Vantaggi
(Each PRO comes with a CON, see below) -UPS is established; it isn't going anywhere, so there is little risk. You can work here 'til you die. -UPS will subsidize your education, and has great "additional benefits" like cell plan and rental car discounts -Vacation starts at 2 weeks, plus 5 additional "discretionary days". Every 5 years, you gain another week. -The pay is good (at face value...) -Profit sharing bonuses for FT supervisors is called MIP, and starts at ~17% of your annual salary.
Svantaggi
-As a large company, chances for paid advancement are minimal. Horizontal "promotions" are very common (aka change in role without increase in pay) -As a FT employee, your work day will be 10 hours or more, which makes scheduling time for any out-of-work activities difficult -Vacation scheduling is seniority-based, and the holidays are blacked-out (no vacation allowed from Thanksgiving week through the 2nd week of January) -Pay is based on a 10 hour work day. The reason you are paid decently is because you work way too many hours. -During holidays and "peak", you will often work 14+ hour days. FT positions do not pay overtime. -The MIP is based on performance of seemingly random metrics. It was very common for UPS to have record-breaking profit, but for the MIP metrics to demonstrate 70% effectiveness. Therefore, you would get 70% of 17% -In addition, the MIP needs to vest before you can access it. 20% vests each year. Therefore, you are only getting 20% of 70% of 17% of your salary...or ~2%. Obviously the longer you stay, the better this becomes... but don't expect to touch that bonus for about a decade. -As UPS is a 24-hour company, there are many shifts that run at bizarre hours of the day. You can be "volun-told" to be on one of these shifts with very little notice. If you turn it down, kiss your chance for advancement goodbye. -It's basically a competition of who will admit to working under the worst conditions. If you complain about a 14 hour day, expect 400 people to say "You think that's bad, I used to work 16 hour days!" You won't get sympathy -- the terrible work/life balance is part of the culture.