2007 The year for UPS

[saddletramp]

This is our best of times..............

Story here:
http://www.trafficworld.com/newssection/columns.asp?id=38931

[EVlLBOB]

Ok, now how do you get a job at UPS? How long does it take to be hired and is there a waiting list or are they even hiring? Just wondering what type of opportunities they might have around the Oklahoma City area.

[SweetSnuggler]

I don't know about in OKC area but in SoCal, it would take quite a while to become a Feeder Driver.

Most everybody starts at the very bottom of the seniority chain, and moves up, very slowly, through the ranks.

But you probably could get alot more information about employment by going to www.ups.com and go to "JOBS" Pretty much that is what we tell "aspiring" upsers. :wow:

[Capt._Chaos]

UPS is great for those in their late teens or early 20s if they are energetic & motivated to work through the ranks.

[EVlLBOB]

I can appreciate starting at the bottom but only at the bottom as a truck driver. I wouldn't start at the bottom being a package handler or package delivery driver. Like most on this thread we are road drivers and if UPS wants to start all their people out as something else, then I say no thanks, my rookie days are long over. I have never gotten a clear answer on how to get a job as a truck driver at UPS. I wonder how others did it because it appears to be a tightly held secret.

[saddletramp]

Evilbob,

There is no secret about this at all. In some areas of the country UPS has hired off the street. Spokane was one of them. I am a off the street hire, but since 1992 the company has found there drivers from within. Our labor agreement encourages this, and the company trains these people to do the jobs.

I do know that they have hired in the North East for sleeper team work, and we had some teams out here, but most of those runs have gone back to turn drivers.
If you was to be hired from the street you would start out at the bottom, and work your way up, so I suppose the rookie status would apply to you also, since they are going to put you through a training program just like the newbie from inside. One thing about that is you are going to be paid for every minute you work, even with the training. You can thank a good strong Teamster Union contract for that.
It was mentioned to check out the UPS website, for they do list areas where there is a potential for jobs, including line driver positions.
You might check into UPS Freight for work also in your area.

Hope that explains it for you.

[EVlLBOB]

Ok, thanks Saddletramp. I don't have a problem starting at the bottom but it would have to be at the bottom as a driver. I can't see going in there and starting as a package handler. I understand that everybody puts you through their training to induct you into their way of doing things but again, no thanks to starting out as a grunt if that is what they do. I am approaching 20 years of accident free driving and package handling would be a little too much for a fat old man like me.

[saddletramp]

I need to clarify to you that if you were to be hired off the street as a line driver, that is what you would do; no package handling or delivery driving.
You would be on the bottom of that seniority list, and do mostly cover work and extra runs till you was to gain a bid job. Lots of weekend work also.

[EVlLBOB]

Ok, that sounds a lot more reasonable. Thanks for the information.