dudebro
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Not directly, but they have a say in the union worker rules for accomplishing that.
Work for UPS or USPS 2018 thoughts!
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Not directly, but they have a say in the union worker rules for accomplishing that.
Heavy Package
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Honest answer: Both are good middle-class jobs that will keep you in the middle class for the rest of your life. If you get hurt, which is quite possible, the Postal Service would be more likely to be reasonable with you than UPS. UPS needs drastic changes to stay competitive where the postal service does not have as much pressure on them. Downside to postal service is weekend rotational work, but UPS is not far behind this route, either.
My vote: Go with the post office if you want a "career" doing this crap.
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I hope I don't make 100k because that means I'll be working way too much OT, but I would like to be around that 90k mark
Top pay for a UPS driver working 40 hours a week (I know that doesn't happen) is about $71,000 right? FWIW letter carriers makes about $62,000 before OT. It's public info on Search Postal Employee Salaries
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It's a middle class job, here. A bit "upper" middle if you live in the sticks and commute a few hours, and barely middle class if you are near or worse, in the big city in a desirable area.
Not true at all. What you guys aren’t understanding is that the mail volume may be light over the past decade but there are many factors in a general work day. Monday’s I usually had up to 10 trays of mail and thirteen feet or magazines/flat mail combined with approximately 60 parcels and 20 Amazon envelopes. The day is consumed because the mail in itself takes a while to separate due to different factors like multi families, removals, and holds. Plus the PO operates on a 7 day work period. The parcel count is what you guys look at but in reality it’s tough running mail and parcels.
right there!
So you work hard 1 day a week, ok, got it.
Good point about being able to spend the first couple hours of every day in the nice warm or air conditioned office casing your mail though.
Just kidding. I know being a carrier is not an easy job.
I think anyone really contemplating which one to work at should consider two things:
1. Compare the size of the trucks each uses. Then ask themselves which place do you think will do more work? I used to think UPS trucks went out mostly empty before I worked there, wow was I wrong!
2. Compare how much each company profits. And ask which place you will work harder at. UPS constantly has to please their stock holders.
That's not always true. For some reason they let certain areas have the mailbox at the front door, instead of on the street. Can't believe they still do that.Most letter carriers don't even get out of the truck. just stuff the mail in the mailbox.
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all new construction are now required to have a single mailbox for the whole subdivision at the end of the street. like an access point
I see some of those too . I just wonder how long thwt wowi let people have individual mailboxes. Where I'm at they are all on the same side of the street.all new construction are now required to have a single mailbox for the whole subdivision at the end of the street. like an access point
