To go UPSF or not go UPSF, that is the question...

Thank You, Brother!
Not looking for perfection, Just steady work and good pay. Been in tanks the last 4+ years and by and large like it. BUT, Benefits (medical, etc,,) are becoming an issue and hoping that outweighs the union idiocy. I know how to put my head down and ignore alot of things. The last position I had in tanks we had to pick up at a union shop and the "company" was constantly asking me to come drive for them. However, I also knew all the drivers they had and what D!%#s they had been to anyone NOT union for the 2+ years I picked up there, I just couldn't. A good company, it would have been a great gig. But the union drivers were such D!%#s, UNNECESSARILY! I really don't get them! # 1. (union members) If your as red hot as you THINK you are, then no one CAN take your job!
So, I'm hoping they'll give me a call. I can be a benefit to them and I could really use the benefits right now.

Thank you for the info, 207nomad #ATW

 

Ya, I know the feeling. A little advice from an oldtimer. I can always replace my job. Regret is a powerful thing when you're older. Any time I've ever passed up a family function for extra work was never the difference between making it and not. It never made an impact financially. Plus, who do you really want at your bedside when the time has come? your boss? Or your kids? Just sayin'

Anyhow HHC3rdBDE '78-'81 #GOLDENBRIGADE (They call it the Panther Brigade now)
Thank You for your service Falcon!!!

 

AMEN to that brother

 

Great thread, Guys. I have a decent job driving a city bus. Been doing it for 6 years. Before that, 15 years OTR. I am considering UPS Line Haul and want to make an informed decision absent of unrealistic expectations. Thanks again, Fellas.

 

Don't want to start a new thread for this...

UPS advertising near me... UPS Freight Truckload is hiring individuals to work as Full-time Dedicated OTR Dry Van Drivers

Can anyone tell me approx. how much this type of job pays?

 

Don't know about the pay, but it is a nonunion job

 

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There is UPS Parcel, UPS Freight, and UPS Freight Truckload.

The latter is non-union, and so not a consideration for me.

 

I heard it's a severely underpaid non-union job.

41cpm last I heard...

Us UPS Freight guys make 24-28$/hr to start (depends on terminal "market rate adjustment"), overtime after 8 or 40, so you work a 45 hour week and you're already at almost 1400 bucks, work 50 hours and you hit 1600, etc.

You're gonna be pretty jealous running truckload. Even if you get 2500 miles a week, every week, at 50cpm you'll be making 1250$/week working 50 or 60 hours and only getting home on weekends knowing that the P&D guys are working ten or more hours less than you and making 10-20% more.....