UPS Freight (good or bad)

great paying job...great bennies..and they will work you to the bone..if you can get in there jus show up to work when your supposed too and mind your buisness and they will be your last stop before you retire.

 

I too am interested in this company. Although I have heard about many former Overnite drivers that did not take kindly to the buyout and quit since UPS took over. Not sure how things are shaking out now a days but maybe we will get some current UPS Freight drivers to chime in with their experiences.

 

hear they pay great

 

SO what do they start at? Do they excepted students fresh out of school or with less then 1yr of experience???

 

So how has your experience been there so far??

 

You need min.of 1 year experience + hazmat.Not easy to get in,a buddy of my got in after 2 years trying to get in with them.I think pay around $18-$22 an hour,I could be off a few bucks.

 

I have been employed there as a linehaul driver for 5 months. The top rate pay is excellent and no one quits unless they are starving at the bottom of the board. I have been running every night on cue around 9 or 10 pm.

Starting pay is okay at 37 cpm and $15 per hour, it goes to 40.7 cpm and $16 and change per hour after 45 days. You will get raises yearly, when you hit top rate the pay is 62 cpm and $24.15. This will get progressively higher until the expiration of the contract in July on 2013 when the top rate is 66 cpm and $26.15 hourly. The only thing you dont get paid for hourly is drivetime and paperwork.

There are many drivers at different terminals who may get out 2 or 3 days a week or less there first couple years, plan on having a second job if need be. UPS has also been hiring independent contractors to save $$ but the union has been trying to put a stop to that and the grievance is in arbitration. If you can hang on a few years and get a bid route our drivers make anywhere from 65k to 105k, working 40 to 70 hours a week.

Here is a link to the union contract...scroll down to ups freight agreement 2008-2013

http://www.teamster.org/content/package

Any questions pm me...good luck