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how hard is it for a part-time supervisor to become a full-time driver?
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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 650601" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p>As a PT supervisor you would be considered an outsider for promotion to FT driver purposes. This may vary from region to region but here they will promote 6 inside employees before they will promote 1 outsider, for a 6:1 ratio. It may actually be easier for you to achieve your goal if you were to become an inside PT union employee.</p><p> </p><p>You did not express any desire to become a FT supervisor. Is there a reason for this?</p><p> </p><p>I would advise you to continue as a PT supervisor and either finish your degree or begin to look for FT opportunities within UPS or elsewhere where you could take advantage of your degree. UPS driver is not the end all, be all, and with the retirement age extension you may have to work 35-40 years in order to be eligible for a full pension. Take advantage of your education.</p><p> </p><p>In case you are curious, I just started my 21st year as a FT driver and will be eligible for full retirement in 2019. At this point I am working on reducing debt so that I can have the option of a reduced retirement when I reach the 25 year point with the knowledge that I would have to work somewhere.</p><p> </p><p>The role of the driver has changed dramatically and I would be hard pressed to recommend this job to anyone due to these changes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 650601, member: 12570"] As a PT supervisor you would be considered an outsider for promotion to FT driver purposes. This may vary from region to region but here they will promote 6 inside employees before they will promote 1 outsider, for a 6:1 ratio. It may actually be easier for you to achieve your goal if you were to become an inside PT union employee. You did not express any desire to become a FT supervisor. Is there a reason for this? I would advise you to continue as a PT supervisor and either finish your degree or begin to look for FT opportunities within UPS or elsewhere where you could take advantage of your degree. UPS driver is not the end all, be all, and with the retirement age extension you may have to work 35-40 years in order to be eligible for a full pension. Take advantage of your education. In case you are curious, I just started my 21st year as a FT driver and will be eligible for full retirement in 2019. At this point I am working on reducing debt so that I can have the option of a reduced retirement when I reach the 25 year point with the knowledge that I would have to work somewhere. The role of the driver has changed dramatically and I would be hard pressed to recommend this job to anyone due to these changes. [/QUOTE]
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