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Coming from USPS is being a package handler worth it with the goal of driving?
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<blockquote data-quote="Zowert" data-source="post: 5089939" data-attributes="member: 71957"><p>Some good advice already offered here but I’ll throw my opinion in.</p><p></p><p>Stay with USPS for now. Keep applying for a driving position at UPS. It might take a while but I think you’ll get in eventually. We have a lot of off the street hires in package cars these days.</p><p></p><p>The pay progression for an RPCD is only 4 years, however you will start out as a 22.4 driver. It’s basically the same job but with lower pay. 22.4’s can be utilized inside the building but I have never seen them do anything other than cover routes. The 22.4 has its own 4 year progression and tops out at around $30/hr while RPCD is $38-41 depending on the local. With that in mind, you’re looking at 5-8+ years to reach top rate depending on how long it takes you to win an RPCD bid. This still beats the 12 year scale at USPS.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind the work is going to be different. I’m not knocking on USPS drivers, you guys work hard but at UPS you’re going to be worked a lot harder. Irregulars can be up to 150lbs and it’s always the people who live on the 4th floor of an apartment or have 1000 steps up to their front door ordering those. As a 22.4 you won’t have 9.5 protection, meaning you’re going to be the first one forced to work extra hours. You’ll be thrown on the worst routes in the blind as a cover driver starting out. Anyway, if you can handle heavy parcels and 60 (sometimes 70) hour weeks then you’ll be fine at UPS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zowert, post: 5089939, member: 71957"] Some good advice already offered here but I’ll throw my opinion in. Stay with USPS for now. Keep applying for a driving position at UPS. It might take a while but I think you’ll get in eventually. We have a lot of off the street hires in package cars these days. The pay progression for an RPCD is only 4 years, however you will start out as a 22.4 driver. It’s basically the same job but with lower pay. 22.4’s can be utilized inside the building but I have never seen them do anything other than cover routes. The 22.4 has its own 4 year progression and tops out at around $30/hr while RPCD is $38-41 depending on the local. With that in mind, you’re looking at 5-8+ years to reach top rate depending on how long it takes you to win an RPCD bid. This still beats the 12 year scale at USPS. Keep in mind the work is going to be different. I’m not knocking on USPS drivers, you guys work hard but at UPS you’re going to be worked a lot harder. Irregulars can be up to 150lbs and it’s always the people who live on the 4th floor of an apartment or have 1000 steps up to their front door ordering those. As a 22.4 you won’t have 9.5 protection, meaning you’re going to be the first one forced to work extra hours. You’ll be thrown on the worst routes in the blind as a cover driver starting out. Anyway, if you can handle heavy parcels and 60 (sometimes 70) hour weeks then you’ll be fine at UPS. [/QUOTE]
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