I'm afraid to say what our new per hour contract is, but I will say just because I've never worked for UPS I don't know the full scope of everything they do for work. Railroading I understand. I've done it for 7 years for 2 railroads and I know many think we just sit on trains. Sometimes you get lucky and do that. Some of the time as a conductor it can be very physical work. I used to walk 4 miles a day with my job every single day, on my feet for 12 hours and constantly moving. I do not know about UPS or any shipping company, but you can walk in off the street to a railroad job and have a 6 figure income depending on the railroad, but only about 30% of new hires stay. The schedule is stupid because their is no schedule. I could go to work every 12 hours or wait around 3 days for a call. When the phone rings I have 2 hours to get to work, or 4 hours if I get sent to an outlying point that has me driving up to 150 miles one way to get there.
I will say for anyone looking to get to 6 figure income without further education it's a great option, but just be ready to miss every major event every year of your life until retirement unless it happens to land on your scheduled 48 hours off every 6 days, so your days off shift by one day every week. On top of that you may not be back home by the time your days off hit. All I can say is it can make more than UPS, but at minimum you're guaranteed $100,000 per year regardless of what you work for my railroad. Just a little insight to the industry because I doubt anyone that doesn't work for the railroad or know a railroader is aware of it. I didn't know before I started. That's the only reason why I mention I don't feel comfortable passing judgement on UPS because don't really know the ends and outs of the job.
Well said, if you think about it the job is like many others except like you say they can make a six figure income with no college.
As far as days off you say they are guaranteed 2 days off for every six days, and all kinds of overtime plus incredible benefits.
Yet many health care workers work far more hours, had to go to school, work nights, buried in student loans, work weekends and holidays many times 24 hours straight. No such thing as overtime and on call all the time, no holidays.
UPS or the RR people you speak of make more than newer dentists, always more than nurses, my niece now a doctor and in her internship at a very desirable well known NY medical center has those hours BTW. 24 hours on and 12 off … Tons of loans, shares an apartment with 3 others. Her part of the rent is $1500 and as someone can see it’s a long curve before her life will have the income she works for and never be as easy as delivering packages but one day her hard work will get rewarded and rightfully so.
8 years of schooling with no income and now a Dr internship working those hours and just enough money for another 3 or 4 years to make rent and student loans until she gets here doctorate/ fellowship which takes 3 to 8 years at residence salary
This is a general overview don’t quote me exactly by specific terms
I’m only typing this to repeat, we all have choices. But others in here have to stop complaining for UPS workers LOL my god!!
This country is like media driven drone people.
The vast majority of UPS love their job they make a living delivering packages and possibly double or more the salary of a hospital technician such as imaging MRI, all specialized technology technicians in offices like cardiology ect ect
My nieces loves being a doctor too, we all have choices in life … this isn’t N Korea