It's a fast paced job that always keeps you moving and on your feet. While the hours vary weekly, you know you only work 5 scheduled days a week (Tues-Sat), can choose to work in the morning or evening shift when being hired, and as a part timer, for every hour over five hours you make time and a half. This meant that during peak season I was able to earn about an extra $100 a day because you would work a full 8 hours.
What I wish was different
It can be strenuous on the body and you do have to realize that sleep is important, but because of the hours and varying start times you may find you have to miss out on fun events to ensure you are comfortable at work. Drinking lots of water is also super important, so they do encourage avoiding caffeine!
Advice
If you would like to be paid to work out, this is definitely an experience I would recommend! Moreover, for college students, if you work for UPS (there is also a Rockford location) you can get up to $5,200 annually in student aid from UPS by applying.
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Package Handler
May - August 2020 • Shrewsbury, MA
What I liked
Reliable hours, easy communication, opportunities for overtime and time and a half
What I wish was different
More support for busy days
Advice
Be prepared for extended periods of strenuous physical activity
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Supervisor
June 2020 • Wausau, WI
What I liked
Fast pace environment. Great workout.
What I wish was different
I still love it! So much so that I decided to continue working there.
Advice
Get some good rest and come to work with your best foot forward. You get paid by the hour, and the hard work pays off.
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Industrial Engineering/automation Intern
June - August 2020 • Lathrop, CA
What I liked
I love the ability to learn on my own without pressure of forcing the process.
What I wish was different
I wish i could’ve gone in with more coding experience to truly understand the Automation side.
Advice
Definitely be open to relocating because experience such as this is invaluable and has given me the opportunity to return and has opened more doors as well.
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Industrial Engineering Intern
May 2020 • Lutherville-Timonium, MD
What I liked
I was given meaningful work to complete
What I wish was different
I wish I would have known what I was getting into before I accepted the position. The job description was very vague and I ended up working on something I wasn't familiar with.
Advice
Understand that UPS is a 100-year-old company and is very hesitant to change
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Finance Intern
June - August 2020 • Atlanta, GA
What I liked
Great projects
What I wish was different
Managing style of some managers
Advice
Go with your game on.
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Corporate Planning Intern
May - August 2020 • Atlanta, GA
What I liked
I enjoyed the learning experience. I had the opportunity to learn a new program called Power BI that I used to create visual models for financial history and goals. It was a form of data analysis, which is becoming very popular and will be great for my future career goals.
What I wish was different
I didn't enjoy the team I worked with. I only met with my team maybe once every two or three days. The lack of communication made it hard to enjoy the experience. Upper-level management was not very involved either in the intern's work. I also felt like they were not very involved with their interns, and the salary was cut short.
Advice
I would advise students to join an income-generating role. I feel like internal workers have more politics in the workforce and are not cared for as much.
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Supervisor
May - August 2020 • Lancaster, CA
What I liked
The job was very challenging because of COVID-19 doubling the packages we should be delivering every day.
What I wish was different
More training
Advice
Be ready for long hours
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Transactions Systems Programming Intern
June - August 2020 • Mahwah, NJ
What I liked
The team I worked with was amazing, well-organized, and extremely supportive to help you learn new things.
What I wish was different
At a stretch, more personal bonding time between the team?
Advice
You'll love it!
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F & A Intern
May - July 2019 • Coppell, TX
What I liked
The team was excellent! I was welcomed to the staff immediately. The team (Fixed Assets) also had an “open desk” policy, where you could ask anyone a question and anyone who could would help. Loved the teambuilding, the experience and the network I formed. Some of my daily/weekly duties were the same, but each day brought different challenged that helped shape me!
What I wish was different
I wish the other interns and I could have swapped places for a day or so, just to see what other teams were responsible for!
I also wish there would have been overtime for the interns, if only for a few hours. Company policy had us unable to work any overtime, but we could have been more helpful had we been allowed to!
Advice
Learning how to communicate effectively is a big deal! Like my job at UPS, many companies require a lot of joint effort between teams all over the country (or in my case, the world). Understanding that communication has to be fast, efficient and respectful is such a powerful tool to have in your belt for any job!
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Package Handler
August 2018 • Omaha, NE
What I liked
I like the pay for the amount of work that needs to be done. I also enjoy the tuition reimbursement program that rewards me $5,250 per year. The environment and people that I work with are also friendly along with the great management that works there.
What I wish was different
I wish the hours would be different, I work 11pm-3am. I also wish that you would get paid based on how much volume you move rather than everyone getting paid the same hourly wage. Hourly wage is not bad, but production would increase if people were paid by volume moved rather than hourly wage.
Advice
This job is not for the physically weak, you need to be prepared to break a sweat for the first few weeks. A great place to work if you want to get in shape. I would also recommend being a hard worker as the management becomes a little more lenient when it comes to taking days off.
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Package Handler
May - August 2019 • Carlisle, PA
What I liked
What I wish was different
Advice
Make sure you stretch every day
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Preloader
May - August 2019 • Wyoming, MI
What I liked
The hours, being done by 10pm was great because I had the rest of the day to do what I want and also getting a workout from the work I was doing
What I wish was different
Nothing
Advice
It’s a demanding job
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Operations manager
November 2016 • Chico, CA
What I liked
Schedule is great
What I wish was different
Higher pay
Advice
Expect to do a lot with very little
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operations supervisor
November 2014 • Wyoming, MI
What I liked
The hours worked with my school schedule. Working in the morning allows me to have the rest of the day for classes and studying.
What I wish was different
If i could change one thing it would be to get this job earlier in my college career so i could take advantage of the tuition reimbursement that UPS offers.
Advice
Working through college is tough, but the people you meet along the way and the experiences you have are worth it.
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Industrial Engineering Intern
May - August 2019 • Earth City, MO
What I liked
Meeting New People
What I wish was different
More Opportunity to Return
Advice
Do work even when no work is assigned to you. "self manage"
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ISM intern
June - August 2019 • Mahwah, NJ
What I liked
really nice job security
supportive team members
nice pay
What I wish was different
i was in a different department then where i wanted to be
Advice
dont leave because of your team, some teams are really supportive and others are jumbled. Get yourself a good group of intern buddies.
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UPS Warehouse Worker
February 2018 • Cincinnati, OH
What I liked
Excellent pay for the type of work, and schedule that’s compatible with school hours, and it being a union job means that there’s more of a balance of power between workers and management, which often isn’t the case with unskilled labor jobs.
What I wish was different
I wish that I were able to work in the morning during summers and other times off from school, since working in the evening means the rest of the day can feel like just waiting to go to work.
Advice
Always work union jobs when you have the opportunity to do so.
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ISM Co-op
February 2018 - October 2019 • Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
What I liked
I liked the environment of the office. The office was built a few months before I started working there, so I got to experience a more modern work flow with more collaboration than a traditional office. The office was laid out with a more "open" cubicle design; the cubes were roughly 3-4ft tall, so you could easily talk to and collaborate with your neighbors.
I liked how hands-on my internship was. I was put on real products, working with real teams for products that would be used by customers around the world. I ended up designing and building an application from the ground up with the help of other interns.
I also liked the hackathon they hosted for us, as it gave us opportunities to work and network with other teams and individuals around the office.
What I wish was different
I wish the team I was working with was more equipped for the jobs given to us. I had no mentors to ask questions, and no other in house workers other than other interns to ask for help. From what I've heard from other interns, my situation was a bit of an anomaly, however it lead me to a lot of valuable information that really benefited me in the long term. For example, I learned how to read documentation in order to learn the tools, which is a very valuable skill to have. I also wish the teams would make better use of the tools given to us (i.e. Version Control). There was a bit of a gap in knowledge with our team, as the developers on our team were equipped for a different set of tools than the ones we got tasked to work with.
Advice
UPS makes a great foot in the door for less experienced workers. They don't expect you to know everything, which is great for students who have never worked internships prior to this one. I would recommend researching and learning a lot of the tools used on your own time, as we were never given any real time to "train". Make efforts to learn, collaborate, and really make use of what you're given to work with.
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UPS
July - August 2019 • Detroit, MI
What I liked
I liked that the job wasn’t just sitting around. I was loading trucks so I was getting a lot of exercise.We also got paid every week which I liked very much.
