Package handling for UPS?

you get your benefits 90 days from the date of hire(If you get sick it doesn't reset unless you quit or are fired). The coverage is basicly strait foward, they pay 80% of medical and dental costs. All you pay is union dues, you do not pay for the benefits. Medical, dental, and vision. You also get reimbursed up to $3000 for any college level class you take towards a degree. Many discounts at several different businesses(I got my parents 60% off the moving costs for moving from Vegas to Boise, ID on Atlas Van lines).
 
Thats not so bad for slave labor in return. (I say that now)
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I was thinking of quiting my full time job and train full time and let my wife provide for us. Only thing is her insurance sux. Just for her its like $80 a month and thats just medical. Right now she is on my insurance and for both of us its $100 a month for med,dental, vision.
 
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you get your benefits 90 days from the date of hire(If you get sick it doesn't reset unless you quit or are fired).

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Well, that's certainly not the way it was when I was there in '03.
 
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you get your benefits 90 days from the date of hire(If you get sick it doesn't reset unless you quit or are fired).


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Well, that's certainly not the way it was when I was there in '03.

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It can be different according to what location you work at too. I know the education benefits differ. From what I understand though they are the same at all the major hubs.
 
I worked at a PT loader at UPS for about 4 months...it's good extra money, but it is serious hard-labor, a little more that I'm willing to do for $8.50/hr. I was there when I was searching for a CFI job...kept the rent paid, but I kept thinking "I've got an aero-sci degree and all of my ratings...what am I doing??" Gotta start somewhere though. If you work as a full -time CFI, I wouldn't work at UPS, unless you have some serious energy reserves. If your in the morning shift, be ready to get up at 4 or earlier, work your tail off for 6-8 hours. Imagine flight instructing after that. Afternoon shift may be better, but again, you'll be exhausted. In a year or two you move up...eventually driving the package cars for around $20/hr, some good side cash. If you stay long enough (I'd say at least 2 yrs), it may help with an interview down the road. Best of luck.

-Brock Sargeant
MEII
 
Figured I'd throw in my .02.

I've worked P/T for UPS for a year now on the PM sort (M-F ...7:45-10:45pm). I enjoy it. The benfits offered for a part-time job are hard to beat while in flight training.

From what I've seen and heard, your experience varies greatly depending on what type of facility you work at. If you work at a facility that gets only feeder trucks, etc. you'll be busting your hump and unloading trucks all night. I work at an airport facility and spent, maybe, my first week inside and have worked out on the ramp ever since. I run a k-loader, which loads the containers from the ground level up into the plane. Containers are brought out as they get loaded inside, so most of the night I stand around BSing with co-workers .....waiting for cans.

It's rare to find the time to chat with the pilots during a regular night but when the weather is bad and the planes get a ground hold you can catch the pilots sitting around and talk with them.
 
PIT .....rarely do we get anything other than the good ole DC-8's.

Occasionally a 75/76 if something goes down for maintenance ...or during peak two A300's.

If you're ever through PIT give me a headsup...
 
Okay. I'm ONT based and SDF crews do PIT. I was there years ago when we had a PIT-PHL-PIT trip on the 727, though.
 
Worked on the ramp for FedEx for about 5 years. Did everything from package handler, aircraft on-offload, TUG driver, Ramp Agent, and everything else in between pretty much. The benefits were great and the job wasn't all that bad. Working outside in the weather can really make you hate your life sometimes, but other than that it really was a pretty good experience.
 
mtsu_av8er said:
Listen to me when I say this.

Working as a pre-loader for UPS was THE WORST JOB I'VE EVER HAD!!!!!

Really, I almost lost all of my will to breath while working there.
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I don't know, I did it for a year in GFK. Pretty good gig, good workout, GREAT medical bennies (paid 100% for my knee surgery) and I got to play big rig driver around the yard.

It is ball busting work for 4 hours, but hey, free workout at least.
 
Dugie8 said:
I don't know, I did it for a year in GFK. Pretty good gig, good workout, GREAT medical bennies (paid 100% for my knee surgery) and I got to play big rig driver around the yard.

It is ball busting work for 4 hours, but hey, free workout at least.
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I agree that is not such a bad gig.

I did pre-load for a while, and next day air driver on and off (Usually in a pinch), which was really cool.

I have to admit, I wasn't in love with the 3:00 A.M. wake up call, and then getting to school right after work, while still feeling like a zombie.

However, the medical was top notch, and the tuition reimbursement was also hard to beat.
 
I'm right there w/ MTSU on this one. The worst job I ever had....but as others have said, the bennies are great for a part-timer. I worked in a sort facility in ABE. I started in ground sort which really sux and managed to work my way up to air sort in a few weeks of hard work and accurate / fast loading. Air sort is WAAY better. Still crappy work, though. Good workout, if you like bending over, tossing boxes around ('er, I mean placing the boxes neatly and accurately) and jumping around the bed/ belly of a trailer. Otherwise, I'll stick to the gym.

Also, while I was working there, I contacted one of the CP's in SDF and asked him about the pilot hiring. He said, NOPE, no preferential hiring for former employees. Only if two people were equal in all regards would being a(n) (former) employee help.
So, like others have said, DON'T BECOME A LOADER THINKING IT'S GONNA HELP YOU FLY THE BROWN. 'CAUSE IT ISN'T.
 
Cruise said:
I'm right there w/ MTSU on this one. The worst job I ever had....but as others have said, the bennies are great for a part-timer. I worked in a sort facility in ABE. I started in ground sort which really sux and managed to work my way up to air sort in a few weeks of hard work and accurate / fast loading. Air sort is WAAY better. Still crappy work, though. Good workout, if you like bending over, tossing boxes around ('er, I mean placing the boxes neatly and accurately) and jumping around the bed/ belly of a trailer. Otherwise, I'll stick to the gym.

Also, while I was working there, I contacted one of the CP's in SDF and asked him about the pilot hiring. He said, NOPE, no preferential hiring for former employees. Only if two people were equal in all regards would being a(n) (former) employee help.
So, like others have said, DON'T BECOME A LOADER THINKING IT'S GONNA HELP YOU FLY THE BROWN. 'CAUSE IT ISN'T.
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I was so pissed one morning. Some JA had loaded a 50 lbs box of nails on the top of the load in the trailer. BANG! Right on the noggin. Well on the floor was a bunch of 4 x 4 x 4 inch square "dental supply" boxes. For the next 2 minutes all that came out of that trailer was those little boxes, one at a time, and they didn't need a conveyor belt to get to the end.
 
Dugie8 said:
I was so pissed one morning. Some JA had loaded a 50 lbs box of nails on the top of the load in the trailer. BANG! Right on the noggin. Well on the floor was a bunch of 4 x 4 x 4 inch square "dental supply" boxes. For the next 2 minutes all that came out of that trailer was those little boxes, one at a time, and they didn't need a conveyor belt to get to the end.
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LOL.....that stinks! Yes, I've heard of such mysterious actions as box tossing. However, I certainly never participated in that action.;) As I'm sure you're aware, it doesn't take much of an education to be hired as a loader. Some of the people I worked w/ were complete idiots. They had no concept on how to properly plan the load out......if it was in front of them, it was getting placed on the load. Oh well, I'm just glad I'm not doing that anymore. But hey, more power to 'em.... too each, his own!
 
I threw freight at the SLC Gateway for awhile. All I can say is they sure do ship a lot of crickets and bees. Oh, and the cans going to RKS or Elko were heavy. Most of the guys there have been there along time and do not like new guys.
The L9 cans suck unloading; imagine being hunched over for 30 minutes at a time.
 
scottyboy75 said:
I threw freight at the SLC Gateway for awhile. All I can say is they sure do ship a lot of crickets and bees. Oh, and the cans going to RKS or Elko were heavy. Most of the guys there have been there along time and do not like new guys.
The L9 cans suck unloading; imagine being hunched over for 30 minutes at a time.
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How long ago?
 
I worked at UPS as a loader and it was the worst job I ever had. You are constantly being watched and bossed around. The working conditions are something that you would see in the industrial revolution which is why I only stayed there a week. UPS promises hopeless dreams. I love how they say work here 12 years and then you can drive that damn truck. I think I may have screwed myself from flying at UPS because I quit on them so I'm not sure its a great idea to work there if you plan on being a pilot with them later on.
 
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