Should I quit FedEx for UPS

[MrFedEx]

Do it I did you will thank me in the long run. Be prepared to go out with a min of 175 deliveries it hard work but rewarding .

Hey Lou,

Tell Dano how much you regret leaving.

 

[59 Dano]

Hey Lou,

Tell Dano how much you regret leaving.

I didn't care if he stayed or went on to something else. I say good for him. HE had the balls to do something about his situation.

You don't.

 

[Back first]

175 stops is a little high. Not all routes have stop counts this high.

 

[nineyearsUGH]

Well I skipped work for the interview and she said I could become a package driver in 1-2 years she said driver start off at $18 and top out at $36 and that I can drive part time as a handler so im jumping on this

Good luck!
I encourage you to become an exception air driver, which you can do in addition to your pt inside job.
If a pt air-driving job opens, go for it. It's good experience, and the air progression is only two years--top rate about $25, rather than the new four year progression of ft. I am pretty sure that if you make top rate, you retain that rate when you transfer to full time driver, rather than starting at the bottom rate.
Cheers

 

[TheKid99]

Good luck!
I encourage you to become an exception air driver, which you can do in addition to your pt inside job.
If a pt air-driving job opens, go for it. It's good experience, and the air progression is only two years--top rate about $25, rather than the new four year progression of ft. I am pretty sure that if you make top rate, you retain that rate when you transfer to full time driver, rather than starting at the bottom rate.
Cheers

Thanks!! Is Air Driver mon-sat?

 

[nineyearsUGH]

Most commonly, it's Tue-Sat. Mon-Fri jobs will be taken by higher seniority people.

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[bumped]

Well I skipped work for the interview and she said I could become a package driver in 1-2 years she said driver start off at $18 and top out at $36 and that I can drive part time as a handler so im jumping on this

Don't believe everything she says though. Her job is to get you in, and will tell you whatever you want to hear.

 

[hypo hanna]

Don't believe everything she says though. Her job is to get you in, and will tell you whatever you want to hear.

Unlike FedEx who is so incredably honest with candidates?

 

[Route 66]

Unlike FedEx who is so incredably honest with candidates?

Ya mean like back in the day when they assured you "as a 'people first' company, we'll take much better care of you than any union possibly can...they're just a buncha crooks that do nothing but take your money"

 

[HomeDelivery]

most companies will do the following tactic:

with ubiquitous internet access available at your fingertips via smartphones these days, you can do your part by researching the companies you're applying for

with this site, at least you know UPS will eventually give you that whole carrot (union-mandated progressive pay, OT, vacation, etc.)

but in return they'll push you to your limits daily on-the-road

while fedex express will do the same but only give you small chunks of the carrot, bit by bit, at a longer rate ~ never to get the whole carrot by the time you're an old fart

R1 and others saw what was Express is turning into & for those purple cool aid drinkers who didn't see it coming:

 

[JayF13]

I would def goto ups. They got me doing 3 routes in 1. I'm getting about 50-55 pick up stops. Btw I'm a part timer and try to do all that in about 3 hrs. And they got the nerves to ask me why am I getting lates. Lol they got me running around crazy. em.


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[Brownslave688]

Take a look at FedEx's top out and then ask a UPS driver what he's making. You'll never see top out at FedEx. Last I heard it takes 2 years to get to top out at UPS.

That would of been over 10 years ago. Top out takes 4 years now.

 

[hypo hanna]

And that is at a minimum 5 times faster then the fedex progression.

 

[Cactus]

That would of been over 10 years ago. Top out takes 4 years now.

Always gets longer to top out in today's world. Way to go Hoffa Jr. Your dad would be ashamed.

 

[SmithBarney]

What times do you work PT CRR? and will you work the opposite shift at UPS..
I say work at both(if schedules allow) and keep your mouth shut.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Tell you what----I am off next week----why don't you run my area and see if you are ready to make the move to the major leagues?

 

[chargerlou]

Hey Lou,

Tell Dano how much you regret leaving.

Heck no!!! best career move for me I'm happy


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[MAKAVELI]

Tell you what----I am off next week----why don't you run my area and see if you are ready to make the move to the major leagues?

If UPS is the major leagues then that would make you a bat boy.

 

[chargerlou]

Heck no!!! best career move for me I'm happy


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Oh not to forget I'm at over $27 an hour to do exact same job


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[STFXG]

Oh not to forget I'm at over $27 an hour to do exact same job


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It's not the exact same. And you're overpaid.

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