My Experience with UPSF

I hear you there man... some guys do 73... not sure the rush is just to do whatever. My driver trainer even said it stupid to do 73 like that, 65 is my comfort zone... plus you gotta protect your license as well.

You were right about FRM/BAY terminal. Everyone there is really cool, even management, a little laid back it seems and also tell you what to do at other places just to stay away from trouble. It is good being home on the island as well. Im gettin an old Overnite tractor, the TM told me what number I will get so I looked in the yard and saw it. Got a caseete player so I will get one of those things I can plu my ipod into the cassette player.

Your right the paycut is a huge one but in the long run Ill be better off here anyways, just gotta suck up staying at home again but soon Ill be able to get my own place again, after I get some raises. Plus I got side work I can do as well

 

I redited my last post above... didnt think you were online. Im surprised how many teams were there in Harrisburg, PA. Thats our longest run we go to. Heard they can be a bit difficult there... just from the guys, I dont know personally yet

 

ok so today I go in at 7pm, and the city dispacther is covering the outbound, seemed like a hard@#$ at first but ended up being a good guy, and a comedian. He said i was gonna load trailers to get better at it to help me in carteret which is my run. So we went out and set me up witht he guy I went with last night. Worked the outbound and finished quite early too. At this point he was gonna send me out on my own but since I dont have ID number or cards yet he decided not too. The guy that goes on my run as well was going to Harrisburg instead tonight so the supervisor was gonna send me home but deicded to change his mind and said go to harrisburg with him to learn it (again). We hook then leave the yard

Once we got to Harrisburg we handed the papers in, found out we had to go into the other building so we fueled, then drove over, went inside, then dropped the trailers, went back in and they said go check your doors, these are your numbers, both trailers not ready. We go to walk back to the office so I went to the bathroom and as I came back the trainer said we are ready to go, theres two other trailers they said to take, then he hook/PTI and get dispatched then i drove back home. made it back in good timing, traffic on the cross bronx and LIE was limited so I was able to go through. came back, dropped trailers and went home.

Off till monday so going to enjoy my weekend

*All you Con-Way guys will know this, our new trailers are getting the safe stack system like you guys got... Heard a few guys arent too happy about it, I thought it was fairly easy to use though

 

Ok I used to see a few when I would go into the Hess station. I knw for YRC all the teams were out west, closest was Chicago. Did you make good money running teams? And thanks will do, maybe ill run into you at NBR one of these days. Right now im on the CRT bid, was shocked to be hired right onto a bid but Im not complaining

Yea I think you wrote in my YRC thread before. YRC even with all the nonsense, pay cut an pension loss was still a good place to work... AT least at terminal 123. Im just wanted to move back home, only reason I left, and a few other personal problems going on which Im not posting about. HAHAHA I think the unfortunately is funny, Ive heard some CWF barns wont hire you if you were a teamster but thats just a rumor. to be honest CWF isnt a bad job, just their policies and they way management is is what makes them what they are...

Now the starting Pay at UPSF isnt that great, in fact its probly the lowest starting rates, For probation its 15 a hour, then it moves to 17. The guy who has the same run on me has one year and he said hes at 17 something and about 44cpm. But in the long run I heard its 26 something per hour and about 65cpm... and with the new contract it will be even higher. I moved back home for the mean time until I get some pay raises, then Ill get my own place once again. Im one of 3 YRC guys who are currently there, they were both on layoffs over the years with closures and the Merge.