UPS drivers make on average $74,000

[Ktulu]

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.

Yup, worked there for almost 4 years, on a what was considered a easy sort and i regularly got packages weighing over 70 lbs. UPS will seriously bust your ass, Train knows nothing. And before you can even be considered to be a driver you gotta go through this crap for at least a good 5 years

 

[alkemyst]

Gimme a friggin break, the avg UPS package is like 3 pounds.

"humping boxes around everyday for 12 hours" lol, GTFO.

Yeah I think that guy is just unhealthy.

I am past my 30's don't have any kind of back issues. Then of course I have always done my good mornings and stiff legged deadlifts.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally Posted by Loop2kil
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.

Does not compute, you are saying even without stops/loadings/unloadings, UPS drivers are averaging 60 mph every hour in their brown trucks.

Epic fail strikes again??????

The road drivers he mentions aren't the delivery drivers who stop at your house or business. They're the ones who drive the big-rigs between distribution centers.


forgot pic...

 

[RagingBITCH]

It takes about 5 years of sorting and loading packages into 18 wheelers before you can even be considered to be a driver. Then, you have to wait behind everyone else who has seniority over you, and you still have to be selected to be a driver. On average you'll be working for 10+ years before you get picked to be a driver.

For those of you outraged by how much they make - they bust their ass to get to that point and that amount of money. Don't like it? Quit your job and sort packages for UPS for 10 years until you can become a driver. Whiny babies.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

It takes about 5 years of sorting and loading packages into 18 wheelers before you can even be considered to be a driver. Then, you have to wait behind everyone else who has seniority over you, and you still have to be selected to be a driver. On average you'll be working for 10+ years before you get picked to be a driver.

For those of you outraged by how much they make - they bust their ass to get to that point and that amount of money. Don't like it? Quit your job and sort packages for UPS for 10 years until you can become a driver. Whiny babies.

sounds like a union.
seniority... heh....

 

[MiniDoom]

Yeah I think that guy is just unhealthy.

I am past my 30's don't have any kind of back issues. Then of course I have always done my good mornings and stiff legged deadlifts.

me unhealthy? weren't you the fat ass on pics.bbzzdd for the longest time? i would run circles around you.

 

[Svnla]

One more thing, the weight of the packages is one thing, but the "killer" thing is the relentless fast pace. You have a limit number of time to move the packages or you are out the door.

I LOL @ fools that never worked a day at UPS and then have the nerve to say the work is not that hard.

Go ahead and apply for a sorter/unloader position at your local UPS facility for a summer and then come back and tell us former UPS workers how unhealthy/fat/lazy/unmotivate we really are. D:

 

[CoinOperatedBoy]

me unhealthy? weren't you the fat ass on pics.bbzzdd for the longest time? i would run circles around you.

Dude. He had an arm injury and his spray-on tan wore off. Give the guy a break.

 

[Ktulu]

Yeah I think that guy is just unhealthy.

I am past my 30's don't have any kind of back issues. Then of course I have always done my good mornings and stiff legged deadlifts.

After years of UPS and developing back issues, deadlifts really helped fix me back up.

 

[evident]

honestly, i think that's a pretty fair price for a driver who's been working at UPS for many years. What the fuck do you expect them to make? 40K for lifting shit up and down for 12 hours a day?

 

[dwell]

i cant tell if you're being sarcastic or not. I left my sarcasm meter at home

No, completely serious.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109258/ups-thinks-out-of-the-box?mod=career-leadership



I'm in the wrong profession

ha ha i almost posted this yesterday too. did you all know that san francisco bus drivers also make $80000? and highway partol officers start at 75000?

 

[thegimp03]

One of my buddies worked at a Fedex loading center his first year of college. He said it killed him. Have to be at the loading center at like 3:30-4:30 in the morning every morning, he'd come home at like 7 and pass out for 2 hours before class and go to his classes. I think people at UPS who are there for a long time make good money. Am not surprised to see average driver making $74k. They'd want to pay a good driver well to keep him around.

 

[MJinZ]

calling BS on that. My uncle has been a driver since he was 18 and said he doesn't know how the new drivers do it making so little.

Maybe the old timers average that, but there ain't a chance in hell the "average" driver is making that much

Average figures always include the old timers, which I don't doubt.

But those work their butts off all day and do some fancy driving (depending on where you are), it isn't easy work.

 

[Marinski]

i've been humpin boxes at UPS for almost 7 years now and theres no chance for a driver position for me any time soon. They got guys who don't even have regular routes, they're just swing drivers that take whatever is available. Also, you got alot of part time air drivers that aren't full time. So, if I stick with this company I'm probably lookin at 10+ years before I see a driver position. And whoever said that this job is easy, I'm already having joint related/back problems and Im in my late 20s. Ya, I get decent pay and benes for what I do, but don't think I don't have to bust my ass for it.

 

[Marinski]

Gimme a friggin break, the avg UPS package is like 3 pounds.

"humping boxes around everyday for 12 hours" lol, GTFO.

dude, you have no idea. All them 3 pounders get thrown in a big bag with like 10 other small boxes and then those bags are unloaded at the hubs. The majority of the shit we ship is for businesses and average is like 50 pounds. We got whole trailers that are just for over 70s and up to 150.

 

[techs]

The real problem is not that UPS workers make 74k. It's that the salaries of American workers have not been improving like they should over the last 10 years. There has been virtually no real growth in income and new jobs pay less than jobs they replace.
If we had only kept income growth like it had been the 10 years prior, than 74k wouldn't look like a lot.

And when real income grows, the deficit shrinks. Two problems solved.

 

[rockyct]

That pic is the the definitive proof I'm sure.

Your job isn't hard, cry me a river, and get over it.

and your evidence consists of the packages of computer parts from Newegg that you order...

 

[amicold]

Does not compute, you are saying even without stops/loadings/unloadings, UPS drivers are averaging 60 mph every hour in their brown trucks.

He's talking about the trailer drivers that feed hubs.

 

[AlienCraft]

The real problem is not that UPS workers make 74k. It's that the salaries of American workers have not been improving like they should over the last 10 years. There has been virtually no real growth in income and new jobs pay less than jobs they replace.
If we had only kept income growth like it had been the 10 years prior, than 74k wouldn't look like a lot.

And when real income grows, the deficit shrinks. Two problems solved.

Stop talking sense. The company I'm working for doesn't give raises.

 

[Eli]

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.

I don't think you know what you're talking about.

I've talked to my share of UPS and FedEx drivers being in shipping and receiving, and they all say that it takes a huge toll on your back. It's pretty much the biggest complaint about the job.. especially the ones that have been doing it for 20 years.

It's difficult to do anything for that long and not feel the effects of it.

Also, have you ever driven a lot? Let alone a big truck like that? Driving is very tiring. It requires you to be constantly alert. You are drained by the end of the day.

<-- used to drive 12-16 hours a day, and I didn't have to lift anything heavy.

Edit: And yeah, anyone saying that any job at UPS involving loading/unloading is easy is quite frankly insane. I don't think you realize the sheer volume of packages that they go through. The pace is very, very fast and grueling.

I've never worked at UPS or FedEx, but I've talked to people that have. It also doesn't take much foresight to realize how hard the job would be.

Ever tried unloading 120 boxes that weigh 40lbs each? That's an a-typical delivery for my place of employment, but it's not unheard of. And we're our driver's first stop.........

 

[Epic Fail]

He was talking about Fed-Ex and that was freight, think 18wheeler.

OK, then why the hell is Fedex paying these big rig drivers double the national average from other drivers when they are essentially doing the same job, no loading/unloading.

 

[WiseOne]

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.

Not typical at ALL, sister's friend was able to retire because he probably purchased tons of stock before they went public. Trust me, I work there (IT) and don't make 74K. Kind of depressing!

 

[Miramonti]

I can't believe I've tipped my regular drivers in the past.

They should have tipped me!

 

[ecom]

Do the delivery drivers need CDLs?