UPS reviews about "coworker"

Harassment condoned Asinine attendance policy

Bad management, safety issues, hours

Very team-dependent and experience can vary

Changing environment and hard to start a career

New CEO is cutting jobs left and right. Used to be the most secure job you can think of- now you're playing with your livelihood if you work there. Corporate is not for the workers.

Hard work, hot and cold temps.

Mainly work culture. The union protects everyone, which can be nice for job security, but they will also actively protect employees who are bullying others and not doing their job. If you go to management instead about issues like this, the union actively works against management and prevents them from doing anything about this. Some coworkers are cool, but overall some of the coworkers that they keep around make the job miserable. Generally anyone who is worthwhile and nice to work with will not stick around for long. There is no incentive to do a good job here, you'll be actively picked on and taken advantage of by others. Ability to climb in this position is also difficult. There is no way to get pay raises for doing a good job, it's just solely based on what the union decides and does not matter if you work hard or are on your phone half of the shift. If you push for it and bug management, you could potentially work into a driving role, which can pay well if you want to work long hours. Working up into management relies on someone else moving out, which is totally out of your control. I rated work life balance low since these negative aspects of the job make it pretty draining, which definitely affected my non-work life negatively.

The Union is worthless, don't expect anything to go in your favor. The work conditions are super sketchy (Gloves are a must and I'd recommend a back brace and knee pads). I can't' count the number of times hazardous material spilled in a truck and they still had me in there unloading breathing in god knows what. Mostly people are "cliqued up" like it's High School. Favoritism is EVERYWHERE (Whites looking out for Whites, Blacks looking out for Blacks, Latinos looking out for Latinos, etc...). Fulltime supervisors in my experience were mostly not good people. Frequently not given breaks or had breaks cut short by supervisors which is ILLEGAL. Supervisors will be constantly pressuring you to leave early (It's incumbent on you to push back or file a grievance if you have too because if you're a part-timer in the union you're guaranteed 3 1/2 hours. Even if they send you some home early you're still guaranteed that 3 1/2 hours).

Management is not the best