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<blockquote data-quote="scratch" data-source="post: 5769447" data-attributes="member: 1674"><p>I was 17 when I started as a Loader on the Midnight Sort in 1975 and I retired after 37 years as a package driver in 2020 when I was 62. I wasn't even thinking about staying at UPS when I started. The money was always good and I didn't even think about benefits back then. I worked with about six guys who were Full-Time inside Hub workers, they would work 6-10PM, take and hour lunch, and then come back and work with me 11pm-3am. They didn't give a crap about anything and their jobs went away when they eventually retired. I finally went driving in 1984, it has always been hard work. The job seemed simple back then, and everybody went out drinking together after work, management included. UPS even bought us dinner and pitchers of beer after work sometimes, I think these were called "Challenges For The Eighties" meetings or something like that. We had some guys that went into Feeder and some like myself stayed in Package. A few quit, got fired, went into management, or quit to start their own businesses over the years. I worked with one guy who drove until he was 70. He retired and changed his mind and came back a month later, then he worked two more years. Some people just enjoy working like I did. You learn to ignore the stupid stuff and not get stressed out about things you can't control. I tried to enjoy the positive parts of the job. The money/benefits, working on my own all day, and my customers were things that I missed about it. I watched a lot of people work until they started getting injuries a lot. Bad feet, knees, hips, backs, and shoulders are common injuries. The stops per on road car went up after COVID hit. I broke my toe one day stepping out of my package car and I decided it was time to retire at that point before things got worst.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scratch, post: 5769447, member: 1674"] I was 17 when I started as a Loader on the Midnight Sort in 1975 and I retired after 37 years as a package driver in 2020 when I was 62. I wasn't even thinking about staying at UPS when I started. The money was always good and I didn't even think about benefits back then. I worked with about six guys who were Full-Time inside Hub workers, they would work 6-10PM, take and hour lunch, and then come back and work with me 11pm-3am. They didn't give a crap about anything and their jobs went away when they eventually retired. I finally went driving in 1984, it has always been hard work. The job seemed simple back then, and everybody went out drinking together after work, management included. UPS even bought us dinner and pitchers of beer after work sometimes, I think these were called "Challenges For The Eighties" meetings or something like that. We had some guys that went into Feeder and some like myself stayed in Package. A few quit, got fired, went into management, or quit to start their own businesses over the years. I worked with one guy who drove until he was 70. He retired and changed his mind and came back a month later, then he worked two more years. Some people just enjoy working like I did. You learn to ignore the stupid stuff and not get stressed out about things you can't control. I tried to enjoy the positive parts of the job. The money/benefits, working on my own all day, and my customers were things that I missed about it. I watched a lot of people work until they started getting injuries a lot. Bad feet, knees, hips, backs, and shoulders are common injuries. The stops per on road car went up after COVID hit. I broke my toe one day stepping out of my package car and I decided it was time to retire at that point before things got worst. [/QUOTE]
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