I might work for UPS

On June 29 2010 14:27 Djzapz wrote:
I have a friend who packs stuff for UPS and he's a total nerd like me! Says it's kind of physical but not too bad.

Also, stop destroying my packages D:

On June 29 2010 14:28 Merikh wrote:
I also haven't went to school for it yet, just taught myself a lot since about 06/07 and most of the requirements for like big fulltime jobs require insane shit that I can't wrap my head around yet.

On June 29 2010 14:35 QueueQueue wrote:



Just work at any job you can until school begins again. Once school starts, you should seriously consider starting as soon as you can. Every year that goes by is a huge loss of income that could be made at a higher paying job you really enjoy.

On June 29 2010 15:19 Merikh wrote:
So I youtubed some videos and this looked soothing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUNl7RkYNE4

Seems easier than it seems which was was relief off my shoulders!

On June 29 2010 15:31 Polar_Nada wrote:

heh, well it IS a commercial from UPS. of course they make it look easy =)

On June 29 2010 14:56 foxyboxing wrote:
hey i'm ups package handler. i'm in vancouver (canada) and we start at 9.50$ an hour and every 6 months you get a raise of 50 cents, until you make $11 an hour. then it's an entire friggin year at 11 bucks an hour but after that you make the top rate which is right now $17.66. don't know what kinda shifts you have but for us after 5 hours you start to get overtime which is kinda cool. the job is a little physical at first but you get used to it. i consider it a cardio workout even. for me i like this job because i can take classes during the day and do this at night, and my boss is very flexible with hours.

On June 29 2010 15:58 FastEddieV wrote:
My dad works as a driver for UPS. They have great benefits but as Carthac said, they work everybody hard. You are not generally rewarded for doing your job well - they just give you more work since they assume you can handle it. I say do it, get the job experience, see how you like it. If nothing else while you're waiting to go back to school you have some income. 5 hour shifts sound pretty nice, even if they are physically demanding.

On June 29 2010 19:16 OverTheUnder wrote:
I was a loader for 1 year at the UPS hub in Des Moines, IA.

Now i've been a part time supervisor for two.


The job is hard. I guess i got it right out of highschool as a part time college job and I had never really worked HARD before but..... most of the people we hire don't last more than a month or two. The turnover rate is huge

That being said if you put time and effort and become a badass, it's rewarding and it's like you are paid to exercise for 3 1/2 hours or so.

Work it if you need the benefits or tuition reimbursement ( only offered for supervisors or midnight loaders here ) otherwise you can probably find a much easier less stressful job somewhere else.



Again, if you take this job, you better be ready to work extremely hard.


edit: you will either start out as an unloader or loader.... an unloader is ultimate physical stress, while a loader is not quite as much, but is more mentally taxing and you are held responsible for a lot more as a loader.

If you have the choice and are willing to work very very hard, I would recommend unloading. However, at my hub, unloaders are usually either new very fit guys, or guys that have become really fast loaders and want to transfer.



edit #57

That video is a joke, at least for here. Unloaders are expected to unload at 1250 packages an hour, and the good ones go way faster.

On June 29 2010 23:27 Golden Ghost wrote:
1250 packages an hour? That's 1 package every 3 seconds. How the hell is that humanly possible unless that beltway is moving way faster in reality as in the advertising?