United Parcel Service (UPS)
UPS is the world's largest package delivery and logistics company, serving over 220 countries and territories and employing more than 400,000 people in the United States.
United Parcel Service (UPS) is the world's largest package delivery service and a global logistics provider, moving parcels and freight for customers in more than 220 countries and territories. The company employs more than 400,000 people in the United States alone, of whom some 330,000 are represented by the Teamsters. It operates in the package delivery, logistics and transportation and freight sectors.
Compensation and benefits form a large part of the company's proposition. Delivery drivers earn total compensation averaging $145,000-$172,000; employees pay $0 healthcare premiums and receive defined-benefit pensions and up to seven weeks of paid vacation. UPS has invested $742 million in tuition assistance, allowing part-time employees to earn degrees without student debt.
Promotion from within is a stated feature of the company: 18,000 current members of the management team began in union positions. UPS describes this as turning hourly jobs into careers, irrespective of an employee's starting point.
The company traces its origins to 1907, when it was founded by two teenage entrepreneurs with a $100 loan in a Seattle basement. It has since grown into a business serving over 220 countries and territories worldwide. Openings are listed at jobs-ups.com.