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<blockquote data-quote="Rick Ross" data-source="post: 2474833" data-attributes="member: 51847">If you check out Craigslist there are always FedEx ground contractors trying to fill jobs. Many of them say they are tough, physically demanding routes needing motivated workers and pay $650 per week. They follow this with info saying they drive 100 miles per day with 80-100 stops in 10-12 hours. If they can&#039;t keep employees on a light day like that how is UPS going to keep drivers with a much lower two tier wage? It seems to me they will have to dangle some kind of carrot to make people stick it out past the training. Can you imagine what would happen if full-time drivers quit in the middle of a shift like so many hub employees do? If you&#039;ve ever loaded in summertime I can pretty much guarantee that you&#039;ve seen someone walk away from their load and never come back.&nbsp; We all know the back of a package car is a hotter than a pup or ZZZ trailer with a fan blowing into it. If kids can&#039;t tough out 3-4 hours in the hub they will never be able to suck it up and be drivers. I have no doubt changes are coming but I can&#039;t see many drivers sticking around long if top pay was only $20 an hour or so.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rick Ross, post: 2474833, member: 51847"] If you check out Craigslist there are always FedEx ground contractors trying to fill jobs. Many of them say they are tough, physically demanding routes needing motivated workers and pay $650 per week. They follow this with info saying they drive 100 miles per day with 80-100 stops in 10-12 hours. If they can't keep employees on a light day like that how is UPS going to keep drivers with a much lower two tier wage? It seems to me they will have to dangle some kind of carrot to make people stick it out past the training. Can you imagine what would happen if full-time drivers quit in the middle of a shift like so many hub employees do? If you've ever loaded in summertime I can pretty much guarantee that you've seen someone walk away from their load and never come back. We all know the back of a package car is a hotter than a pup or ZZZ trailer with a fan blowing into it. If kids can't tough out 3-4 hours in the hub they will never be able to suck it up and be drivers. I have no doubt changes are coming but I can't see many drivers sticking around long if top pay was only $20 an hour or so. [/QUOTE]

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