Is Doing Ups Delivery Driving Worth The Money ?

[Wally]

You will give up your family, personal life, and hobbies, anything that makes you happy. You will be so tired on the weekends that getting off the couch and doing the things you used to enjoy will be a distant memory and your family/friends will resent you for it. After 20 yrs, then 30, your body will be a crippled pathetic memory of what you were, and you will retire disabled... Enjoy!

I'm in a lot better shape than most men my age. I'm never tired either. I do some weight training which I thinks helps. No need for cardio with all the walking we do.

I made a decision to live real close to work so I think that helps too with the long hours we do.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I'm in a lot better shape than most men my age. I'm never tired either. I do some weight training which I thinks helps. No need for cardio with all the walking we do.

I made a decision to live real close to work so I think that helps too with the long hours we do.

Are you hard on the Beaver?

 

[Wally]

Are you hard on the Beaver?

 

[TooTechie]

Punish that beaver!

 

[Cementups]

...or stripping...

Good strippers make a bit more than a UPS driver. I may or may not be speaking from experience :x

 

[BrownArmy]

Good bartenders in my town can make 80-100 grand, with a comparable amount of bullchit.

 

[Cementups]

Good bartenders in my town can make 80-100 grand, with a comparable amount of bullchit.

But whose hours are worse?!?!?! A UPS driver or a bartender?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

The issue isn't whether or not the work is worth the money. It's whether you're a part timer who has put in your years of part time work to earn the job, or if you can manage to get them to hire you off the street (somewhat rare).

"Earn the job"?

 

[DOK]

We have a driver may end the year with 150,000 and best believe it wasn't all "hard work".

How's that possible with 60 hours per week cut off?

 

[UPSGUY72]

Swing driving sucks especially when you have low seniority but the sooner you get started the sooner you'll build your way up the list. It's stressful but worth it.

I love being a FT cover driver. I know I'm not doing a crappy route everyday and the more seniority I get the better routes I cover on a daily basis...

 

[UPSGUY72]

How's that possible with 60 hours per week cut off?

It isn't That driver would have to made $90,000 in just OT and bonus if they are in a bonus center. That works out to over 1700 hr in OT.

 

[Mr.Golden]

How's that possible with 60 hours per week cut off?

It isn't That driver would have to made $90,000 in just OT and bonus if they are in a bonus center. That works out to over 1700 hr in OT.

It's called filing grievances so it is not "hard work"

 

[JL 0513]

We have a driver may end the year with 150,000 and best believe it wasn't all "hard work".

If a driver maxed out at 60 hrs a week for the whole year, which no center would ever allow, that would amount to about $125,000. Then add tons of grievances and you're still not getting to $150K.

What is this guy doing exactly? Sorry, but it doesn't sound feasible.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Sorry, but it doesn't sound feasible.

Because it isn't.

 

[Grey]

I love being a FT cover driver. I know I'm not doing a crappy route everyday and the more seniority I get the better routes I cover on a daily basis...

You mean winning vacation bid routes or bumping other cover drivers?

 

[Mr.Golden]

If a driver maxed out at 60 hrs a week for the whole year, which no center would ever allow, that would amount to about $125,000. Then add tons of grievances and you're still not getting to $150K.

What is this guy doing exactly? Sorry, but it doesn't sound feasible.

Because it isn't.

I said maybe....Y'all supervisor don't work doing a hourly job? I've seen my center manager (we no longer have) and district mgr do hourly work. The guy files that throughout the year and he does work 59 hr a week

 

[UPSGUY72]

You mean winning vacation bid routes or bumping other cover drivers?

I'm a Ft cover I guaranteed 8 hrs a day like any other driver I just don't have my own route. I cover some weeks I do a different route each day other I do the same route all week.

 

[hellfire]

In my case not even close to accurate.

have you been blessed with orion yet?, Are you in a small center?

 

[hellfire]

This could not be further from my reality. I'll have 30 in this spring.

I can only speak on my experience and those i interact with at our morning bitch-fests..

 

[BakerMayfield2018]

We have a driver may end the year with 150,000 and best believe it wasn't all "hard work".