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UPS’s 114-year journey

UPS started as a messenger service with a small budget in a single location – humble beginnings. Now, our company is global and touting more achievements in products and services than ever.

In honor of Founders’ Day 2021, see glimpses of UPS’s evolution over the past 114 years.

Starting pay for Next Day Air and Second Day Air employees is increasing.

A TikToker claims in a now-viral video that a UPS courier hit her dog in the head with a metal scanner machine.

The user, @bend.it.like.becker, said the delivery driver came onto her property to deliver a package while her dog was in the front yard. She noted that her dog was not wearing a leash.

“My dog trotted up [to the driver] to say ‘hello’ as he would greet anyone … and instead he got smacked across the face,” she said. Her video detailing the incident has received over 517,000 views.

UPS has begun using Matternet drones to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to a hospital in North Carolina.

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist medical center is believed to be the first to receive COVID-19 vaccine deliveries by drones in the country.

This new initiative – operated by UPS and its subsidiary, UPS Flight Forward– expands Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist’s existing drone program that was launched in July 2020. The World Health Organization estimates that up to 50% of vaccines are wasted globally every year, largely due to temperature control failure, said Matternet CEO Andreas Raptopoulos, in a statement.