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Need a Job? Are u a shiitty driver? No Problem Says UPS!!

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http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109258/usps-thinks-out-of-the-box?mod=career-leadership

Vexed that some 30% of driver candidates flunk its traditional training, United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) is moving beyond the classroom to ready its rookies for the road.

Candidates vying for a driver's job, which pays an average of $74,000 annually, now spend one week at Integrad, an 11,500-square-foot, low-slung brick UPS training center 10 miles outside of Washington, D.C. There they move from one station to another practicing the company's "340 Methods," prescribed by UPS industrial engineers to save seconds and improve safety in every task from lifting and loading boxes to selecting a package from a shelf in the truck.

They play a videogame that places them in the driver's seat and has them identify obstacles. They progress from computer simulations to "Clarksville," a village of miniature houses and faux businesses on the property where they drive a real truck and must successfully execute five deliveries in 19 minutes.

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This... I have a friend that works in the warehouse now...

You have to be there four years before you can drive...

He only gets 20 hours a week, but he does get benefits...

My Brother in Law has been working in the warehouse for almost 6 years now. They told him about 4 years too. He is qualified to drive but still only gets part time hours and doesn't do any delivering. There are about 10 people ahead of him in seniority so it could be another 4-5 years before he gets full-time.

That is what sucks. If the people who are supposed to retire don't, then you can get stuck in No Mans Land for awhile.

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