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Don't forget about the seasonal/substitute drivers. They're the ones who don't bother to deliver the packages to the correct address, they just leave it with the first person that they see.
That's what just happened to me, the driver left my package with someone else in the complex. I raised h**l with customer service, and all they did was look at the tracking number (like I did), and tell me that it was delivered. I said, "yes, it was delivered, but not to me, so where is it?"
It's been ages since the brown truck has arrived at my home. Everything seems to get sent via UPS "Smart post" when the USPS carrier does the final delivery.
It's been ages since the brown truck has arrived at my home. Everything seems to get sent via UPS "Smart post" when the USPS carrier does the final delivery.
Correct the USPS and ups work together ups delivers smaller packages to local post offices and they deliver them to you. they have been doing this since the 90's.
That is pretty much what I've heard about UPS - it is really good pay for people that don't want to go the tradition route of college and then into some other professional career. UPS is unionized and, as you said, you have to be hired from within. Like you said, it is my understanding that the workers basically have to start off loading trucks for pretty low pay and I believe a lot of them have to start off doing this part-time. I have heard that they have to get on a wait list to become a driver and sometimes the waitlist can be 7 or 8 years into the future (or even longer). So, they pay their dues before moving up to the much higher-paying driver job.
The drivers get paid well (as you said, they can apparently make 70k or 80k per year) but they are under pressure to get the packages delivered in as little time as possible and they work overtime to get that 70k or 80k per year. In the end, I imagine they do end up wrecking their joints from moving, loading and unloading all those boxes.
If this is indeed the case it doesn't seem worth it to me unless you get started at a real young age. Now if I was 18 or 19, I'd consider it knowing the potential. But loading trucks for low pay now is not so appealing.
Above...that's how they weed out the older or weaker workers right away. Kind of like ''boot camp'' in the military. See if you can hack it and stick with it, IMO.
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