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UPSing
I am back after my first real night of work. Apparently their "four days of training" got done in one and I immediately started on work today.
Here in Illinois, minimum wage is 7.50 an hour. UPS's starting wage is 8.50 an hour. That is what I'd call slightly above minimum wage.
I am a seasonal worker, I don't get benefits, I don't get tuition help unless I become a part time worker at the end of the season, and that is far from guaranteed. Even then, because of the new contract the Teamsters Union signed in order to save their own benefits, benefits for new employees don't start for 12 months after you're hired. So the only reason to keep the job, the benefits, would be if I manage to stay past seasonal AND wait another damn year at barely above minimum wage.
The work is totally ridiculous for the pay, I sorted 700 packages an hour for my first, untrained day, about as much as the stoner standing next to me was. My supervisor told me he wants to get up to 1200 an hour to be a good sorter. So apparently I need to sort one package up to 70lbs every 3 seconds for four hours a day to be good at my minimum wage job.
Also, I'd be losing money on gas and time every time I drive out there and they decide they don't need more people for the night and tell me to go home. Overall, I'm thinking fuck UPS at the moment.
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