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<blockquote data-quote="Boku41" data-source="post: 3068449" data-attributes="member: 12312"><p>I preloaded for 3 years, then drove package car for 17. A death in the family caused me to quit for 8 years. Now I am back preloading for the last 15 months. I was making $9/hr plus incentive for loading extra trucks in 1989. Now I am making $11/hr with no extra incentive. Do I think preloaders should make the same as drivers? No way. Do I think driving is harder than preloading? No way. Any driver that thinks they are working harder than preloaders are just lying to themselves, and it really isn't that much more skilled. What it all boils down to is that unless there is a significant pay raise for new part-timers (not the ones that have been there for 15+ years), there will continue to be massive turnover and terrible loads. UPS doesn't care as much about the loads as they used to, especially packages left in the building. Higher pay and treat the preloaders better instead of beating them down mentally and physically. (I load an industrial area and the weight of the packages takes a toll on most of the loaders that rotate through here.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Boku41, post: 3068449, member: 12312"] I preloaded for 3 years, then drove package car for 17. A death in the family caused me to quit for 8 years. Now I am back preloading for the last 15 months. I was making $9/hr plus incentive for loading extra trucks in 1989. Now I am making $11/hr with no extra incentive. Do I think preloaders should make the same as drivers? No way. Do I think driving is harder than preloading? No way. Any driver that thinks they are working harder than preloaders are just lying to themselves, and it really isn't that much more skilled. What it all boils down to is that unless there is a significant pay raise for new part-timers (not the ones that have been there for 15+ years), there will continue to be massive turnover and terrible loads. UPS doesn't care as much about the loads as they used to, especially packages left in the building. Higher pay and treat the preloaders better instead of beating them down mentally and physically. (I load an industrial area and the weight of the packages takes a toll on most of the loaders that rotate through here.) [/QUOTE]
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