OT- Anyone ever work at FEDEX/UPS/DHL?

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Any capacity.

Delivery driver, package handler, accounting, etc., etc.???

If so, relay your experiences.

Thanks,
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i never worked there but i work next store to a ups store. Those damn ups drivers make like 27 bucks an hour. Takes like 5 years to get a route though
 

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fightclub34 said:
i never worked there but i work next store to a ups store. Those damn ups drivers make like 27 bucks an hour. Takes like 5 years to get a route though

5 years?

5 years with the company?
 

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you going to work for them soon fish? for that parttime Xmas rush help they need?
 

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Dante said:
you going to work for them soon fish? for that parttime Xmas rush help they need?


Possibly, have nothing better to do with my sparetime, so may want to do something constructive, get a little exercise, and pick-up a few bucks all at the sametime.

Have a huge FEDEX 1/3 of a mile from my home taking applications for package handlers........only 10 hours a week.
 

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Fishhead said:
Any capacity.

Delivery driver, package handler, accounting, etc., etc.???

If so, relay your experiences.

Thanks,
-FH-

Funny, you may not believe this but I have worked for ALL THREE :toast: Been a while but yea, worked for all 3 of them.
 

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I worked at a large UPS hub right after I graduated school. I was a Teamster! Pretty good job, part-time with health benefits. I worked sunrise shift, from 3 am to 7 am. I sorted packages, which was a good upper body workout. Also, I knew every zip code in the country, which comes in handy just about never. "Peak Season," as the holiday rush is called, is a real meat grinder: long shifts, with the hub working 24 hours a day, good for overtime. Met some good people there, too.
 

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I worked for UPS right out of high school when I was in college, worked from like 12-4 am, loading trucks....most people started that way back then...It was not a fun job...

When I first left college to play soccer I got a job a Fed Ex as a driver (about 30 hours a week, it was a prety nice job for the time.

DHL has made a big move in the US market over the past 3 years, they were a small time player in the US but were by far the largest worldwide...I was an loss prevention investigator for DHL for about 2 years.
 

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I worked for UPS right out of high school when I was in college, worked from like 12-4 am, loading trucks....most people started that way back then...It was not a fun job...

When I first left college to play soccer I got a job a Fed Ex as a driver (about 30 hours a week, it was a prety nice job for the time.

DHL has made a big move in the US market over the past 3 years, they were a small time player in the US but were by far the largest worldwide...I was an loss prevention investigator for DHL for about 2 years.


Helluva resume!
 

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I worked at a large UPS hub right after I graduated school. I was a Teamster! Pretty good job, part-time with health benefits. I worked sunrise shift, from 3 am to 7 am. I sorted packages, which was a good upper body workout. Also, I knew every zip code in the country, which comes in handy just about never. "Peak Season," as the holiday rush is called, is a real meat grinder: long shifts, with the hub working 24 hours a day, good for overtime. Met some good people there, too.

What he said. The toughest part was learning on the go. I remember my first night on the job. I was given three trucks and three lists with zip codes. You have to sort packages in each truck based on a variety of addresses. It takes about one to two weeks to learn the basic layout, but then it's not that hard. Those first couple of weeks everyone will be looking at you as the guy backing up the package flow.

But, if you're only looking to do this for the holiday season, don't be fooled by ads claiming you'll work three or four hours. I remember the shift became as long as six to eight hours staring after Thanksgiving. I was slammed, because that was around the same time preparation for college finals was picking up.

This was all some time ago (1991) but made me appreciate graduation all the more.
 

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Currently, I work at UPS as a Full-Time Supervisor on the Preload Shift (3am-9am). In charge of 50 employees that unload and sort packages. I started five years ago as a loader making $8.50 an hour. I've been promoted three times since the start, most recently this year. I have unloaded, sorted, loaded as an hourly employee(type of part-time employment Fish is discussing). The health/medical benefits are unparaleled by any other part-time employer.

Peak season is a bitch, 24 hours a day, around the clock package movement. I average 17 hours a day, six days a week as a management person, so it keeps you busy for sure.

Fish, what facility are you interested in working at? I have contacts across most of the country, I can make sure you get hired on most likely without any trouble. If you have any questions, hit me up.
 

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Peak season is a bitch, 24 hours a day, around the clock package movement. I average 17 hours a day, six days a week as a management person, so it keeps you busy for sure.

Are you working 102 hours a week? That only leaves 63 hours , do you sleep?
 

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Currently, I work at UPS as a Full-Time Supervisor on the Preload Shift (3am-9am). In charge of 50 employees that unload and sort packages. I started five years ago as a loader making $8.50 an hour. I've been promoted three times since the start, most recently this year. I have unloaded, sorted, loaded as an hourly employee(type of part-time employment Fish is discussing). The health/medical benefits are unparaleled by any other part-time employer.

Peak season is a bitch, 24 hours a day, around the clock package movement. I average 17 hours a day, six days a week as a management person, so it keeps you busy for sure.

Fish, what facility are you interested in working at? I have contacts across most of the country, I can make sure you get hired on most likely without any trouble. If you have any questions, hit me up.


Thanks, will keep you in mind.

This is a FEDEX hub near my home though, not UPS......if that makes a difference. Believe there is a UPS and DHL nearby too though.
 

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Fishhead said:
Any capacity.

Delivery driver, package handler, accounting, etc., etc.???

If so, relay your experiences.

Thanks,
-FH-

i was not a package handler but when my 4th grade class toured their headquarters in memphis i was expelled for handling my package right in front of the CEO's secretary
 

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i was not a package handler but when my 4th grade class toured their headquarters in memphis i was expelled for handling my package right in front of the CEO's secretary



........ok.
 

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FedEx has some of the best benefit package around. If you don't have coverage yourself or pay out of pocket for it, would highly recommend grinding out the lousy 10 hours for the bennies alone.
 

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Worked at UPS 20 hours a week in the mid 90's. Loaded and unloaded semi's and trucks at 3AM till around 8 AM M-F. Good benefits but Christmas season sucks!!!

Actuall am very surprsied I didn't end up being an UPS diver, many of friens are but don't regret it one bit.

Worst memories was playing softabll goin out drinking after than running home to change for work or going striaght from the coney island. Don't miss that. Good bye nite life
 

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I worked at a major UPS hub right out of high school and loved it! Only thing that sucked was all the dust you would breathe in from all the packages. I would get home and blow my nose and it would be solid BLACK! I started out loading tractor trailors @ 8.00/hr, then learned all the zip codes and took the sort test and became a sorter for an extra buck an hour (which was like not even working compared to being a loader). These 2 jobs were both on the 10pm-3 am shifts. Later took a part time supervisor position on the Preload shift (4am-9am). There was a 10 year wait list to be a driver at the hub I worked at. All in all worked there 6 years and loved every minute of it, but never wanted to be a driver or make a career out of it. I ALWAYS wanted to be self employed back then and have fulfilled that dream and could NOT be happier!
 

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Fishhead said:
Possibly, have nothing better to do with my sparetime, so may want to do something constructive, get a little exercise, and pick-up a few bucks all at the sametime.

Have a huge FEDEX 1/3 of a mile from my home taking applications for package handlers........only 10 hours a week.

Funny, that what I thought a few Yrs back.
My brother and I have a Landscaping Business, and I was getting fat and spent too much time online playing poker all Winter. I joined a Gym, hated going and didnt drop much weight.
SO I picked up 15 hrs a week (6pm-9pm) at Purolator Courier, drop 25 lbs, some extra $$$ to fund more accts :smoking: and Best of all, thats where I met my THUMPERDRAGON :dancefool

BOL
 

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You can always get a seasonal partime job packing fudge at See's Candy
 

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