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The company employs about 500,000 people in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.
Most of those employees are drivers and theymake a very good living.
UPS delivery drivers earn an average of $95,000 a year inwagesalone, according to a company fact sheet.
How Did They Get Here?
UPS drivers can thank their high pay on a lucrative Teamsters union contract that affects about 340,000 workers.
He agreed to talk on the condition that only his first name be used.
All that is negotiated at contract time even air-conditioning for the trucks.
The latest five-year UPS-Teamsters contract was ratified in August 2023, CNBC reported.
Here were some of the financial highlights:
How Can You Get There?
So how can you work your way up at UPS?
Thats simple just put in the time, Craig told GOBankingRates.
Seniority pretty much drives everything, he said.
Again, it was all based on seniority.
They could not easily fire you for bad attitudes.
About the only thing you could get fired for was insubordination or stealing.
Of course, management had their favorites and would look the other way for certain drivers, reasons unknown.
But it was fun out there on the route with no one looking over your shoulder, meeting customers.
More than 18,000 management employees (55%) started in union positions.
Theres no time off betweenThanksgiving and Christmas, Craig said.
Ive been out there till 10 p.m. on Christmas Eve delivering those last few packages.
The pay is great, but its tough on your body.
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