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<blockquote data-quote="sailfish" data-source="post: 2108314" data-attributes="member: 53248">As far as jobs and status goes I&#039;ve always felt bad for people who their job is the biggest thing they have going to represent them. One of the first things people ask when they meet you: &quot;So what do you do?&quot; I just gotta roll my eyes. Like who cares? Though UPS drivers do have a pretty good reputation amongst people as I&#039;ve always gotten a positive response (I mean let&#039;s face it, this is essentially the male equivalent of a hot nurse).Now the current contract is set until July 31, 2018. So you should be able to get in before they try and negotiate an even more weak-ass, broken-ass contract. Unfortunately, when you start driving, the active contract at the time is what applies to your wage progression. Now it&#039;s only one contract away so I wouldn&#039;t worry about it a whole damn lot as it will still likely make you better off than most other jobs out there.And as far as looking further into the future goes, I&#039;m really not worried a whole lot. I probably got 30 more years to go myself but the company&#039;s already lasted well over 100. Will there be more competition than FedEx by then? Likely. Will UPS take an even smaller share of the market and downsize as a result? Possibly. But will it remain a front runner? I wouldn&#039;t doubt it. I don&#039;t doubt they&#039;ll try something stupid again like ORION but there&#039;s not enough going on to have me losing sleep at this point. Even with everything Amazon&#039;s doing right now.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sailfish, post: 2108314, member: 53248"] As far as jobs and status goes I've always felt bad for people who their job is the biggest thing they have going to represent them. One of the first things people ask when they meet you: "So what do you do?" I just gotta roll my eyes. Like who cares? Though UPS drivers do have a pretty good reputation amongst people as I've always gotten a positive response (I mean let's face it, this is essentially the male equivalent of a hot nurse). Now the current contract is set until July 31, 2018. So you should be able to get in before they try and negotiate an even more weak-ass, broken-ass contract. Unfortunately, when you start driving, the active contract at the time is what applies to your wage progression. Now it's only one contract away so I wouldn't worry about it a whole damn lot as it will still likely make you better off than most other jobs out there. And as far as looking further into the future goes, I'm really not worried a whole lot. I probably got 30 more years to go myself but the company's already lasted well over 100. Will there be more competition than FedEx by then? Likely. Will UPS take an even smaller share of the market and downsize as a result? Possibly. But will it remain a front runner? I wouldn't doubt it. I don't doubt they'll try something stupid again like ORION but there's not enough going on to have me losing sleep at this point. Even with everything Amazon's doing right now. [/QUOTE]

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