Brutal conditions, "UPS doesn't care about your other job"
Pros
One of the only jobs where you can walk in and say 'I'd like a job, please.' and they will give you one if you pass the background check. Where else can you work a Part time job and receive health insurance? Free public transit in Louisville for employees.
Cons
The job is brutal, most new hires leave in the first few weeks. The ramp is a burning concrete desert in the summer, and work is in all weather. The floor will eat your shoes, a pair every 6-8 months. Pay is based on time in the job. No advancement or reward for a job well done. You can move positions, but they are rewarded by seniority, expect to stay where they put you for at least the first year. The company treats its employees with contempt, they choose to stop providing styrofoam cups due to cost. I been in cleaner bathrooms in prison. Union will try and get your job back if your fired, leads to a sense of invinciblity in the high seniority long-time employees. The company has the supervisors running scared, they announced their intent to fire 30,000 employees this year (2026). They can't touch the union employees, so that means the corporate employees are facing the axe. The equipment the company provides, especially the airport tractors (tugs) are not maintained, the preventive maintenance program was cut to increase profits. Any tug you're assigned could leave you stranded out on the ramp.