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<blockquote data-quote="UnconTROLLed" data-source="post: 982217" data-attributes="member: 18708"><p>"But perhaps most important, think about what UPS means to its employees and, through them, to the U.S. economy. Those 398,000 workers make UPS roughly tied with McDonald’s Corp. as the third-biggest employer among U.S. companies. Those employees are famously well-paid. Last I checked, driver base pay ran about $30 an hour. With overtime, your driver likely makes $80,000 to 100,000 per year. Their health benefits are fully paid for their entire family. They have generous pensions and extensive annual leave for the most senior drivers. One report indicated that the average driver has been with the company more than 16 years with turnover estimated at less than 2 percent per year."</p><p></p><p> Drivers working 60 or 70 hours a week, could take those extra 30 and do something less stressful and damaging to health and mind, including another job/career. When we had a local driver basically heat-stroke and suffocate in the back of the truck a couple years ago, that was a wake-up call for me. </p><p></p><p> Also I didn't realize you were talking about wages specifically, but I guess "lottery" would indicate that. The article references benefits, retirement, paid leave, etc, and all FTs are generally equal there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UnconTROLLed, post: 982217, member: 18708"] "But perhaps most important, think about what UPS means to its employees and, through them, to the U.S. economy. Those 398,000 workers make UPS roughly tied with McDonald’s Corp. as the third-biggest employer among U.S. companies. Those employees are famously well-paid. Last I checked, driver base pay ran about $30 an hour. With overtime, your driver likely makes $80,000 to 100,000 per year. Their health benefits are fully paid for their entire family. They have generous pensions and extensive annual leave for the most senior drivers. One report indicated that the average driver has been with the company more than 16 years with turnover estimated at less than 2 percent per year." Drivers working 60 or 70 hours a week, could take those extra 30 and do something less stressful and damaging to health and mind, including another job/career. When we had a local driver basically heat-stroke and suffocate in the back of the truck a couple years ago, that was a wake-up call for me. Also I didn't realize you were talking about wages specifically, but I guess "lottery" would indicate that. The article references benefits, retirement, paid leave, etc, and all FTs are generally equal there. [/QUOTE]
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