UPS or Cryo-Hauling/ Which Career Is Better?

You won’t see many nights at home working for UPS for 30 years except your days off. You will see days at home because you will be working nights. In 2002 I did what you are thinking about doing. I hired in to UPS for peak and worked from early November to Christmas. I was then brought back in June to cover vacations and worked till September. Then in November I was hired full time. I spent 10 years (7-8 really good years) with UPS and after several years the pay was great and the work was easy. The hardest part of the job is the schedule and inconsistent work until you get seniority. Occasionally people are lucky enough to get hired in immediately full time depending on the locations work volume. It will be luck of the draw for you and could either be really great immediately or it could suck for a while. If you have patience and can wait up to 5 years for a great job with a more predictable schedule it will be worth it. If you need immediate gratification it may not be for you. Top pay currently is close to $48 an hour and the mileage rate is over $1 a mile. Money is not something you will be short on once you get to full pay. My area of the country is currently 3 years to top pay. I will be receiving my retirement from UPS for that part of my Teamster years at 62. Good luck and give it a shot if you don’t have to choose between the two jobs immediately. If it doesn’t work out try the other job. If you have to choose between the two now I would take the Cryo job if it will be more consistent immediately.