Full-time UPS drivers will earn an average of $170,000 in annual pay and benefits at the end of a five-year contract agreement, UPS CEO Carol Tomé said during an earnings call Tuesday.
Keep in mind that “and benefits” is doing so much work here, it should get its own union rep.
As a tech worker I am pissed… that they weren’t earning that much already. Thats hard ass work that deserves a good high pay.
Everyone should be earning more… there was an article awhile back that said the rich have siphoned off $50 trillion in wealth since the 70s. That’s why wages haven’t kept up with productivity.
Benefits is usually a little under a third of salary, ~$115k is good for the job.
Good for them!
Average 170k in pay -and benefits- isn’t a clear thing at all.
The rest of this is kind of rhetorical, but if anyone knows I’d be happy to learn :)
What are they including in the “benefits” that don’t actually provide material support or savings for the majority of workers?
For example, my company pays for a suite of dumb lifestyle “self help” tools that are actually much worse than free tools, access to which they consider a benefit to me and thus part of my benefit package and total comp, even though it definitely isn’t useful in any way.
Additionally, due to churn, they usually have more entry level, so what is the mode pay for drivers? Mean average (what’s almost always used unless specified) can easily be used to make this look a lot better than it is if a few lifers make bank.
And the number is projected at the end of a 5 year contract!
Turnover is high. Some guys quit outright, others from injury or to many accidents. Quite a lot are about to retire at my hub. I have about 10 more years left to go before I hang them up, so the next contract will be the last I have to worry about. I’m just glad they finally took care of the unsung heroes: the part timers. The past 20 years, they’ve been neglected. Not with SOB running the show. That was a hill he was gonna die on.
Good for them!
I’m sure the CEO is full of shit though.
All two of them.
By “Full-time” they have to mean 24/7, right?
Edit: Didn’t think an explicit /s was necessary ;)
You might just collect that for a year before your knees and spine fuse together.
Been doing it 20 years. You just have to eat semi right, hydrate, lift properly, and not try to be the Hulk.
Oh, and get good boots. I use Chippewas. Fantastic boots.
