Need some advice,I have two job opportunties.The first is Conway for a driver sales rep or UPS Freight for a Fulltime Dock w/CDL,which is the better company for the future & if You know about the companies Id like some info on them Thanx
At Conway being hired in as a Driver Sales Representative is just like being hired as a driver for any other company.
I have worked for Conway and I know several drivers at UPS freight. Both are great company's! If it were me, I would go to UPS. Conway is a good solid company but UPS is growing and growing quickly, so if you get in now you have a good chance of building seniority quicker than if you worked for Conway.
UPS maybe the better company but you could probably move up quicker with Con-way. They have good benefits but do not pay as much. Just a question are you talking about UPS package or ltl that was Overnight and do you want to drive or just work the dock. UPS ltl you should be able to move up fairly quickly there. Which ever you choose good luck
At Conway you have to get out of the bottom 10% to get off the extra board and then your only going to hold a dock bid, maybe after 2 years you might hold a city bid. 5 years might get you a linehaul bid (my experience in Columbus,Ohio.... Big terminal) .
UPS Freight hires most of the people as CDL/Dock Workers but you end up in a truck right off the bat.
Conway's terminal up in Cleveland (assume thats where your going) is a small terminal so it will take a while to even get out of the bottom 10%.
Find Snowman on here, he works for UPS Freight up in Cleveland. He also worked at Conway to0 so he would be a great person to talk to.
Ben is right on the money about Conway. I was at the Cleveland (Parma) terminal. You will be on the flex board for 1-2 years. You will be on call 24 hours a day Mon thru Fri. In the summer you should be able to get 40 hrs sometimes upto 55-60. In the fall and winter you may only get 20 hrs. I was laid off in Oct because it was so slow. Plan on getting called in around 4-5pm to work the dock. You should be done around 8-9pm. Then IF there are any extra runs you will get one. It will most likely be the shortest run 80-140 miles, you will go there and work the dock until 3-4am, then you will return to Cleveland around 5-7am. This how you get your hours but your exhausted. If you dont get a run you go home with 4 hrs pay. If you dont get called at all that day you'll probably be first up the next day so you may start anywhere between 4am to noon, In which case you might work dock or run the city. Now they might have changed things to 2 flex boards, one for city and one for road. If so you would have a better idea of when your starting but the hours will still be erratic and unpredictable. After a couple years you should move up enough to get a steady start time. Most likely noon or 1:00 dock. Work 8hrs on the dock till 9 and go home. Then maybe you can get 10-11 am as a city driver or maybe you can get linehaul. Bottom line, I'd go back OTR before I ever worked at Conway again. Its a good job if you have 5 years seniority but its hard getting there. I'd go to UPS Freight. I love it and there's plenty of work. We're swamped. I'm a road driver so I dont know about the dock but from what I hear there's all the work you want. Steady start time, consistent hours. We're growing fast so get in now and you'll move up quick. UPS is the 800 lb gorilla of the entire transportation industry. Just verify that its full time. I heard we are only allowed to hire part time dock workers from now on (the UPS way :roll: ). But maybe its different if your dock with CDL. Full time dock/cdl should start at 18.05 an hour. Part time dock is only like 11/hr maybe?I heard Richfield city guys are getting 50-60 hours. Are you looking at Richfield or Cleveland?
