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I really want to be hired as a package handler but my application is just "On File"
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<blockquote data-quote="MDX91" data-source="post: 3602785" data-attributes="member: 71244"><p>It's not how much you can lift until the end of the night with the irregs, and being able to lift those doesn't matter much because there's usually help if you need it. It's how long you can lift 50 pound boxes at a fast pace. Probably an average of 1600 a night. No, not all of them are 50-70 but my point is that they're not light and the light <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> is usually bagged and those can get pretty heavy too. You're doing it for 3.5-6 hours with no breaks. When I started I knew it wasn't going to be a cake walk, but I thought I was pretty fit and could manage. And you can at first, you just notice that the boxes are a bit heavier than you thought but not so heavy that you can't do them. And then you get an hour into the night you start to feel it. And halfway through the night you are spent. Repeat for a few weeks slowly improving a little every day. And during those first few weeks you will question why you are doing this. And even after you've been there a while some nights will still beat the <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> out of you. That said, I really like my job. It's just brutal adjusting to it no matter how fit you are. And I agree with sandwich, FedEx doesn't have the opportunities that UPS does. Pays more up front but that's it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MDX91, post: 3602785, member: 71244"] It's not how much you can lift until the end of the night with the irregs, and being able to lift those doesn't matter much because there's usually help if you need it. It's how long you can lift 50 pound boxes at a fast pace. Probably an average of 1600 a night. No, not all of them are 50-70 but my point is that they're not light and the light :censored: is usually bagged and those can get pretty heavy too. You're doing it for 3.5-6 hours with no breaks. When I started I knew it wasn't going to be a cake walk, but I thought I was pretty fit and could manage. And you can at first, you just notice that the boxes are a bit heavier than you thought but not so heavy that you can't do them. And then you get an hour into the night you start to feel it. And halfway through the night you are spent. Repeat for a few weeks slowly improving a little every day. And during those first few weeks you will question why you are doing this. And even after you've been there a while some nights will still beat the :censored: out of you. That said, I really like my job. It's just brutal adjusting to it no matter how fit you are. And I agree with sandwich, FedEx doesn't have the opportunities that UPS does. Pays more up front but that's it. [/QUOTE]
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