Norwalk CT

[Sick of FedEx]

So I interviewed for seasonal package driver at Norwalk CT, and have a road test scheduled next week, which I'm good with. Near the end of the interview the HR rep says to me, oh and you have to do 5 days of training in Hartford. That's like a 2 1/2 hour drive. I thought traveling long distances for training was for people going for permanent jobs, the so-called 2 week boot camp.

Anyway, I didn't even think to ask her if UPS pays for the hotel for a week-long seasonal driver training program or what. If not, I'm out.

 

[Jackburton]

Bai

Guess it’s back to Nintendo and hot pockets.

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

Norwalk and Hartford can't be that far apart. Connecticut looks tiny on my map.

 

[Sick of FedEx]

It's 1.5 hours if you drive it at 2:00 in the morning. But going in rush hour traffic, it's closer to 2.5.

Isn't there a distribution center in Elmsford, NY? That would be a heck of alot closer than Hartford.

 

[MyTripisCut]

This is a problem for @FrigidFTSup to solve. He will be around shortly.

 

[FrigidFTSup]

It's 1.5 hours if you drive it at 2:00 in the morning. But going in rush hour traffic, it's closer to 2.5.

Isn't there a distribution center in Elmsford, NY? That would be a heck of alot closer than Hartford.

2.5 hours my arse. That’s an 1:10 during Friday rush hour

 

[MyTripisCut]

2.5 hours my arse. That’s an 1:10 during Friday rush hour

Write this guy up for not knowing how long driving around takes.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

2.5 hours my arse. That’s an 1:10 during Friday rush hour

Typical management. Always blaming the driver for traffic conditions...

 

[Sick of FedEx]

2.5 hours my arse. That’s an 1:10 during Friday rush hour

No, you're wrong. Take it from someone who drives up I-95 from Greenwich to Westport in rush hour everyday. It's that same crawl all the way upstate in rush hour.

 

[FrigidFTSup]

No, you're wrong. Take it from someone who drives up I-95 from Greenwich to Westport in rush hour everyday. It's that same crawl all the way upstate in rush hour.

No, it really isn’t. My wife drives I-91 from Windsor Locks to North Haven every single day. It’s not that bad.

Especially not 2.5 hours bad. You can take 84 the entire width of the state and it not even be that long

 

[Box Ox]

No, you're wrong. Take it from someone who drives up I-95 from Greenwich to Westport in rush hour everyday. It's that same crawl all the way upstate in rush hour.

No, it really isn’t. My wife drives I-91 from Windsor Locks to North Haven every single day. It’s not that bad.

Especially not 2.5 hours bad. You can take 84 the entire width of the state and it not even be that long

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Norwalk and Hartford can't be that far apart. Connecticut looks tiny on my map.

Norwalk is down by the ocean.

Hartford is smack dab in the middle of the hood.

To the OP------the company will put you up in a hotel and give you a daily per diem if you have to travel 50 miles or more.

 

[Wally]

All this training and the newbies are still lost in the sauce and getting into accidents.