Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below Ok does UPS usually give a drug test before hiring you.I mean I thought they did, but I applied and they called me up for a interview went than they called me for another interview and never gave me a drug test or told me to get one either time.Now they called me yesterday and told me to go in tommorrow to start, theres a won week orientation period..Now I have pills to take, to pass a drug test, They've never failed me before but there like 40 bucks and if I don't need to take them I'll save them.I just don't know if I should take them tommorrow just to be on the safe side and oh ya they last about 5 hours.Any info from anyone with any knowledge on this company will be helpful thanks guys.........
A question for anyone that has ever worked or applied for UPS....
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WannaBPowerful
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Haha sup bud. Im 19 and have worked for UPS for over a year now. No drug tests at all. Dont worry about it. Orientation is one week, but you arent union for 30 days so u can strill b fired. After ur union, well iv pushed my boss n not gotten fired lol.
Hustler_dt
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i worked there for a while. no drugs tests ever. it probably changes from hub to hub i would assume.
How do you guys like it?
I've thought about working there, too.
I bet, if you're in delivery, you keep yourself pretty fit with the work alone, huh?
Seems like the perfect gig for a lifter. I'm actually a computer geek, myself. But, I'm getting a bit sick of it, as the raises are non-existent and the market is saturated.
About what kind of salaries do you guys get? (if ya dont' mind
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I've thought about working there, too.
I bet, if you're in delivery, you keep yourself pretty fit with the work alone, huh?
Seems like the perfect gig for a lifter. I'm actually a computer geek, myself. But, I'm getting a bit sick of it, as the raises are non-existent and the market is saturated.
About what kind of salaries do you guys get? (if ya dont' mind
)2new4juice
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i have a friend who is a driver for UPS, he brings home a little over 50,000 a year, being in the union kicks ass. the only time it really sux working there during the christmas season. i worked on the truck with him every year for the past 3 years as his holiday helper, it will definently keep u in shape.
good luck on the new job! UPS is a great company to work for.
good luck on the new job! UPS is a great company to work for.
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Correction guys,
They WONT drug test you but you CANT come to work HIGH or DRUNK!!!..... As far as injections go, as long as you dont leave the needle stuck in your ass I dont think they'll notice.
Ray
PS: UPS=Under Paid Slaves...hehe, thats what we used to say when I worked at the Secaucus HUB.
Correction guys,
They WONT drug test you but you CANT come to work HIGH or DRUNK!!!..... As far as injections go, as long as you dont leave the needle stuck in your ass I dont think they'll notice.
Ray
PS: UPS=Under Paid Slaves...hehe, thats what we used to say when I worked at the Secaucus HUB.
Zerxes
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Bunkka said:How do you guys like it?
I've thought about working there, too.
I bet, if you're in delivery, you keep yourself pretty fit with the work alone, huh?
Seems like the perfect gig for a lifter. I'm actually a computer geek, myself. But, I'm getting a bit sick of it, as the raises are non-existent and the market is saturated.
About what kind of salaries do you guys get? (if ya dont' mind
I did some moonlighting there about 10 years ago. I was a "loader", which was only a temporary, holiday position for me at that time. Bro, it is BRUTAL WORK, let me tell you!! They would only offer 4 hour shifts, because it was so damn exhausting. The packages come down an assembly line, and right into the back of the trailer you are inside, and they NEVER stop. You have to constantly lift. Imagine doing light to semi-heavy weight deads for 4 hours straight if you will. Plus, you have to learn how to stack parcels correctly (they will teach you in orientation, but it is still a pisser, to try to do it the way they want it done), which makes it all the more frustrating. I would come to work with shorts & a tank-top on in 20 degree weather, for the 12-4 AM shift no less, and would be soaked in sweat when my shift was through. It is a great company to get into, but only once you get into the Union(at least at the one nearest me). Once you are "in", you don't have to bust ass as hard, plus you have great bennys as well. Also, you can take a zip code test, and move up to a position one level up from loader/unloader. Sorter maybe. Not as much lifting, plus they bump your pay by another $1/hr. As I said though, this was 10 years ago, and I'm not sure how things have changed, if at all.
Loaders at that time started at $8/hour. Thing is though, since you were only alotted a 4 hr. shift, it basically worked out to minimum friggin wage at 40 hrs per week, in only 20 hrs. For my money, I'd rather have the shitty minimum-wage job, and save my back. Working there started to effect my workouts immediately. No way was I going near heavy squats or deads, after a brutal night in the hub, that's for sure! At the lower-level postitons at UPS, the only benefit to working there is the Union, once you get in. As I said though, you can take their zip code test, and move up to sorter, which requires less lifting. The UPS nearest me, had a strict policy of only hiring from within. Meaning that every guy there(who started at that Hub) had at one time, worked as a loader. Alot of opportunity, if you can gut it out.
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I worked there for 2 yrs. And i use to really like the union until i worked there. And now i still like but hate it at the same time. I give 110% at whatever i set my mind to. And i busted my ass every DAMN day at unload part of the hub. And i was by far the best damn worker there. And all those other fucks there didn't give a shit cause they're in the union and they were taking advantage of it. And so that meant i picked up there slack. Well fuck them i was tired of picking up their slack. And yeah my back hurt 24/7 cause i was picking up everyone elses slack around there and getting shit done. They always put me on the ereg (trucks w/the 70lbs+ trucks) trucks. I also didn't like that at my hub i think it wasn't racially fair. Yeah you know how some black people bitch about not enough black workers in a work area or business. Well it was opposite at my hub. lol There were atleast 80% black people working there. And i was the noly white guy that got hired there out of the 1 6 monthes that they hired people. They normally hire more blacks than whites cause seomthing about they need more black drivers on the road driving so it looks even out there. And it takes somone 4-7yrs to drive so they have to hire a bunch of black people so eventually they'll make it to driving on the road and then the NAACP will be off their back. When i was literally the only white person in the unload and non of the black people did shit back there. so it sucked picking up slack for so long and i quite. They tried to convince me to stay and told me there would be a job supervisor job opening soon and i would most get it if i went for it. But i was so fucking tired of all their shit there i was done.
Sorry for the rant. I know ever hub is different but i was just giving my personal opinion on hub. And no none of that was racist comments. Cause i didn't not say all black people did this or that. I said only the black people in that hub. Just letting you know before a Mod gets on to me saying i was being racist, when i wasn't.
Sorry for the rant. I know ever hub is different but i was just giving my personal opinion on hub. And no none of that was racist comments. Cause i didn't not say all black people did this or that. I said only the black people in that hub. Just letting you know before a Mod gets on to me saying i was being racist, when i wasn't.
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I worked at the Virginia Beach hub for 3 years.Never had 1 drug test.Just dont lie about anything on the application cause they follow up on work history & stuff like that.I started out in the pre load which is when you usually start at about 4 am.But right now its more like 2 am cause of the high volume.The place is a fucking madhouse this time of year.Once you get your 30 days you can get in the union & get your benefits.But the 30 days means 30 working days so it would take longer of course.Atleast thats how it was when I started there.After a year I went to the local sort which was at night from like 5-9 .Then after about a year of that I became an air driver delivering next day air about 4-5 hours a day.That was a great job & I was doing that when we went on strike.I loved talking to all the hot secretarys ! I got in the longshoremans union about 2 months after the strike & had to leave.It would have taken about 5 years for me to be a full time employee & thats the only reason I left.Its the best job for a college student & you cant beat all the benefits for working just 20 hours a week.I guess the pay rate varies from state to state.If your just now getting hired then you will get laid off after Xmas.But if you work your ass off they will remember you & call you when the work picks up.You may have to keep calling them & keep bugging them to get their attention.Its a great company to work for.
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