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Has anyone worked for UPS?

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Sacotool

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I have a friend who is thinking of getting a job at UPS, probably loading and unloading trucks. Anyone have any experience with UPS? I hear their benefits are great, but the work is hard. I'm not sure what to tell him......
 
i worked there for about 6 months when i first started college. I was a loader and i worked the iregs (huge misshapen boxes that seemingly weigh 4 metric tons...). It's not a bad job all in all. Pay was pretty good and plenty of opportunities for overtime. It is very physically demanding however. If you're not in shape, you will be after working there for a month or so. Not to mention that you're usually stuck in a trailer most of the work day...which doesn't sound bad...unless it's REALLY HOT OR COLD outside. A lot of people would wear gloves because it is hard on the hands too. A little stressful since you have to load/unload so many packages per hour to keep quota. I wouldn't worry too much, it's a good job all in all. Just make sure he can deal with stress.
 
The benefits are OUTSTANDING, but the work is horribly hard. I thought I was in pretty good shape, and unloading left my back begging for a break. Unload is expected to do about 1200-1500 packages per hour, load is a bit less, I think about 900-1200 per hour. You work a 3.5-5 hour shift, with one 10 minute break. You WILL get in shape, either that or fall over dead. UPS is a great company though, they promote from within, unless forced to look outside for specialty positions. You start at about 8.50 per hour, and can move to 9.50 in 30 days, if you can pass a sort test, to become a package sorter instead of load/unload. You leave work dripping with sweat,and dirty as you can imagine, no matter what the temp is outside. I burned through about a pair of gloves, every 3 days. Your boss will hound you like a drill instructor, if you start to drop on your package count.
 
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