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UPS drivers make on average $74,000

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The hell? that is quite a lot of money considering 9 times out of 10 I receive something by that shitty courier, its either damp, or damaged, or just plain too expensive (bend-over brokerage)

Annoying.
 
Back and shoulder injuries are the most common problem for all truck drivers...UPS guys even more so because of the constant stopping and loading/unloading.

None that I know make $74K...but over $60K is fairly common.

They all work a shit-ton of overtime...especially during the holiday season.
 
alkemyst said:
if you are a grown man below even 60, there should be no reason you can't lift and drop off boxes all day long and just drive a fucking truck without ending up with back problems unless you are unhealthy to begin with.
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In your alternate universe, correct sir. In the real world however, knees and backs give out after decades hopping in and out of trucks and carrying boxes all day. I'll eagerly wait for your ignorant, master of the universe response.
 
cheezy321 said:
shens.
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Fine..... But... A lot of the time 😀

But in all seriousness, I've called them to complain more than once. For fees, and for package damage.

I also now refuse to have anything shipped UPS unless I absolutely have to... Especially coming from out of country.
 
I was a Dispatcher for FedEx Freight and the road drivers there were making $80-$100k/year. They make about $.53/mile and the daily runs are around 575-620 miles and they do this 5 times a week and they get on average about $50/day in drops and hooks...you do the math. This pay scale is in GA too not somewhere that has a high cost of living. Most of them drive VERY nice cars and trucks. The drivers do not pay for anything on the truck and they only work M-F and home every day. Yet, a lot of them(not all) would still bitch and complain about everything.

UPS employees generally make more than FedEx(because of the union) so I'm guessing they are including city drivers in that $74k average. Over the road drivers tend to make quite a bit more than the delivery drivers.
 
Loop2kil said:
I was a Dispatcher for FedEx Freight and the road drivers there were making $80-$100k/year. They make about $.53/mile and the daily runs are around 575-620 miles and they do this 5 times a week and they get on average about $50/day in drops and hooks...you do the math. This pay scale is in GA too not somewhere that has a high cost of living. Most of them drive VERY nice cars and trucks. The drivers do not pay for anything on the truck and they only work M-F and home every day. Yet, a lot of them(not all) would still bitch and complain about everything.

UPS employees generally make more than FedEx(because of the union) so I'm guessing they are including city drivers in that $74k average. Over the road drivers tend to make quite a bit more than the delivery drivers.
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Is this during one of the busier parts of the season? Because that is like 12 hours a day depending on how long they spend unloading and loading.
 
SZLiao214 said:
Is this during one of the busier parts of the season? Because that is like 12 hours a day depending on how long they spend unloading and loading.
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no that's just a normal day...The longer higher paying runs are about 11 hours counting the hooking and un-hooking at the beginning and end of the day. They drivers on the longer runs do not do any loading or unloading...they just drive from point A to point b and usually back to point A, then they go home.
 
Loop2kil said:
I was a Dispatcher for FedEx Freight and the road drivers there were making $80-$100k/year. They make about $.53/mile and the daily runs are around 575-620 miles and they do this 5 times a week and they get on average about $50/day in drops and hooks...you do the math. This pay scale is in GA too not somewhere that has a high cost of living. Most of them drive VERY nice cars and trucks. The drivers do not pay for anything on the truck and they only work M-F and home every day. Yet, a lot of them(not all) would still bitch and complain about everything.
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Does not compute, you are saying even without stops/loadings/unloadings, UPS drivers are averaging 60 mph every hour in their brown trucks.
 
alkemyst said:
That's pretty sad thinking. There is such a thing as being healthy.
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having a healthy back is almost impossible when you're humping boxes around everyday for 12 hours. not to mention spinal disc degeneration happen naturally when most people enter their 30's. about 75% of men have bulging discs too. it has noting to do with your "health". trust me, i know. I worked in a cable warehouse in my late teens about 20 years ago. did everything right, wore a back brace, lifted with my legs. it doesn't matter. physical stress speeds the degeneration up. I'm paying for it now with two rupture discs in my lumbar region. and I'm healthy. 6-0 175lbs about 11% body fat. I was racing bikes, category 3 getting close to cat 2 before my back finally gave out. I'll be lucky to race competitively again. I had and have a very active lifestyle. the problem is your discs and vertebra have no feeling so when you damage them you'll never know until it rests up against a nerve. that may take a while. and then it is too late. so moving boxes 60-80 hours a week is not the same as lifting weights in your parents basement 2 hours a day.
 
That company is nuts. My sister has a friend who worked there for 20 years and retired at like 45 a millionaire. My brother-in-law's brother works there and was relocated to Georgia and now has a giant mansion down there because cost of living is so cheap compared to his salary. These guys were not drivers, just pencil-pushers.
 
dwell said:
That company is nuts. My sister has a friend who worked there for 20 years and retired at like 45 a millionaire. My brother-in-law's brother works there and was relocated to Georgia and now has a giant mansion down there because cost of living is so cheap compared to his salary. These guys were not drivers, just pencil-pushers.
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i cant tell if you're being sarcastic or not. I left my sarcasm meter at home
 
rdubbz said:
having a healthy back is almost impossible when you're humping boxes around everyday for 12 hours. not to mention spinal disc degeneration happen naturally when most people enter their 30's. about 75% of men have bulging discs too. it has noting to do with your "health". trust me, i know. I worked in a cable warehouse in my late teens about 20 years ago. did everything right, wore a back brace, lifted with my legs. it doesn't matter. physical stress speeds the degeneration up. I'm paying for it now with two rupture discs in my lumbar region. and I'm healthy. 6-0 175lbs about 11% body fat. I was racing bikes, category 3 getting close to cat 2 before my back finally gave out. I'll be lucky to race competitively again. I had and have a very active lifestyle. the problem is your discs and vertebra have no feeling so when you damage them you'll never know until it rests up against a nerve. that may take a while. and then it is too late. so moving boxes 60-80 hours a week is not the same as lifting weights in your parents basement 2 hours a day.
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Gimme a friggin break, the avg UPS package is like 3 pounds.

"humping boxes around everyday for 12 hours" lol, GTFO.
 
I don't know what the pay is, but, from what I've seen I'm sure they aren't lazy (they're always moving quickly). Even if they wanted to be lazy, I'm certain that they are being tracked every which way that can be imagined (GPS, delivery times, etc) for efficiency and if they don't make the marks there are likely plenty of folks waiting in line for that opportunity.
 
Train said:
Gimme a friggin break, the avg UPS package is like 3 pounds.

"humping boxes around everyday for 12 hours" lol, GTFO.
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maybe the shit going to your house, but do you think boxes automagically show up at businesses? here is part of our morning delivery. nothing under 10lbs, some 75+lbs. I've also known a few ups drivers who had to find new lines of work after a few years delivering.
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rdubbz said:
maybe the shit going to your house, but do you think boxes automagically show up at businesses? here is part of our morning delivery. nothing under 10lbs, some 75+lbs. I've also known a few ups drivers who had to find new lines of work after a few years delivering.
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That pic is the the definitive proof I'm sure.

Your job isn't hard, cry me a river, and get over it.
 
First of all, work @ UPS is really work, you earn your money.

Second, most, if not all, jobs at UPS are for UPS people. Most of UPS upper management are promoted from within. Good luck to get a well paying job there without "getting your feet wet".

<<---spent a few summers when he was a younging at UPS as a sorter/driver helper and it was hard work.
 
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