UPS reviews

Despite being a "mature" company, UPS is growing into other areas of the transportation and logistics industry and there are exciting opportunities for those who can take advantage of them. The operations divisions are high-intensity, high energy places. This can be physically and mentally draining with the long hours and the higher and more numerous standards the management is judged by, but it also creates a special kind of camaraderie as well. Although the company became public in 1997, there's still a culture of "partnership" between management at the supervisor level and above which is held over from the days when the company was privately held, and management were the only one who held stock in UPS. UPS is also a very stable company with excellent cash flow. This typically means if you're the type who wants to work for one company their entire career and not jump around a lot you can still do that here. The variable labor cost model typically means that UPS doesn't have to resort to layoffs during mild economic downturns. If you're single or married to a non-working spouse and don't plan to have a family, there are numerous opportunities to advance by relocating to other parts of the company every 4-5 years throughout your career. This is a male-dominated company for reasons typically related to the work environment. UPS does not discriminate against women in any way, but most women simply find that the warehouse environment doesn't suit them. If you're a woman in entry level management and don't mind a warehouse environment, you will be given every opportunity to succeed and advance as UPS is actively trying to bring more women into its management ranks and retain them. You'll have to be competent, but frankly, in the current environment here, if you're up against a man with the same qualifications for a promotion, in my opinion, you'll get it. You'll be encouraged to get on a career track to move ahead quickly unless you explicitly make it known you don't want to do so.

The best reasons to work at UPS would definitely be related to the idea of seeing what it is like to work for a company that places an extremely high value on efficiency and technological advances. The company studies literally every single element of the business to ensure things are happening as efficiently as possible. Some examples include: UPS employees all use the same ink pen developed and designed by the companies industrial engineers which opens and closes about a tenth of a second faster than the standard retractable pen, they count the number of steps a driver takes during each stop, and they're willing to spend millions of dollars improving legacy technology.