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<blockquote data-quote="BrownDooDoo" data-source="post: 1116158" data-attributes="member: 46919"><p>Whats up guys,</p><p></p><p>Possible p/t package handler here. </p><p></p><p>I've done a lot of lurking over the past day or so and have a pretty good general idea of what to expect if I take/get the job at UPS. Lots of physical labor, soups bitching at you to go faster than fast, soups lying right to your face, etc.</p><p></p><p>Sounds just about like everywhere else, except it starts at 8.50 with potential to go to 9/10.50 quickly, benefits after a year, and a <strong>set schedule!</strong> which is what I like almost the most.</p><p></p><p>Anyway here's what happened for me. I applied online for an opening at my local UPS facility, and I do believe the website showed an opening. As soon as I applied, I was scheduled for a tour set up 3 days later (tomorrow, 7PM). </p><p></p><p>On the site it said this was for a temporary, part time position. The very next day I got an email saying this was wrong. This is far from temporary as can be, and applicants have to commit a year. So I was like great! Even better!</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Now here's my main question:</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong>I am a 19 year old kid, who's planning on getting a bachelors in accounting. I'm a few semesters away from finishing my associates right now. Do you guys think I should take the job if I can?</p><p></p><p>I'm pretty fit, so I don't think the physical aspect will kill me once I get used to it. And from what I've read, the soups can talk as much <img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://*" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> as they want but as long as you don't royally screw up/totally suck at your job they can't really fire you and will probably be long gone before you are. I suppose I can deal with that for 4 hours a day 5 days a week (weekends off, woo!).</p><p></p><p>I'm curious as to what the possibilities are for moving up with such a degree? Probably not too many right? From what I've read it's either stick around for 8+ years and try for driver or got P/T Soup and be doomed. However, it seems fairly easy to get a soup job from what I've read.</p><p></p><p>I don't think I would mind driving the truck if the wait time wasn't too long. At the same time though, if I do well in my major I could be making that much in a potentially shorter period of time. Maybe getting in as PT handler, then going P/T Soup would look good for my resume? </p><p></p><p>Idk, what do you guys think? </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">TL;DR</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong>Do you guys think this would be an e<span style="font-size: 10px">xcellent job for a 19 year old colle<span style="font-size: 10px">ge s<span style="font-size: 10px">tudent, who's not sure what to do in life anyway? Everything ab<span style="font-size: 10px">out it sounds right to me, just looking for opinion. </span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><strong><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-size: 10px">I'll post back and let everyone know how the tour goes tomorrow. Hopefully the<span style="font-size: 10px">y have somewhere there <span style="font-size: 10px">to do interview <span style="font-size: 10px">2 right after the first one. I <span style="font-size: 10px">know nothing, but judging from the e<span style="font-size: 10px">mails and such I<span style="font-size: 10px">'ve gotten it seems like they really need some fresh sla<span style="font-size: 10px">ves. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-size: 10px">I plan on wearing a <span style="font-size: 10px">3-button polo shirt, some casual jeans, <span style="font-size: 10px">and a hat. I'm a guy w<span style="font-size: 10px">ith semi<span style="font-size: 10px">-long ha<span style="font-size: 10px">ir, <span style="font-size: 10px">wearing the hat to keep <span style="font-size: 10px">hair out of my face and such. <span style="font-size: 10px">Does that sound OK? I think I can defini<span style="font-size: 10px">tely get the job just<span style="font-size: 10px"> because of all the research I've done. I'<span style="font-size: 10px">m going to tell HR that <span style="font-size: 10px">the main reason I want the <span style="font-size: 10px">job at <span style="font-size: 10px">UPS is so that I can <span style="font-size: 10px">start my CAREER at a young age, eventually become a driver, and also get into top notch physical shape as<span style="font-size: 10px"> an added bonus. <span style="font-size: 10px">Basically, I<span style="font-size: 10px">'m going to make this guy thi<span style="font-size: 10px">nk that I want to stay at <span style="font-size: 10px">UPS <strong>forever.</strong> Even if that may not be the case lol. Who kn<span style="font-size: 10px">ow<span style="font-size: 10px">s though, it may e<span style="font-size: 10px">nd up being the case.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownDooDoo, post: 1116158, member: 46919"] Whats up guys, Possible p/t package handler here. I've done a lot of lurking over the past day or so and have a pretty good general idea of what to expect if I take/get the job at UPS. Lots of physical labor, soups bitching at you to go faster than fast, soups lying right to your face, etc. Sounds just about like everywhere else, except it starts at 8.50 with potential to go to 9/10.50 quickly, benefits after a year, and a [B]set schedule![/B] which is what I like almost the most. Anyway here's what happened for me. I applied online for an opening at my local UPS facility, and I do believe the website showed an opening. As soon as I applied, I was scheduled for a tour set up 3 days later (tomorrow, 7PM). On the site it said this was for a temporary, part time position. The very next day I got an email saying this was wrong. This is far from temporary as can be, and applicants have to commit a year. So I was like great! Even better! [B]Now here's my main question: [/B]I am a 19 year old kid, who's planning on getting a bachelors in accounting. I'm a few semesters away from finishing my associates right now. Do you guys think I should take the job if I can? I'm pretty fit, so I don't think the physical aspect will kill me once I get used to it. And from what I've read, the soups can talk as much [IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG][IMG]*[/IMG] as they want but as long as you don't royally screw up/totally suck at your job they can't really fire you and will probably be long gone before you are. I suppose I can deal with that for 4 hours a day 5 days a week (weekends off, woo!). I'm curious as to what the possibilities are for moving up with such a degree? Probably not too many right? From what I've read it's either stick around for 8+ years and try for driver or got P/T Soup and be doomed. However, it seems fairly easy to get a soup job from what I've read. I don't think I would mind driving the truck if the wait time wasn't too long. At the same time though, if I do well in my major I could be making that much in a potentially shorter period of time. Maybe getting in as PT handler, then going P/T Soup would look good for my resume? Idk, what do you guys think? [SIZE=4]TL;DR [SIZE=2][SIZE=3][SIZE=2][B]Do you guys think this would be an e[SIZE=2]xcellent job for a 19 year old colle[SIZE=2]ge s[SIZE=2]tudent, who's not sure what to do in life anyway? Everything ab[SIZE=2]out it sounds right to me, just looking for opinion. [/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/B][SIZE=2]I'll post back and let everyone know how the tour goes tomorrow. Hopefully the[SIZE=2]y have somewhere there [SIZE=2]to do interview [SIZE=2]2 right after the first one. I [SIZE=2]know nothing, but judging from the e[SIZE=2]mails and such I[SIZE=2]'ve gotten it seems like they really need some fresh sla[SIZE=2]ves. I plan on wearing a [SIZE=2]3-button polo shirt, some casual jeans, [SIZE=2]and a hat. I'm a guy w[SIZE=2]ith semi[SIZE=2]-long ha[SIZE=2]ir, [SIZE=2]wearing the hat to keep [SIZE=2]hair out of my face and such. [SIZE=2]Does that sound OK? I think I can defini[SIZE=2]tely get the job just[SIZE=2] because of all the research I've done. I'[SIZE=2]m going to tell HR that [SIZE=2]the main reason I want the [SIZE=2]job at [SIZE=2]UPS is so that I can [SIZE=2]start my CAREER at a young age, eventually become a driver, and also get into top notch physical shape as[SIZE=2] an added bonus. [SIZE=2]Basically, I[SIZE=2]'m going to make this guy thi[SIZE=2]nk that I want to stay at [SIZE=2]UPS [B]forever.[/B] Even if that may not be the case lol. Who kn[SIZE=2]ow[SIZE=2]s though, it may e[SIZE=2]nd up being the case.[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE] [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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