UPS: $170,000 Per Year Pay Package

Yeah UPS has always been that way. Knew a guy who drove for them for 20 years then left. Went back to them a year later and they said sorry you have to be a package sorter first.

They're strict. First you put the boxes on the trucks. Then after so long of that, you can drive their box trucks around. Do that long enough, a position opens up, they'll have to get your cdl and drive for them. Not quick process.

That is who my father drove for. He pulled doubles as a "feeder" driver. Basically running from one UPS site (the Philadelphia Airport) to another, and back again each day. It was a home daily/off weekends type of job. He started in the warehouse, then drove a parcel van, and began pulling doubles when he was around 30yrs old. The health benefits and PTO were great.

I have a cousin who's been driving a parcel van for over 20 years. He does not want to drive a tractor trailer though.

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My middle brothers been with em 42+ years and my best buddy got in 2 years after my bro got him in. Unloaded boxcars 4+ years )my bro) until a package route opened up in Cerritos, Cal. He ran that route 14+ years, then went to feeder, where they both still are, out of Ontario, Cal hub .....

Neither 1 of them would "hook a brutha up" (ME) to get me into the mechanic shop. Finally, about 4 years ago, my buds bro told me "Yeah, we didn't want you making the kind of money, WE make" pffffft Aholes lol

Buddies bro told me after his 2 sons got in and quit soon, it's possibly over 8 years working in the buiding now. Most he said don't want to go to package, because they don't get drug tested working inside, like drivers get randoms

My brother is 1 of those whiney types, who has and will use UPS's grievance system ANY time, he feels a need to. I "Hear", most other drivers can't stand him, I really can't blame them hahaha.... I haven't talked to him well over 20 years, just because of how he is (SIMP)

Just talked to my buddies brother, on his drive to Vegas, he confirmed the raises. But it's over a 5 year span, from $42.5 hour for seasoned (5+ years) drivers to gradually, reached $49 per hour.

He said every contract renewal time, it's always about the part timers hours and pay etc......Still that's good money, since a lot of feeder drivers do a 60 hour week in 5 days....

He sent me a pic of I-15 north packed with trucks creeping along due to the construction(have yet ever see any actual work going on) lol I don't miss the Cajon Pass in the least, be it 4 wheels or 18 lol....CHP did pull over 2 cars using the shoulder as a lane while we were talking too hahaha.

Ain't that like a $1,000 fine now? He said he had gotten a ticket way back in the 80's for that, and it cost him $250 back then

Every single driver though is going to be making a 170k guaranteed? And where the hell does the money come from to afford this kid of pay.

Just watch out for UPS shipping rates and parcel rates to go thru the roof to help pay for this increase.

Every single driver though is going to be making a 170k guaranteed? And where the hell does the money come from to afford this kid of pay.

There's more to it than that. It's not a dollar amount per se, they're including health and welfare like pension contributions etc.

I wouldn't say every driver will make that much. It depends on work available. I have a friend that works at a UPS hub and he's hostling in the yard for 8 hours a day because they don't have any runs and he has no seniority.

As for where the money is coming from, UPS makes a lot of money. Their profit for 2Q2023 was 2.8B. that's almost a billion a month of profit after expenses (including cost of employees) and it's down from what it was last year.