garbage will start smelling like money. Patience is a virtue. Never trust the minions from preload. If you want something done right, you've got to do it yourself. From my observations, the candidates that management qualifies seem to come in really early to sort their truck before start time. I've also heard of this concept of sorting during lunch so the packages are lined up stop for stop, which will do wonders for his SPORH. He may hear some hollering from the Union guys, but, hey, they really can't do anything since he's not booked anyway. If and when he books, we insist that he does away with that behavior. We hate seeing Union brothers work for free. All of the things you have witnessed or heard of are normal. Cheers.... [/QUOTE]
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