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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1501529" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p>The number of hours you will work will vary among work group, shifts, building, region, etc. On my shift, most persons work 17.5-22 hours per week; a handful of higher seniority employees approach 25. Here, additional work opportunities are competitive. Another building, about 30 miles from mine, works their Preloaders 25-30 hours per week. The building is space constrained, so UPS is limited in its ability to add staff and thus starts them earlier. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Slight exaggeration. The job pays $10 per hour, so a typical employee would earn $35-$40 per shift. About 10% will be withheld for Federal Income Tax, 7.65% for FICA and up to 5% for state/local tax. So that's closer to $27-$31 take home per shift in the worst-case scenario. If UPS is your sole job, you'll get most of your FIT back when you file your return; if it is not, you may owe a little bit more. Gas is $1.50-$2.00 per gallon (outside of CA, NY, etc.) Most new employees will make it to work & home on a gallon of gas (and some two days) so that brings us down to $25.50-$29 per shift. </p><p></p><p>Union dues are 2 hours per month for employees making $12/hr or less. So that's $20 per month (and not applicable if you're in a RTW state). Union initiation varies widely around the country... in some locals, it's waived for PT employees, in others it's discounted. It's typically $200-$300, although there are some that go as high as $500 or more. These are typically deducted at $25/week, and not at the same time as the dues.</p><p></p><p>So while there can be some pain while initiation is being deducted... new employees make more than you think, especially if they're at $11/hour.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Boomers not retiring "when they're suppose to" is a problem in this country, especially with blue collar wages continuing their downward spiral. I work with a 70-year-old... him and his wife (not a UPSer) continue to work, despite the fact that they can collect over $120,000 per year in pension & social security payments (that's not factoring 401K) -- much of it not subject to Federal or state taxes. Yet he continues to work, whining if he's not off the clock in 8 hours... and whining about his 40-year-old kid who can't get a decent job. Meanwhile, the average PT->FT list is how long???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1501529, member: 43436"] The number of hours you will work will vary among work group, shifts, building, region, etc. On my shift, most persons work 17.5-22 hours per week; a handful of higher seniority employees approach 25. Here, additional work opportunities are competitive. Another building, about 30 miles from mine, works their Preloaders 25-30 hours per week. The building is space constrained, so UPS is limited in its ability to add staff and thus starts them earlier. Slight exaggeration. The job pays $10 per hour, so a typical employee would earn $35-$40 per shift. About 10% will be withheld for Federal Income Tax, 7.65% for FICA and up to 5% for state/local tax. So that's closer to $27-$31 take home per shift in the worst-case scenario. If UPS is your sole job, you'll get most of your FIT back when you file your return; if it is not, you may owe a little bit more. Gas is $1.50-$2.00 per gallon (outside of CA, NY, etc.) Most new employees will make it to work & home on a gallon of gas (and some two days) so that brings us down to $25.50-$29 per shift. Union dues are 2 hours per month for employees making $12/hr or less. So that's $20 per month (and not applicable if you're in a RTW state). Union initiation varies widely around the country... in some locals, it's waived for PT employees, in others it's discounted. It's typically $200-$300, although there are some that go as high as $500 or more. These are typically deducted at $25/week, and not at the same time as the dues. So while there can be some pain while initiation is being deducted... new employees make more than you think, especially if they're at $11/hour. Boomers not retiring "when they're suppose to" is a problem in this country, especially with blue collar wages continuing their downward spiral. I work with a 70-year-old... him and his wife (not a UPSer) continue to work, despite the fact that they can collect over $120,000 per year in pension & social security payments (that's not factoring 401K) -- much of it not subject to Federal or state taxes. Yet he continues to work, whining if he's not off the clock in 8 hours... and whining about his 40-year-old kid who can't get a decent job. Meanwhile, the average PT->FT list is how long??? [/QUOTE]
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