The Truth About Working for UPS EXPOSED!
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This man speaks the real truth. UPS was the dirtiest most filthy, back breaking, soul sucking, slave labor job for chump change I’ve ever had.
I've been working with UPS for 14 years and the key to my survival was to stop caring. If you care too much of how things actually work and wishes it was different then it would only lead to stress. I work the sort aisle and boxes are falling to the ground. I could shut down the belt, but that would only make supervisors complain. So leaving them on and letting the sups see the disaster that they created is just another way of throwing the problem back to them. In the end, the job eventually gets done, I get paid and I get to go home.
LMAO! I'm in the sort isle and I came to the same conclusion sometimes I laugh it off
Real shit i feel u i work there now
That's how it's done don't get hurt let the other guy do the work!
Home. The most important stop of the day right? Or so management says but they can careless about us.
Yep 3 years as a Paratrooper for minimal pay... i can identify. 122418
I currently work at UPS you give them 100% they want 200% SMFH
Bingo!
So fucking true it's insane.
When I retired from the Military, I try to get me a PT job, just to kill some time, I sent the application, went to the interview and the walk around of the place, and when everything was finish, I told the HR guy, "Thanks, but no thanks", I smell the BS from 100 miles away, UPS is a pathetic place to work, with devious managers.
I use to work at the warehouses, no concern for people wellbeing at all they treat you like animals! everything this guy says is totally true!!!
Crazyyy facts...I just quit UPS recently the pay was not worth the slavery they had me doing
9 years at UPS. Pre-loader. Tough job, gave me nightmares, but got me through school.
PhantomLake pre load lmfao dummy proof it's not hard at all
Good for you tough guy.
+One Nation especially when one of your drivers is a douche and tries to sabotage you and blame you for a miss-sort that was his/her mistake or they short your paycheck hours and you complain about it only to find it's some kind of shell game by your immediate supervisor to make his hours look good on his paperwork. It's the stuff you have no control over that often ends up biting you in the butt. Good luck to you, 'cause when the bad luck comes your way, through no fault of your own, you're going to understand the meaning of the saying, "feeling stuck out in the rain without a friend."
Like my buddy always says if you don't cry in the shower every night you're not doing it right 😂
Nightmares--that's it
I've bust my ass at UPS for 11 years now. But sometimes when I'm on my way to work I pray they send me home early LOL.
😂😂😂😂
@Full Tilt Boogie 😂😂😂😂
I bet you live a depress life working at UPS, I understand because I been working for UPS 3 years, thinking of using the benefits and finally quit and get a better job ...
Full Tilt Boogie lmfao
Damn I forgot about this comment year's ago. Well I been driving feeders for UPS the past two years. Money long and not working hard. Hang in there fellas it's worth it. Should have went even sooner
No wonder why every package I've ordered has come in broken.
Sarah Fauth just started last week and they do not give a FUCK about packages
Bro you have no idea....200 pound packages get dropped I’m sorry one person can only carry so much
lol
Lmao bruh I throw those specialty packages like 40 feet across trailers like their shot puts 💀 my coworkers do the same sh!t I don’t think there is one worker in my hub who actually wants to be there.. UPS in my opinion is a failing company from a bygone era and will probably be replaced by some competitor company or go completely bankrupt with in the next 20-30 years if not 5-10..
They will get machine to do it, that's the future, no employees they save $
As a former ups supervisor i can say that management wanted us to push you guys to the bone.
Such a terrible company.
They ask to much out of everyone.
I personally have seen a lot of good supervisor quit because they were forced by management to lie and steal from their own personal
I work at ups and I now understand what slavery feels like
+shnizew And them telling you you get healthcare is like a slave master saying, "well, I feed them"...
OMG Thank you. Someone who fucking understands!
Big Daddy Leroy yes he is
I worked for UPS for 21 years 12 of those years was part-time. I worked at a small center, not a hub that is the subject of this story. A lot of what is said in this video is true but some are not. First, the pay gap isn't true as told by this video. When I went full time after 12 years part-time I had a 2-year wage freeze until my pay caught up with the wage progression of full time. They still paid me the highest of the 2 wages. I think then full-time wage stared at 12 an hour and I was around 20 an hour. It is grunt work for sure no lie there and the pressure from management as well as the treatment is spot on in this video. The security as told here is because it is a hub, not something you would see at most centers. Every employee from any company as big as UPS thinks that their job is the hardest but truth be told full time or part-time as a long list of pet peeves. I am not a big fan of the Union but is something that is deferent from one shop to another. It is also something that the employee help or hurt. I have seen great things and very bad things in my years at UPS. One great thing is that when I was part-time my health insurance was better than my dad who worked at the state university as faculty. The work is hard and fast paced the boss is demanding and many times unfair but in the end, I made part-time what most make full time and as full time I made 6 figures. Some people can cut it and others can't simple as that.
Don't disrespect actual slavery man. This is a job. You choose to work there, and the conditions are far from the likes of sweat shop workers.
My mother is a driver and has been for 20 years, I’ve watched this job leave her NO time for us as we were growing up, destroy her body, etc. It makes me so sad but I understand why she stays..
For those benefits I tell ya.
So you were forced to work at UPS? Yes. Its a hard job. It also pays well if you stick it out. I preloaded for 7 years before I went driving. I have been there for 28 years now. It has provided very well for my family. UPS is not for everyone.
I'm a local ltl driver and I use a GPS to get around. How do you ups guys make so many deliveries with no GPS? I see you guys hauling butt all day. I just wondered how you get around and never get lost.
Just learning the route. When I see an address on a box now, I see the picture of the house on my head and go straight to it. Sort of second nature now. How long you been with UPS?
My thoughts exactly. I'm a mechanic for a distribution center. It's hot, dirty, and hard work, but it's what we do to feed the people we love. I'm just happy to have a job that allows me go comfortably provide for us.
Scott Chalker some people just can't handle it. Working for UPS definitely rocks. It feeds my family very well and more. And I'm just a combo.
Scott Chalker Does everyone have to start as a loader? Do they pay a good wage as a loader starting out?lm trying to get out of local truck driving but I don't want to take a big hit in pay
You gotta be tough both mentally and physically for this job.
Yup, he seems older, so its not as easy for him.
especially a route driver i went ofr my 30 days this past summer. the hardest thing i have ever came acrossed
Being tough is different than being shit sucking slave.
zibaduaahh Its not slave work. If you're a good worker, UPS will promote you. They love hiring internally. Driving is the way to go if you ask me. The pension is well worth it. Preloading, sort, unloading, etc are pretty crappy jobs but you gotta stick it out. Almost all the drivers I know started as a preloader.
Pre-load and twilight and local sort etc are not meant to be careers. Those are entry level positions that you are supposed to promote from. You are supposed to work those positions for 10 plus years. 3-5 maximum and should have moved on to something else that is full time in the company.
I've been there 8 years. This place eats at your soul
A lot of people seem to think so.
Same with Fedex package handler positions😔
If you let it.
It's your choice to be there.
I made my choice and I'm not there anymore, but some people need that job for the money and the benefits.
Everything he's saying is true
David Smith nop
@@sofastcrx1 yep!!
Facts
FACTS
No a lot of things he said is not true at least not the ups I work for
I tried working there, i stayed for 2 weeks, when i found out that the promise of driving was way further off than what was originally explained to me, i looked around and said fuck this insanity. Was there 4 two weeks. Mad respect for you guys who stuck with it.
What did they say
I'm 21 years old and I'm a cover driver but still work 4 to 5 days a week. I started when I was 20 preloaded and as soon as I turned 21 they sent me to the school. I went from making 11.50 to 29. The work is hard but they pay is worth it. It's all in your head really.
Yeap.
Carson Reese yeah as a TCD you get that pay but what sucks and you get to bid on a Full time driver position and get it, it's now $18-20 an hour. About 2-3 years ago full time driver pay started at $28 an hour. Shit is different now.
I've been driving for UPS 1.5 years now and I get 39$ an hour
zibaduaahh lucky and strange, I was told it's 35 max as a full time driver. But any driver become a full timer driver starts at 18.50 right now and who knows how long to max out but the contract recently changed. It's just sad it's not longer $28 to start, for new drivers
Yeah. Some UPS drivers here get 53$ an hour
I had NO idea UPS was so awful!!!! I will NEVER ship anything through UPS again!!!
He's not telling the whole story. I've been there 13.5 years. I'm a driver
He is telling most of the story correctly and I don’t think you realize how much distribution UPS actually does. If you order ANYTHING through Amazon or Zappos which are probably UPS’s largest customers, then you have used UPS.
The Real definition of UPS Is Underpaid Slaves 😄😄
Actually the Pilots make the real money 👊🏻😂😂😂😂😭👌🏻
+Roberto Alonso Good point!
The pilots make so fucking much
@@DeepFriedBeans23819 How much?
You cant be a pilot until you know the split
@@TheDaveBloom anywhere between 150k a year and 500k a year.
I worked at UPS for about 3 months as a local sort at night. I liked the pay every week, and you got weekends and holidays off. What I didn't like was that they were understaffed during the peak season and hours were long and attitudes were flaring. They also set me up and lied on me for something I didn't even do and they didn't even have a shop Stewart with me. So yeah it is not what ppl think it is. Oh yeah so true no breaks !
Lot of angry people working there. Products of the environment...
lol This guy is absolutely spot on in every way. We don't get any breaks either. I didn't even know we were supposed to get breaks after 3 hours until about 2 years ago and I've been there 12 years.
If it was non union, for 8 hours you would get two 15 minute breaks and a 30 lunch. That's federal law. With a union contract you can override that provided there is no protest, but who actually protests their own union? That's a good way to get blackballed...
It’s actually law to take your breaks between the 3rd and 4th and your lunch by before your 5th
WTF@@CoffeeTalkLive I'm Union and I get two 15 minute breaks and a 30 min lunch.
That's cause no one complained. If you dont know the laws than you wont get breaks
UPS is hard..but have you ever been unemployed with no money or food...ill gladly take that job any day
Go ahead and let UPS work you til your body falls apart.
The pay in the warehouse is not a living wage. The warehouse where I live only pays $11 an hour. That's not a living wage and I've worked a lot of jobs that pay more for less wear and tear on your body.
I worked as a Driver Helper for UPS and it was probably the easiest job I've ever done.
@@adu1991 a driver helper job is easy work. Try the warehouse an unloader or the sorting belt and then come back and tell us
@@adu1991 well, it's not work of there is no effort. The problem with ups is the effort level required as compared to the pay scale in the warehouse borders on slave labor in a 3rd world country.
I had a friend whom worked UPS & he said UPS means, Under Paid Slaves
that was actually written on the wall at the facility where I worked!
I have friends who are drivers and take home 1.8k a week
Everything this guy said is absolutely 100% correct. I too did this for about 5 months. Very very difficult, both mentally and physically. Drivers aren't skilled, they may be labeled as skilled but they drive a truck and deliver packages.
Lol, drivers have a tough job. You're just lazy.
I just started at UPS and they treat their employees like dog shit!! Fuck UPS!! I packed an entire trailer by myself then had to move to another belt and assist with another trailer, I then worked in that new trailer just poured with boxes and there were 5 of us in there and it was still wayyyy tooo fast and they were yelling at us to hurry, plus keep in mind I took 1 minute to drink some water as I was legit about to pass out and one of my supervisors said Blake why don’t you get the hell out of here you’re not even doing anything I was infuriated!! It’s also only my third day and each day has gotten worse and worse it’s almost like they’re just expecting me to speed up production each day even though they should be following their newbies 30 day start-up which means you aren’t under as much stress as others. I’m just done I’m literally quitting and I don’t even want to do business with that company. Also, just letting y’all know they don’t care about your packages things would break or fall out of boxes and they just told us to load them anyways! I also only had a ten minute break in over 6 hours!
I wouldn’t have faulted you for punching or cussing out Blake. He sounds like a jerk.
@@princessmarlena1359 Yeah I don’t miss working there. I was in Arizona too so it’s like over 100 degrees in those warehouses.
@@cloracle4420 oh my God, that sounds like Hell on earth!
I work at UPS, and everything he sayin is tru
Drove for 29 years. Started March of 1973-August of 2002. I had 5 kids to support, so I was glad to have the money. It was hard work, not for sissies, but I was in great physical shape and felt like superman. I hope all of you are able to hang on and keep your focus on retirement, remember there are very few jobs out there that offer this. So many of my friends are trying to live on SS and struggle every month. The best to all you Drivers, please take care of yourself, cause no one else will.
Right on Sir! Let the church say Amen!
Why do you have to wait till
Your 65 to retire
Don't you want to spend time with your kids and grand kids
Or is the money more important than your family
I have no problem with hard work never did, I always lived by the sweat of my brow, and always will
But I quit 30 plus years ago
Because my family is far more important than the almost 10 years of..lies and thievery big brown did to me and my family
Think about it
@@mrhoyt6214 How do you take care of them?
@@tanner4574 there is great power in prayer.
Mr Hoyt
I agree. Do you own land? Or do some other line of work?
Glad you ranted about this ! I worked as a unloader for UPS years ago for awhile. I couldn't really put up with how hard the work was. I worked for awhile a few months but wow it was a very hard labor job. So many damn amazon packages i remember. I hated amazon packages and augers metal augers where stacked at the top of the truck and i would pull out packages and i would have to avoid machinery parts from falling on my head it was dangerous.
I was an unloader for ups for 6 months. This is so true they work you to death but pay you shit money. I was the only girl as well
EVERYTHING you said is TRUE!!! I WAS a brand new hire and worked for 2 days then quit, HORRIBLE PLACE TO WORK: there was no training, managers treat you like crap and very disrespectful, force you to work more than what you expect even if u are part-time (6-7hrs), and managers try to stop you from leaving when work is finished. DON'T WORK FOR UPS!
Oh and they don't give a care about customers good/merchandise because every worker didn't care if the item was dropped, threw, smashed, or stepped on! ONLY THING UPS CARES about is delivering your goods in either one piece or many broken pieces.
I talk about that in my 3rd UPS video "The Truth About UPS and Training". Basically, there wasn't any. And most people quit within the first couple of weeks.
They sure did smash a lot of product!
Been working at UPS here in Dallas for a few weeks now, and it it's exactly the way you described it, if not worse. I'm a package loader on the largest belt in the facility and it is very physically demanding. Packages literally flying of the belts everywhere because there are so many. And they want you to place the packages in the trailer a certain way, but they also want you to move very quick. You can't do both, it's speed or efficiency. The benefits are incredible and the opportunities to advance to being a driver or management are good. But most quit before they get there and I don't blame em.
It's a tough physical job and you have to stick it out for some time before qualifying for a better position in the company. Some people don't mind sticking it out, and many others don't think it's worth it. It's all a matter of perspective.
Thankyou. You are a good dude. I admire people like you who speak out open and honest and not held back by anyone
The dopamine I get from the boxes I love it.
What?
Sounds like you didn't even make it to the fun part, letting all the other new guys kill themselves while you file grievances and say no. Seniority rules.
Lls
I have seniority now. And I had to deal with assholes like you who thought because they had seniority it made you better. So fuck off you piece of shit.
DEEDEE everyone puts in there time quit complaining mommas boy
UPS is terrible, I ordered a scooter, it took 7 DAYS in AMAZON PRIME. And when it was supposed to come it said: “Package could not be delivered, please retry.” Let’s pray it comes tommorow.
Did you get that scooter yet ?
I would like to take this time and thank you David for this information about working from the bottom of UPS since I was about to start working as a package handler, I truly wish UPS sees this video and changes their ways, and that's why we all need to stand up and speak out for each other. Much support and wish that others come out and shine light on what's really going on behind the scenes.
I've been at UPS since 1985, it's a very tough job. The failure rate for new drivers is 85%. It seems farm kids or ex military are the only ones that seem to succeed lately. Our hub is very short drivers this peak and many part time and full time managers are doing routes. This job will break you unless you are physically and mentally tough. 3 years to go and then I'm going to enjoy my well earned retirement !
That story about the guard looking for the book in your sock is hilarious! 😂😂
They were always checking our cuffs! "Pull your pant legs up". What the hell could I possibly put there?
I worked there for 13 years and yes it's hard work but the benefits are very good, you get stock options, pension plan, 401k, they promote from within. I learned a good work ethic there. My work experience there was positive.
My rc world promote from within 🤣 thats a big lie
im a seasonal driver helper and every year they lower the pay this year the lowered to 9.75 from the 11.11 and took away our uniforms. we were supplied with nothing except a flimsy little vest with holes. its crazy how UPS expect to delivers in a brick loaded box truck full of shit with next day air in the center of it in one day. i quit friday
I was talking to a guy that was a pre-loader in 1980. He said his starting pay was $12.30 per hour. And now 36 years later look at how their pay is...
Ninja Man I'm a seasonal helper and I make $10.15 an hr.
steve b
well, I'm satisfied with how much I'm getting. I wish it was a year round position, but im in a rather rural area so I'm not really even needed during peak season.
its 15/hour for driver helper here
Ninja Man I was going in at the hub as a pre loader and get off then do the driver helper all peak long. I worked 21 hours one day
The dislikes are from the load supervisors.
It figures it would be the guy who does the least work...
My supervisors weren't so bad. But it's hard to relate, since I was a seasonal driver's helper.
This made me crack up lol
What you don’t do physically you make up for it mentally. I’m the unload supe currently but I used to run an outbound belt as well. It’s tough. You have to change the way you think in order to survive their and keep your job and not hate yourself. The load supervisors are constantly being criticized and yelled at by the full timers and the hub manager about literally everything. It’s a whole different world having the radio
Facts the supervisors act like ass holes I love the job though overall 💯🖤
i like the note about the bathrooms. Every peak season, new holes appear in the walls from loaders who got pissed off by a shitty supervisor
I was hired as a preloader at Homestead Florida site for seasonal. Horrible job! Treated like crap, verbally abused. Threw out my back after 4 days. This was in November 2018 and as of today January 5th I haven't received 1 check. Also you get a 10 minute break during an eight hour shift. Damned slavery.
Worked there years ago....it was bad then....looks like it's gotten worse....slave labor does exist in this country. Ironically these jobs can't be outsourced !!!
Lifting 50,70,100 lbs packages barley making above minimum wage. That's terrible. Should be at least 15 or more an hour for that. And no breaks for 12 hours is illegal. Not even a lunch?
It's a crappy part time job that a lot of UPSers think is fantastic because there is the "possibility" of being promoted to another department someday.
I wish I found this video before I got the job. I’m still in high school and I thought it would be a good job while I went to school. Boy was I wrong. I got home at 11:30 last night. My hours are supposed to be five to ten. I’m not even going to talk about going to work early and getting home late. It makes it a little hard to wake up in the morning and stay focused in school
My brother worked for the Brown Shirts, they treated workers like crap. He was unjustly fired for standing up to his abusive supervisor, and the Union did nothing to help him.
Union ignored me too...
10 years ago, A UPS driver rear-ended my sister-in-law and totaled her SUV. She was okay, no injuries. The driver who was African American, was actually upset even though it was his fault! Since then, I haven't seen that driver.
Because he probably lost his job.....wouldn't you be upset? Just had to bring up race in it didn't you....
yeah race has nothing to do with that
Just say no to bad companies.
damn I thought I was the only one who felt this way...Under Paid Slavery!
the ups I worked for I you had too wait a year just to see any benefits.
It's not a great as many want to pretend that it is.
David Gudgeon It's not honestly. Now if I was able to get the benefits right away then I would of stayed but working like a slave for a year just to receive benefits is bullshit. I ended up leaving the company month later lol.
You had to wait a year because that is part of the new contract for people in warehouse. Before they had benefits right after passing their probation. But now they must wait a year. This is just a way for the company to save money. If there was no union, you would really see a difference. You would have benefits on the level of fed ex, which suck and cost them quite a bit from their check.
Eazy Hunter most company's do the same..
Part-time employees are required to wait 1 year until you get medical benefits. When you get full-time its 8 weeks.
Sounds like old factory hell from early 1900s
I really like your channel David, thanks for taking the time to share your experiences.
Thanks for watching!
Complete opposite where I'm at. Management team is afraid of employees that know the contract. I'm collecting checks every time a supervisor touches a box.
This is OK review. Look, UPS is not for everyone, and you only work 4-5 hours every day, so this is a part time job to make extra money, which works for college students cause you have college tuition and free heatlth care.
Just Go North!
I currently work in the primary (unload) and Yea its hard work. some trailers are a mess, some are filled with smalls that take forever to get rid of, its dirty..you get dirty...you will eff up and lift incorrectly..hurt yourself...but at the end of the trailer you feel like you've accomplished something. at least I do. I'm 33 and definitely wish I had started working here when I was 18. its better when you're younger. regardless, I still would like to stay and move up. it's a great company in general. there's money to be made if you can hang in there.
Samira Scarlett I have worked in many places... and considering the level of labor with the rate of pay... UPS is by far the worst job I have had...
R. H. But can you recommend any easier better job???
You're gonna get up there just dont quit. I started at 20 and became a driver at 30 and now going feeder at 32. It was well worth the wait I'll tell you that. Just stick it out. Time flies.
I work in primary ( unload) too.. I agree, there is money to be made. During peak I was making 800 to 900 a week. Every week.
I have every grievance for every single problem you had.. old video but good watch!!
Looks like they still have some of the same issues...
Been working at UPS for 13 years everyday when I leave I never want to go back
Its good to see I wasnt crazy. My mother tried to make it out like I did all this shit to myself and it wasn't the systemic problem that it is.
There's a lot of sugar coating with this job. Paid workout my ass...
I wish I would’ve saw this video before I had to experience it..
I worked UPS for a year as a truck loader back in 1999. I did an average of 1,200-1500 boxes a shift. Being skinny is the best body type for the job. I eventually became belt sorter. A little more pay but it was more stressful mentally. I now have carpal tunnel now because of that job.
Ouch, sorry to hear that they burned out your nerves. Any chance of disability from them?
I just started and i average 3300 boxes per shift. It's hard work but not the hardest I've done. And yes being in shape helps a lot lol
I started working UPS 10 days ago. After four days of training, I have been assigned as a sorter. Yesterday, my supervisor told me I did an average of 1000 packages in a hour. I guess I am going to have carpal tunnel very soon b/c my transverse carpal ligament randomly hurts every now and then.
@@billhuang8486 I've been working there in a warehouse for about 3 weeks now and my wrists at time fail when I'm lifting heavy boxes on to the upper belts. I'm sorting and busting my ass for $11 an hour and I have lupus at 34 years old. My carpal tunnel is from years of welding. I was hoping to get the health insurance as I really need it but it won't kick in for a year. I can barely support myself on the measely 250 bucks a week I make. I'm don't like the environment and the high expectations from ups. I'm looking to join a local crane operators union as an appearance soon. Fuck UPS
I considered working at ups at the warehouse yrs ago but I never did and now I'm glad I never did.
Some people like it, many don't. For me it was more about the dishonesty of the company than anything else. "you'll never have more than three trucks" I had five every day. "You're required to have a weeks training before you start" I had less than an hour and then was put on the loading floor and abandoned. And so on and so on...
Amazon sure is saying fuck ups and eventually won't need them at all. Amazon to this day is already doing it. Their saying we don't need UPS to deliver our packages
Unfortunately a lot of jobs are like that. Triple your work load, treat you like your expendable and top it off with lousy wages. Enjoyed your story though. It brought back so many memories from a variety of jobs. Also reminds me why i work for myself now.
+Mary Sunshine Yeah, and you've got to love those debit cards they give you instead of a paycheck so that you can't keep track of your actual wages, taxes and union fees.
Not me, direct deposit was my option and for some reason I never got the stub, (me and a handful of others). I complained about and told the problem would be corrected, it but nothing was ever done. I had to print them off myself.
Had to print from home. The kiosks never had paper.
I worked in the hub moved to preload and now a driver, being a driver is by far much more stressful and labor intensive then working inside the warehouse. Inside the building you make better connections as well then being on the road all day running around like a crazy person so you can get your air back on time to be loaded on a plane
I feel your pain, I quit after 5 weeks working there. Too much pain & its starts during night. I have done 8 to 15 trucks per night. Oh yes same here no break at all.
Everything u say is spot on! I work at the South Bay hub in CA. The most positive thing about working here is that I found your channel! I’m hanging in there because I don’t really have a better option right now. I can’t defend that statement so please don’t beat me up on it. I can say without hesitation everything you are saying is true. I was pulled out of orientation and put on preloading 4 brown trucks with 0 training doing over 1000 packages. You get so buried it is impossible to keep up. Luckily all the drivers are cool and jump in to save me at the end every time.
Sometimes you have to hang in there until you find another job, even if it sucks...
Glad you decided not to be a slave for them. It's a shame anyone agrees to be one but unfortunately they do. Screw any union, all they are worried about is dues and funds so they can have a gravy job while you bust your ass.
I just got fired for wanting a lunch on a 10 or 12 hour shift. Second day waa even lied to about being a part of the union i signed up for on day one apparently they still dont care even during a pandemic . told me to just eat or drink while i load trucks like i want to risk exposure by bot washing my hands and just snacking as i work. Worked 10 hours only got two 10 min breaks should have gotten 3 by state laws. They dont care they fired me on the spot and denied me a union rep or steward told me i was not part od a union till day 70 .. Total bullshit i am represented from day 1 by a union . i cant believe the corporate brainwashing everyone there has that a lunch is not allowed.
I guess they still only have the 10 minute break rule, not much has changed...
Union was set up by corporate or is in cahoots with corporate. They aren’t any good, either way.
Rode with a route driver one day, the next they gave me a route with over 100 stops, at about 8 o clock I went back to the terminal with 2 stops left, because I could not see addresses in the dark.... the supervisor who I never met before called me everything under the sun... I walked out and never looked back... union will do nothing as UPS is about the only company supporting the Teamsters health and welfare... so if you file a greivence, they ignore it ....
Thanks for stepping up and saying that. I've heard about the major micromanagement that drives are put through and how taxing that is. Sometimes a little extra money isn't worth it.
UPS: its either really really really bad, or really really good. No in between
It sure seems that way!
I've worked for UPS in 4 different buildings as a teamster and as management. I haven't seen any good.
I worked there over the holiday months unloading trailers in 1995. Very hard work. Your account of working there sounds pretty accurate.
Part timers have it rough. Did only 3 months of part time and went directly to driving. Drove for 4 years and I’m now in the ups feeder department. Easiest job I’ve ever had. Broke 6 figures last October.
I will never work for ups again the way they treat people is awfull, especially to people who work seasonally trying to make extra money to make sure their family has a good Christmas, we get treated so bad, it is so sad.
I actually liked seasonal helper. My driver was pretty cool, helped me get hours. One months work made a little over 2,000 dollars( taxes included). The work wasn't hard, at all. The only frustrating thing for me was the poor communication, mostly human resources, once you get with a driver they seem to know what's going on.
There are two types of UPS workers, one who is very prideful and does a great job every time. And then the one who hates their job and kicks packages. I always seem to get the latter. One package arrived to me burned due to a train derailment.
I'm guessing the derailed train also caught fire.
They are still way miles leaps and bounds better than FedEx.
They can be very rough on packages!
12 hour shift and you get a 20 minute break 😂 I'm getting a job with ups! "Dream job"
I remember being dusty and sweaty. People puked in the trailers because of the heat. No climate control. No safety procedures nothing. I had walls fall on me. Ups is shit. The union promised us a 13.00 raise and we never got it.
I worked at UPS doing offload and this guy is spot on. I left that crap job and went to school. I had a wall of boxes fall on me and destroyed my back, that was the last straw. Everyone that worked there for and extended amount of time was a depressed, jaded, crap bag. Life's to short to slave for a company like that for bad pay. Thank God for capitalism and the ability to make your situation better if you affect change.
health coverage is second to none. I'll bust my ass there anyday.
Wait tell get hurt while working safe look out you will be shown the door.
Incorrect sir. I know a few people that have and are still working there.
yea yea I know but wait tell you get a serious injury they will no longer be your buddy for skipping lunch.
never skip your lunch!
Billy Smith Dude that's everywhere.If you get hurt on any job that's physically demanding they'll find a way to get rid of you if you can't perform your duties.Its just business unfortunately.
You never sign anything at UPS! Unless it’s a check!
You're preaching to the choir, brother. Good post btw. I endured three Xmases at UPS in night sort, preload, etc. Cracking the whip, mistreatment and disrespect was the typical modus operandi of management who seemed very unappreciative, often accusatory and unfair. After my first Xmas, my roommates thought I should have gotten into body building because I was ripped with the six-pack to prove it but it took a toll on my body. (btw don't you think it's foolish for wimpy male management to anger and physically challenge someone as physically strong as most of the people who move heavy boxes for 6+ hours?) After the third Xmas I swore I would never go through another one and never have. Btw the union was a joke out West, on the East Coast I worked in a strong union city and the union had my back but you're basically a pawn between the union's and management's games, no matter how good of a worker you are. Initially, I got lucky and had a good upper management guy who looked out for me because I worked hard, but after he retired I was left twisting in the wind. As for the searches, after getting the third degree needlessly once without absolutely any merit (being an honest person scores no points with these cretins), I was stopped at the guard shack, where they were searching everyone, I stated, "I've clocked out, I'm on MY TIME and I'm leaving. That's my car over there, call the police and have me arrested so I can sue you for false arrest. DO IT, I DARE YOU!" Of course nothing happened, they've got no huevos when it comes down to it, besides they know they mistreat people for no reason, they deserve the bad employees they have because they run off the good ones by treating them like caca.
I've heard from lots of UPS employees, (former and current) who say that I'm pretty much spot on. I also get a handful of people saying that I'm a wimp because apparently I didn't like getting ground up by UPS, and I'm supposed to like it for some reason...
They just rent a cops, fat lazy fucks who couldn't get into law enforcement or the military so they go into some shit like Allied Security or something.
Its diffently a modern day slavery.. And the supervisors are the Hoes. They work Hard for their Pimp.
I went for an interview... it ended up being with an entire room of people. After discussing the job, benefits and pay...... when they went out to take a tour of the facility. I just turned and walked out the exit.I wasn’t stupid or desperate enough to do that hard labor for $9.00!!! WHAT A JOKE!!
I was a seasonal helper for two days until they started scamming us out of our paycheck. They didn't give us time cards, employee IDs, nothing. Told us to be there at 8:15 and three hours later we were sitting on our asses with the HR people wandering aimlessly.
I've heard a lot of complaints about problems with their payment system.
My first pay check was 2 dollars
UPS are hardworking folks, I love them.
Yes they are, but many of them are taken advantage of by the company.
David you literally just stopped me from proceeding with an interview I had scheduled with ups. thank you for saving me the headache
A lot of people give me a hard time about the UPS videos, they think I'm lazy because I didn't like it. But those same people don't really contradict my description of the working environment.
@@billysmith5721 Yup, it seems entertaining & funny until you're the one getting yelled at by the
manager.
You'd want more people on your side if that happened.
and UPS will give you $25,000 for your education, to those calling them uneducated. its up to you if you want to sleep on that.
Samira Scarlett you really think 2500 is gonna cover your education? What you gonna after the first year?
22 years at ups , I started at $8.50 I'm now at $29.00 to do the same work he mentioned I do 8 hours in the hub. The job is physically demanding for sure, injuries are guaranteed. As far as being accused of stealing I have never heard of the kind of treatment he mentioned. We don't hear a single word if a package comes up short or missing unless it happens repeatedly. As someone else has already mentioned no one is forced to go there we all have the right to stay home or work somewhere else.
Night sort has it the worst tbh, preload and twilight are easy af!
75% of ppl that get hired at fedex quit in the first 2 weeks.
Same deal with UPS. I was going to mention that in an upcoming video.
A major reason is because they want you to work, not loaf, and many people love to loaf.
Another reason is politics. Politics can drive anyone mad.
Or maybe it's because they send them home early or send them home without having them work at all, thus fucking them out of the allotted hours in the shift they were scheduled for.
Nobody is going to work that hard for a shitty paycheck, especially when they take dues and initiation fees out after the second check.
You assholes spout "benefits this and seniority that" when it doesn't mean dick if a person can't afford to pay their bills.
True, I started with 20 in my class, only 3 of us left n it's 5 months
I've been at fedex ground for 7 years, tough job but only the strong and smart survive!
He not lying man I know ur pain
I just worked my first and last day today and I 100% relate. Reason I quit was because they lied about my pay in the job ad
edit: I did preloading, why should I bust my ass for $15-20/hr when I can do a much easier job with way better hours for the same if not better pay (New York 2021 rate). I'm only 19 but in 10 years i'm not about to be 30 going on 60.
Doesn't surprise me they mislead you.
@@CoffeeTalkLive yeah idk why I didn't just quit on the spot but I've worked tough jobs before and I'll say i've never worked so hard in my life. I'll never understand why people work that job.
26 yrs. Retired driver. Every word is true. About 6 months after
Retiring you say. What in the hell
Did I do that for. The comments
About management. Absolutely
True. They treat drivers li k e crap
Too. Especially if you complain.
About lying
Thanks for chiming in on this...
UPS is just a temp job, don't make a career out of it, the Union sucks they can't negotiate. I have been there for over a year. Leaving next week. Part timers are really screwed. Pre-loaders are underpaid.
You can either hack it, or you can't. UPS employees work as directed. I've pre loaded, I've local sorted, and am now a driver. No job is an easy job. Stick to the methods, get help with over 70's, never sign anything other than your paycheck. If your steward is not doing their job to represent, then file a DFR.
I guess it just depends on who you are bcuz for me I HATED! Being a package driver. I lasted 6 years there and initially I liked it but after my third year I knew it just was not for me. Job paid well but wayyyyyy too much harassment, threats, over worked and so much other bs that I’m just not gonna get into. I was making top pay for a couple years and to me it’s just not worth it. There’s sooooo much stuff that’s wrong with that company and I chose to leave. I just don’t see how anyone can last 25 years there without serious health issues.
hey bro! super old post but would be cool if you see it... im living a similar situation right now and was wondering what you did after ups/how are you doing now. i got hired off the street as a full time driver and the first 2.5 years were fine - just killed routes, make my guarantee + bonus and be off by 4pm. with the combination of a new management team and COVID, the job is sucking my soul away. been forced 6 days a week now since the start of COVID... almost 3 years. and the harassment is ridiculous. every drivers morale is so low and everyone works super slow because theres no point of anything lol. so just wondering how was life like after ups for you?
I see a lot of UPS and FEDEX violate the law by not stopping at stop signs and speeding. I have even stopped and confronted them about that person for not stopping. The drives need to obay all traffic laws.
The drivers are under a lot of pressure to make up time. Doesn't surprise me they take shortcuts...
Man please. You are probably one of those same customers who calls in and complain about your package being delivered after the commit time.
I work at a FedEx warehouse (apparently it's called an annex) I do the outbound shift (5:30-8:00 ish, dependin on load) I get 11.40/an hour 5 days a week (check's barely enough to cover gas and food). It's not AS bad because(depending on where they stick ya) you're either doin unload off of those FedEx sorta truck things. And we have 2 rollers and 1 conveyer. The rollers are manual, you push em wherever, and they're on the same level as the conveyer, you grab a package, scan it, and put it on the conveyer. We get 1 "bulk" truck. If you're on load, all you do is either stack packages or scan em and send em.
For those of you who is calling this man a liar he is correct they make you carry 127 pounds by yourself it doesn’t matter if you go to the gym or not and on my first day of this job I was exhausted as fuck six hours job and I was exhausted and I was sweating keep in mind there was no AC in the back in the truck and it was very hard to not give me started with the manager there all they were always telling me to hurry the fuck up and leave and the guys in that department package handle departments were telling me to hurry up they don’t care about you about in this job they want you to One guy told me to hurry the fuck up this is a very nasty job I only left only two days and never went back this job is not for everybody when I was coming home I was exhausted I was in back pain I was taking ibuprofen for only two days nonstop