I Left UPS in 1999 after 10/11 years...I haven't looked back since..I wanted to transfer from the Pacific Northwest and have transferred twice since..I have been parttime, fulltime, back to parttime..I finally am up to what I made at UPS when I left. So 13 years (in March) however still not topped out. I will get pensions from both companies. You can still work fulltime somewhere else and draw ur Fedex pension but not teamsters. Teamsters pension rules are pretty clear. No more than 50 hours a month and you can't work for any company that is in the same business as UPS. Parttime can be a good place to start while you look for something better. You would be hired in a heartbeat.