So... I'm getting an offer
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clean hairy
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Look at the pros and cons of both.
The decision you make will be the right one for you.
The decision you make will be the right one for you.
Not sure of the hours the rail is 24 hours so i may be doing nights.
The rail job is a union job
I think i can work around it while training to see if i like it.
I have too much experience with delivery.. i love it lol
Money doesn't mean anything if i do not like it even if im getting $43/hour
Ill start off at 80% of top rate.
Ill rather get paid $18.75 doing something i like then to make $34/hr doing something i dislike
By The Book
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Looking back to where UPS was when I started to where they are today, I would take the railroad job. Looking forward with UPS I think they will always be finding ways to trim the fat......jobs! You haven't qualified yet as a full time driver, and it's no joke! I'm not sure you would have to go thru basic training for the railroad. It may not be full time from day one or top pay from day one, both jobs have that in common. My 2 cents.
You think they will reduce the $36/hr after 2018? If so i may leave lol
But nope im still a pt handler and actually won a bid for a full time permanent driver but i was disqualified.
SaladTosser
Kill me now
I worked on the rails before I became a driver. Nights and weekends are guaranteed until you gain a lot of seniority. Work is easier and not as physically demanding. The retirement is the best around.
Driving isn't hard but it isn't easy either. Overall I'm just driving to have weekends off and the insurance is free.
Both jobs are cool so just do whatever you feel like.
Driving isn't hard but it isn't easy either. Overall I'm just driving to have weekends off and the insurance is free.
Both jobs are cool so just do whatever you feel like.
By The Book
Well-Known Member
With access point, my choice, sure post, all forms of taking away driver work,(full time jobs).Ups will continually look to take work away from drivers. The hourly rate was not what I was referring to, however future raises are not a given., as this is written into our current contract. As far as you being disqualified once, I don't have a warm and fuzzy feeling they will pass you the next time around.
I was dq because something showed on my driving record i will be clear in two months and thanks i have to keep that in mind
By The Book
Well-Known Member
You're driving record may meet the threshold of qualification, but your opportunity may be a ways down the road. This first dq may of set you back a long time, with the 6 to 1 hiring ratio.
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
My buddy was an Air Traffic Controller and made the jump to railroad dispatch, said it's the best decision he's ever made. The hours suck at first, but the pay and benefits are very good.
retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
I used to know a lot of ARTC's. We had a bar near the airport, and a bunch of those guys were serious drinkers. A very difficult job. One of them told me you can only survive in the job if you thought about moving blips around a screen. If you stopped and thought about having 500 souls under your complete control and 1 mistake would be catastrophic, it would eat you up. I would say about 50% of those guys had heart attacks by age 45. I had a chance at a SP job out of high school, and I wish I'd have taken it now.
Catatonic
Nine Lives
Congrats and see ya ... have a good life.
Browndriver5
Well-Known Member
How will access point and my choice eliminate jobs? Do the packages float to those locations?
The same way as Sure Post.
By The Book
Well-Known Member
No, the sup drives them there when your not looking.
olroadbeech
Happy Verified UPSer
have you spoken to any railway workers at that hub?
they are really who you need to be asking questions to.
they are really who you need to be asking questions to.
