Part-time management is a dead-end - Preload Supervisor UPS Employee Review

3.0
Apr 6, 2010
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Pros

The benefits are, by far, the best reason to work for UPS. There are very few employers out there that offer part-time employees such good benefits. Another benefit is that you know the hours you will be working everyday. The preload always runs Mon - Fri and you are almost always done with work by 9:30 AM. This allows you to be very flexible during the day if you desire to hold a second job, or attend classes. The job itself is not that difficult. Although, it does require tough skin sometimes to deal with the whining and complaining from preloaders with a poor work ethic or drivers who complain about the quality of their load.

Cons

The hours are one of the benefits, but one of the drawbacks as well. It is a hard adjustment for some people to get up at 3:00 AM to go to work. Also, starting pay is not that great. Oftentimes, preloaders that you supervise who have worked at UPS for several years will be making more than you. If you take a part-time management position with the hopes of getting promoted to full-time, well, good luck. UPS has always treated me well, but from the day I started I have been told that there are promotional opportunities. If you take the job for extra work, then that's great. If you want to make UPS a career, then seek out the positions that are full-time and apply for them directly. They need part-timers to run the day to day operations, so some managers don't really want to help people develop a career with UPS because then they would have to find someone to replace you.

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The pay is excellent .health care is 100 % paid with 100 %coverage...with exception to eye and dental which is about 70%..coverage...pension is outstanding..full package with wages and benefits is worth 130,000 yearly..without a college education I am grateful for the standard of living UPS HAS AFFORDED ME AND MY FAMILY!...and with 27 years of service I now get 6 weeks vacation with 8 sick days..and 9 paid holidays...we work hard like many people in the work force but we are well compensated!.

Cons

The only con is while your children are young you give up a lot of family time..I never got to watch my kids play sports and missed a lot of their growing years...the job can be hard on your home life but if you can make it through those years you and your family will enjoy the financial freedom that UPS provides...and now I look forward to a prosperous retirement!...so hang in there all you young drivers...

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