Sep 162007
I’ve been inside a UPS facility before where they unload and load the trucks. The environment is incredibly harsh in that you’re constantly being yelled at to load or unload trucks faster and faster. To add you gotta play tetris with the boxes too and stack them efficiently. I can only imagine what it must be like during the holiday season. I was considering a part-time job with UPS once. That was my chance to see how things operate inside a UPS facility and halfway through the tour I just left… I wasn’t alone.
I found an interesting article on Kuro5hin related to package handling complete with tips on how to package your box properly to minimize the “handling” of UPS employees. Might be useful for the occasional ebayer.
I took a tour once. There were at least 30 of us, and it turned out we were one of two groups. Only towards the end of the tour did we learn that the ad was only for a single position available. I got a call a couple of days later to set up an interview and I told him not to bother.