How hard is it to get employed by FedEx or UPS ?

UPS Parcel is almost impossible to get in because everything is promoted from within. They do occasionally hire off the street. Pay starts off around $18 and it takes 4 years to reach top rate ehich is $36. UPS Freight you need 2 years experience in ordet to be qualified and you have to pass a road test as well. Pay starts off around $17 and it also takes 4 years as well to reach top rate which is close to $29. Both are around .80 cents per mile top rate when paid by mileage.

Fed Ex Freight is a bit different. From what I was told, normally you start off around $23-24 and you top out around $26-27, and you need 2 years experience in oder to be qualified, but their starting to train people off the docka now, and some terminals are union. So I would imagine the union drivers get paid more than non union. Fed Ex Ground is a completely different animal.

And by the way, I thought you were happy at your current job?

 

depends how big your market is...my city is 1 million, and theres never a ups job open..In Phoenix right now, 6 million people, there are no driver openings at all....
Fed Ex much easier....But you know what? I seen alot of fed ex drivers, and none of them seem that dang happy...I mean,the job is there, but, they are seem soul-less...I dunno, may just me...lol
Any of the LTL's can be good or bad in your town...need to visit them all, talk to at least 2 drivers..dont focus on name of company

 

UPS Parcel's wages are dependent upon the contractual supplement, in our area the rate is over $38/hr. BUT... it's the Holy Grail of driving jobs and nearly impossible to land full time. They'll hire for "peak season" at a drastically reduced rate, I've done several holidays with them and it's by far the easiest gig you'll ever land. The pay cut for part time is #### hard to swallow, however. Also, UPS Parcel will rule, regulate, and manage you to death. Some folks can't deal with that.

I think Fed Ex Freight is a good opportunity, but I'm unfamiliar with their rates of pay.

Fed Ex Ground is contracted out to individual owners so I'm guessing your pay package would be predicated on how good the contractor would be.

 

No, Sir. I'm referring to the "feeder" positions that are similar to "linehaul" in the LTL freight biz. I pulled doubles most of the time to other UPS facilities when I worked their "peak". Once in a while I'd pull longboxes, sometimes to bulk customers like Cabelas.

Like I said, good gig if you can get full time. I hung in there for about 7 seasons as a part timer to supplement my income and I couldn't even SMELL a full time position. I usually would only work a day here or there when I was off from my regular job. Sometimes I'd take a week's vacation to work at Brown...gotta pay for the kids' college somehow, lol. I was invited back last year but only took one trip.

 

I know Fed Ex has an express division. Whenever I pickup Amazon loads at theif fulfillment centers, it's the express guys that pickup the loads. They drive daycab single screws, and I think they top off around $30.