InsideUPS
Well-Known Member
For those UPS part timers that are disgruntled with their wage increases, I would like to share what our son is making as a double board certified physician working on his third fellowship specialty. Our son is now 30 y.o. and has spent his entire life studying and making sacrifices which includes over $300,000 of medical school loan debt plus 8 years of no wages. (4 years undergrad/4 years medical school). As a resident physician, he was making approximately $65,000 per year. As a PGY6 in his current 2nd fellowship, he is making the equivalent of $35.57/hour. He pays for health benefits with much higher deductibles than we part timers have with TeamCare. He has no pension and a 4% match on his tax deferred savings plan. He has 2 weeks vacation time. Our daughter who has a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology (Genetics) was making only $65,000 per year as a professor in California. Fortunately her career path has changed as did her place of residency and she is now doing much better.
Summary: For a part-time job that requires no college degree (no college debt), has full time health care benefits, 7 weeks paid vacation, 2 option days, paid holidays, and a pension that now tops out at $2450 for 35 years, I would be more than happy with what the current TA has gained for you and possibly your family. As a part-timer, you have many opportunities to make additional income. spend time with your family or both. You as a part-timer are given something much more valuable than money which is TIME. Time cannot be replaced but money can. Full timers spend significant time away from their family especially when trying to achieve that 30 or 35 year retirement. Their family is often grown and gone by the time they retire. Please believe me when I say that we have nothing to gain by voting down this TA IMHO.
FWIW, current young part-timers should know that the multi-tier part-time wage occurred back in 1985 when many part-timers preferred to take a $500 bonus ($1000 for full-time) and accept the agreement that lowered the wages for the "unborn" (new employees). Prior to that, we older (red circled) part-timers made and still do receive a driver rate of pay. Our union dues are equal to that of a full time driver.
Summary: For a part-time job that requires no college degree (no college debt), has full time health care benefits, 7 weeks paid vacation, 2 option days, paid holidays, and a pension that now tops out at $2450 for 35 years, I would be more than happy with what the current TA has gained for you and possibly your family. As a part-timer, you have many opportunities to make additional income. spend time with your family or both. You as a part-timer are given something much more valuable than money which is TIME. Time cannot be replaced but money can. Full timers spend significant time away from their family especially when trying to achieve that 30 or 35 year retirement. Their family is often grown and gone by the time they retire. Please believe me when I say that we have nothing to gain by voting down this TA IMHO.
FWIW, current young part-timers should know that the multi-tier part-time wage occurred back in 1985 when many part-timers preferred to take a $500 bonus ($1000 for full-time) and accept the agreement that lowered the wages for the "unborn" (new employees). Prior to that, we older (red circled) part-timers made and still do receive a driver rate of pay. Our union dues are equal to that of a full time driver.
ing Howser?
