Kingofthenorth
Well-Known Member
What's the deal with UPS starting much at a much higher rate of pay for part timers in some areas. Is this a temporary thing or is it permanent and going to go back down soon?
Ups startign at 23 an hour for package handler in areas with low cost of living and 14 50 with areas of high cost of living
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burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
If you had to guess what would you think the reason is
Kingofthenorth
Well-Known Member
Temporary Enhanced pay due to covid but I wanted clarification but someone who knows the full story.
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
Wrong try again
542thruNthru
Well-Known Member
UPS can't get people in those low cost of living areas to come to work or apply. So they raised the pay to attract them.
Where you are they are not at that certain point yet.
Where you are they are not at that certain point yet.
Kingofthenorth
Well-Known Member
I remember they paid 10 an hour to start 8 years ago. If you take a job for ups an hour as a part time can they lower it back down or do you stay at that rate and get pay raises from there?
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
Depends
I have been lurking
Tired hubrat
Yeah, I'd get $17 from October- January but it dropped back to $15 from February on. We'll work and see
handleubb29392
Well-Known Member
I keep hearing about these pay raises but so far my hub hasn't done it yet
Wally
BrownCafe Innovator & King of Puns
Clouded judgment caused by ingesting "medicine"?
BETTER NOT BIGGER.....
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
What type of “medicine” you talking about
UnionGuy
Well-Known Member
Yeah it's ridiculous. We in the 396 area make $15/hr because contract says we go with whatever is higher, contract or minimum wage. We have a high cost of living and a ridiculously high gas tax. Even with the .33 cent COLA raise and the August raise, we will make $16.23.
S1nner
Member
Meanwhile the Cola raise only applies from the master if the "national average" cost of living index is increased by a certain percentage. Here in the 162 a 2 bed 2 bath house now goes for over 400k easy and we don't qualify for the Cola raises because it's not nationally. Hopefully there is just enough Spike across the nation to get a Cola raise before the market crashes...
Gabba
It's a vicious cycle
it's simple supply and demand. HCOL areas are high cost because they have more people than reasonably fit. with a surplus of people there gonna be a bunch that are underemployed and desperate for work. LCOL areas are low cost because there is more than enough space, with less people they're less desperate and cost more to employ.
EmpireUPS909
Trailer sweep is a cake walk
Local 63 in Ontario is 18 dollars an hour to start.
Kingofthenorth
Well-Known Member
I looked at other ups in the state and many of them pay similary. There is no way its simply because they can't find people.
