Anyone ever been a delivery driver helper?

[Demo24]

UPS came to my school today to offer some jobs as driver helpers. My job basically ends in a couple weeks. D: So I figured I would try and work with UPS for some extra cash during the winter break. Anyone ever done it before? Experiences?

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

What is a driver helper?

 

[Demo24]

What is a driver helper?

Help the driver off load boxes and stuff. You ride around with them and just assistant them during the higher load time of the holiday season.

 

[Svnla]

I did it a few years ago during Christmas break with UPS.

This was my experience. UPS gave me a pair of uniform. I met my driver at a designated place and time in uniform. I rode shotgun with him for about 3-4 hours a night. Whenever he stopped, I help with delivered packages (he was on one side of the street and I was on the other side).

Not a bad gig at all. Too bad they only have it during Christmas break. I would not mind to do it more often.

True story = I went to a nice house to deliver a package. Inside that house was full of nice looking women (some of them were drunk) for a birthday party. A lot of them thought I was a hired stripper so they were holling and screamming for blood. The birthday girl had to make them stop. I told my driver that we should went back after our shift for some fun and money but he said he was with UPS for years and not about to risk his job. Oh well.

 

[SirStev0]

I used to go on big runs with some of the truck drivers at my highschool job. Pretty much slept in the truck and helped unloading it.

With that said, I heard HORRIBLE things about UPS (they had a sort station across the street from my warehouse) and how they treat temps. Don't expect a cakewalk job. They bust your balls.

 

[Ausm]

Help the driver off load boxes and stuff. You ride around with them and just assistant them during the higher load time of the holiday season.

Also in charge of lighting joints for the driver too.

 

[EGGO]

Yes. Svnla says it great. You stop around Christmas time. I have nothing but good experiences with it. Helps if your driver's cool to talk to. The back will be full of boxes and it'll be intimidating at first, but you'll get through it.

They didn't bust my balls; the driver is usually helpful, in my experience. If I remember, you still get benefits despite working there for a little while. At least, that was their pitch to me when I was coming in. Great way to make a quick bit of cash for a few weeks.

 

[BrownShoes]

Also in charge of lighting joints for the driver too.

And refilling the whiskey shots.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Such a terrible job. I did it once. Fucking blows dick.

 

[Brainonska511]

And refilling the whiskey shots.

And watching for angry homeowners when the driver needs to take a wizz on someone's lawn.

 

[jemcam]

I did it for several years back in the early 80's. It was a great gig. I usually worked for the week or two before Christmas and made great money. My hours at the time were about 7:30 until early evening, usually around 5:00 or so, but I had some nights as late as 10:00 or so. Great money, back then I made something like $9.00 per hour, (minimum wage at the time was around $4.00 per hour) with lots of OT for those days I worked after 5:00) and it really helped me pay for college.

Sometimes he would hand me a couple of packages to deliver on one side of the street and he would get the other. Other times he would drop me off on a street with a hand truck loaded with packages and I'd walk down the street and he'd get the next street. I had the same driver for about 3 or 4 years. You earn your money, but it pays well. As long as you're not a lazy fatass you should do fine.

Don't hesitate for a second to do it if you can!

 

[IceBergSLiM]

I did it for several years back in the early 80's. It was a great gig. I usually worked for the week or two before Christmas and made great money. My hours at the time were about 7:30 until early evening, usually around 5:00 or so, but I had some nights as late as 10:00 or so. Great money, back then I made something like $9.00 per hour, (minimum wage at the time was around $4.00 per hour) with lots of OT for those days I worked after 5:00) and it really helped me pay for college.

Sometimes he would hand me a couple of packages to deliver on one side of the street and he would get the other. Other times he would drop me off on a street with a hand truck loaded with packages and I'd walk down the street and he'd get the next street. I had the same driver for about 3 or 4 years. You earn your money, but it pays well. As long as you're not a lazy fatass you should do fine.

Don't hesitate for a second to do it if you can!

 

[jemcam]

Whatever. You have to work at this job. It's not a job where you sit around and do nothing. You have to be active and know that you're jumping in and out of a truck all day and need to hustle all day long. A lazy fatass can't do the job. I spoke the truth.

Oh, I see you thought the job sucked and failed. You must fit in the above description. Sorry, the truth hurts.

 

[SirStev0]

Also in charge of lighting joints for the driver too.

this

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Whatever. You have to work at this job. It's not a job where you sit around and do nothing. You have to be active and know that you're jumping in and out of a truck all day and need to hustle all day long. A lazy fatass can't do the job. I spoke the truth.

Oh, I see you thought the job sucked and failed. You must fit in the above description. Sorry, the truth hurts.

Of all the labor or helper jobs I ever worked this was by far the worst and not because the hustle was the most demanding. Believe me tossing hundreds of 50lb bags of flour off the back of an 18 wheeler down into a dingy bakery basement was harder work.

Its december....round here that means its bitter fucking cold. Its suburbia which means your running up hundreds of feet of icy slippery often times unshoveled driveways. Its shitty back breaking work, no sense of accomplishment or fulfillment. Nothing good about it in my opinion I'd take any other labor job first.

 

[Svnla]

With that said, I heard HORRIBLE things about UPS (they had a sort station across the street from my warehouse) and how they treat temps. Don't expect a cakewalk job. They bust your balls.

I think you mean the "sorter/unloader" positions. Yes, those jobs are tough and you have to move fast (2 seconds per package or less and yes, the supervisors would timed you). I worked as a sorter/unloader during summers for UPS and let me tell you, I thought I was about to die from the heat on my first day.

From 1-10 scale of tough: (1 being easies and 10 being hardest)
Driver helper = 2
Sorter/unloader = 9.5

 

[jemcam]

Of all the labor or helper jobs I ever worked this was by far the worst and not because the hustle was the most demanding. Believe me tossing hundreds of 50lb bags of flour off the back of an 18 wheeler down into a dingy bakery basement was harder work.

Its december....round here that means its bitter fucking cold. Its suburbia which means your running up hundreds of feet of icy slippery often times unshoveled driveways. Its shitty back breaking work, no sense of accomplishment or fulfillment. Nothing good about it in my opinion I'd take any other labor job first.

Fulfillment? I didn't take the job for fulfillment, I took it because the pay rocked, not because I was looking for fulfillment. Maybe you weren't as hungry and broke as I was but I jumped at it and begged to get as many hours as I could.

I still don't work for fulfillment 27 years later. I work for a paycheck. My job doesn't define who I am, it's only how I make money. I get fulfillment outside of work in my hobbies and family.

I've been at the same company for 20 years in a variety of positions and I make a good living, better than most, but I don't have high expectations for my job to fulfill me.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Fulfillment? I didn't take the job for fulfillment, I took it because the pay rocked, not because I was looking for fulfillment. Maybe you weren't as hungry and broke as I was but I jumped at it and begged to get as many hours as I could.

I still don't work for fulfillment 27 years later. I work for a paycheck. My job doesn't define who I am, it's only how I make money. I get fulfillment outside of work in my hobbies and family.

I've been at the same company for 20 years in a variety of positions and I make a good living, better than most, but I don't have high expectations for my job to fulfill me.

More in the sense that you actually accomplished something at the end of the day or week.... Not fulfilled me as a person. I don't know what they paid back in the day when you worked there but I don't recall the paying being that phenomenal for the work..

 

[Demo24]

Sounds like it's worth it. Not like I live in an overly populated area so probably not going to be hit as hard as others. Besides the pay is better than what I make now, with longer hours. Something makes me think it will be more enjoyable than trying to find a retail job to bum around in. Much prefer going places than sitting in one spot for 8 hours.

 

[GrumpyMan]

When I was a driver I had a helper, wiped my chin when mayonaise was left after eating a sandwich, did all my paperwork, dropped me off at the bar and came back to pick me up later, unzipped my pants before urinating, bought me stuff, had sex with me, you know stuff like that............I really miss her.

 

[Marinski]

dude, Ive worked at UPS for 6 years, it blows.

 

[jemcam]

More in the sense that you actually accomplished something at the end of the day or week.... Not fulfilled me as a person. I don't know what they paid back in the day when you worked there but I don't recall the paying being that phenomenal for the work..

The only thing you accomplish is to deliver packages and unload the truck. We accomplished that every day. I went home tired and sore, I sure felt like I accomplished something. It sure beat the hell out of a temporary retail job and I didn't have to deal with any asshole customers. Everyone was happy to see the UPS man deliver them a package.

 

[jemcam]

I think you mean the "sorter/unloader" positions. Yes, those jobs are tough and you have to move fast (2 seconds per package or less and yes, the supervisors would timed you). I worked as a sorter/unloader during summers for UPS and let me tell you, I thought I was about to die from the heat on my first day.

From 1-10 scale of tough: (1 being easies and 10 being hardest)
Driver helper = 2
Sorter/unloader = 9.5

I was a loader for about 6 months with UPS. THAT job sucked!

 

[rudder]

And watching for angry homeowners when the driver needs to take a wizz on someone's lawn.

And massaging the drivers sore muscles at the end of the day.

 

[DangerAardvark]

I did that for a year and a half. It was for a smaller company and we basically started at 9 and whenever we finished all our deliveries is when we got off. Plus it was a salaried position. I liked it because you saw a direct reward for working harder, faster and more efficiently- you went home earlier. The only downside were that some days (particularly the holidays) were brutal.