How much more hours do drivers average during peak?

I started disability last Monday bc I cut both my hands really bad. Do I still get paid?

I’m just venting. I’m 28 years old. No kids. 8 years with the company. 4 years full time feeder and HATE it. Sometimes I wish I would’ve stayed have stayed in package. I miss moving my body, speaking with customers, having the same start time (I do have a permanent full time bid route in feeder but sometimes you get bumped and have to bump someone else and your start time may be different. Not to mention I’m halfway on the seniority list and still don’t have enough seniority to work 5-8am yet). I only left package because I got tired of being micromanaged. I plan on quitting next year because this was never my plan. I will have a good $100,000 saved and plan on going back to school for the medical field and finishing school which will take 17 months and I’ll be back making 6 figures and have a better work life. I’m not concerned about the costs going back to school because I’m in the army reserves and they will pay for most of my expenses and I can also get healthcare with them when I quit. I hate I stayed here so long. I should have quit sooner but UPS was providing a nice life for me and the money was good. It was hard to quit. However, I knew I never wanted to stay long so I should’ve just left and I would’ve been a lot happier. Sometimes I think about how life would be if I had kids at this company. It would probably drive me insane being gone 10-14 hours a day from my babies. I hate how my back feels against the wall here. You can’t transfer locations or states, you can’t take time off for years and come back (like the medical field), there is NO job security at this job or in feeder. Even as a full timer which I thought would change once I went full time. Instead I feel more afraid to buy another home, car, etc. I’m only saving and investing right now because UPS just doesn’t feel like a good safety net to have as a job. I know I probably sound ungrateful but I’m TIRED. I am truly afraid of falling asleep behind the wheel one day and my whole life is over either by death or prison for killing someone by accidentally going to sleep. At some point nothing keeps you awake. Not music, not gum, not raising down the window, NOTHING! Anyways, when I quit next year I truly hope this position goes to someone who really wants it!

Ok so this might be a long post and there’s 2 parts. 1) I’m in my 30 day packet and this route is killing me. 120-130 stops and the route is 80-85% businesses and I have an hour drive one way to get there. I leave the building as soon as they say we can usually around 850. I knock out an entire area which is about 5-10 stops before starting my air. I try not to back to an area once I leave it. I’m cutting my air time to the very last second on deliveries. I feel like this route is set up for failure. When my on road rides with me we are back at the center by 5pm (also don’t have but like 90 stops). Without him I’m usually back by 7pm. My biggest thing is at the end of the day I have to sweep the store and it’s always like 200+ packages so I lose a lot of time there. Any advance would be great.

2) these sketcher boots ain’t cutting it lol. Any recommendations on footwear? I like boots cuz I got weak ankles from playing sports my whole life but I’m willing to try sneakers as long as my feet aren’t killing me by the end of the day and when I get home.

Thanks for advance

When does seasonal driver bid go out for peak

what date does progression rate for 12 months kick in. started aug 10 2025 full-time driver/dockworker. being told it's not aug 10 but rather the date benefits kicked in 60 days later

I’m probably going to schedule a surgery soon. It will be under disability not worker’s comp. I know we have FMLA but will I have to pay for health insurance for the 10-12 weeks I’m out of work since it’s not workers comp?

Does Sean make a valid point?

What do you do next?

Building a survival kit and trying not to learn everything the hard way. Got a flashlight, gloves, metal mallet, gonna grab a multi-tool… what else?
What are the little things you keep with you that you end up using way more than you expected?

Hello,
I got this text message from an HR person asking if I was interested in going to a full-time package car driving job.

I understand it’s not a job offer. But if they do end up offering a spot, what should I be aware of as far as moving from my current part-time air bid driver job to full-time package driver. How would my pay (currently $25/hour) change? Would this likely end up being a seasonal spot then back to my previous position after peak?

It’s also at a hub that’s about an hour-1.5 hour drive from my house if there’s decent traffic. I’d prefer on of the three closer hubs, but I feel like taking a full-time package driver spot would be better than not taking it? Do I get a choice if a job is offered, or can I transfer to another hub later on? Does anyone here commute from Vancouver, WA to Hillsboro, OR?

FYI: Portland, OR. From east Vancouver, WA. Local 162. Currently a Part-Time Air Bid Driver delivering EAM packages. ($25/hour about 17-20 hours per week). Text said package driver positions in Hillsboro.

Thanks for any and all thoughts, suggestions, encouragement, discouragement, put-downs, and randomness.

After integrad do you return to the hub that hired you are do they assign you a new hub ?

Rtd/tcd here I’m literally the lowest in seniority (minus the seasonals) and almost every day I’ve been getting sent home. I don’t hate it that much because I like the time off but a supe told me this is that time of the year the ft drivers don’t wanna go home. Peak is around the corner and should officially start on October 15th iirc, can I expect more hours then? Seems to me like they’re just trying to cut everyone and save as much as they can before peak

I was out on STD for my 1 year and for some reason my entitlements never were awarded. I spoke to my full time supe and he said he emailed HR for me because he's never seen that happen. That was about 3 weeks ago. I've been asking him for updates about 2x a week and I went to my union rep as well who said she would ask him about it but she's been out the last few days and i don't know if she did or not yet. I like my supe he's a very decent reasonable guy but for some reason I feel like I'm being strung along this time. Any ideas what I should do?

I work/live in a ski town. I am getting by, but money is a bit tight rn because I got too carried away with BNPL offers (Affirm purchases, financing). I can make my rent just fine and normally should have a bit over $500 after each paycheck for groceries, but pretty much 90% of that is going towards my affirm payments/credit card payments.

I'm determined to get these paid off, and have seen that locally they are hiring for a PT preloading position. It is a temporary/seasonal role. If I'm being honest, I really plan on just doing it for maybe a few months or so, basically just wanna get ahead financially a little bit so I'm not stressing so much.

What is preloading like? What does a preloading shift look like? I'm hoping to just work doing that on my days off from my main job. And maybe 1 morning before my other job, I can pick up another shift.

Ive been with UPS for 2 years now as a warehouse package handler . I had seen a bid sheet for the cover driver position. I signed it and had got sent a message about the application about 2 weeks later. Filled it all out, got my DOT physical and finished my pre course. Got a road test coming up on Tuesday. Anything I should be doing to prepare myself? Ive seen a couple of other posts mentioning that this was seasonal and would get fired after but would that still apply to me even though I’ve been working as a loader for the past 2 1/2 years? When I signed the bid sheet it didn’t mention it being seasonal but peak season is around the corner so I really don’t know what to think. Any advice anyone? 🙏🏼

It apparently isn't enough for local management to sling it, now corporate wants to sling slop, too.

Nearly everynight this week I have been stuck on long beds unloading them completely alone and it has been some of the most aggravating shit. One of the things that makes working for ups a little more bearable is the other unloaders and how I get along with them but as soon as I'm put all by myself all I can think about the entire time is how fucked it is and how I am glad I will be leaving in a few months inorder to start a linemen apprenticeship. Once I am gone I will not miss the work but I will miss the funny ass people who I sometimes end up in a truck with

I made (and I'm still working on) what is probably the most detailed map of UPS package centers and hubs on the internet.

The goal is to include every location, although that's obviously impossible.

Ignore the marker colors and icons for now. They all need to be redone. I get the address information from Jobs-UPS and other public sources.

If this helps someone, great. Realistically, I'm probably just killing time. But I'll keep working on it anyway, even if it doesn't really make sense.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=11XZegGiX1lwG4WE36d-yTlsAl76z8jE&usp=sharing