Upser

When it comes to your profession I'm sure the starting wage of the average nurse depends on where you live.

I know I'm not saving lives but I'm not the one so unhappy with my job. I love my job and could care less what other make. And the last time I checked nurses for the most part don't either.

Oh boy! Nurses get paid very well and have pretty secure jobs for the most part. The problem is with you and only you for feeling unhappy with your job and what you feel you should be making. The last time I checked nurses hourly wage is well above what most make so I would say "Society's opinion" made the financial adjustment to your hourly wage when it comes to showing the value of being a nurse. I find it strange that my sister being a nurse for 20 plus years and my girlfriend a nurse as well for 10 plus years have never complained or said anything about how little " Society Values" nurses. Buddy.... I'm sorry your a nurse not a Doctor so either quit your job and find a job your content with but you will sooner or later be unhappy with that because you found out what the trash man makes.

Sounds like you should have done a bit more homework when choosing your career. It's said to see so many college educated nurses so upset with what the uneducated Ups guy makes. I have a great deal of respect for your profession and admire the ones who do it because what the job entails. For those who feel being a nurse demands more pay and respect then an uneducated UPS Driver all I can say is pull out few of those tissues from the tissue box that most likely we delivered to you and wipe your tears. Quit crying and pay more attention to your job then what others make.

Your friend is wrong. Ups is a union job and and self contractors.. Some of the fedex drivers are self contracted but not Ups drivers. I've been with Ups for almost 18 years as a driver. I get an hourly wage and time and a half after 8 hours. I work 5 days a week and average 50 hours a week sometimes a bit more. Today is May 5th and I'm already at $41,000 for the year. It takes many years to become a full time driver and being a driver has it's own stress and challenges. My sister is a nurse and my girl friend is one as well. Both of them make $85,000 to $100,000 a year depending on overtime. What I have a problem with is the statement that one should make more then the other. Without the Ups driver, Fed driver, the doctors offices and hospitals wouldn't get the supplies, medicine, saline solution, etc needed to take care of the patients. I'm happy to say I'm not upset with what other people make I'm proud and very pleased with my pay and benefits but most importantly I love my job. There's always going to be jobs that pay more, have better benefits, have more paid vacation, so quit comparing yourself with what your job pays it doesn't pay and just be grateful for the job you have which being a nurse is something to be proud about.

Wow! So your considered a part time employee but work full time hours. Do you want the overtime hours? I ask that question because at my work more then half our staff refuse to work Ot because they have families to go home to. I must admit working 55 to 60 hours every week gets old real quick but I know how very fortunate I am.

I've been with UPS for 15 years and a full time driver for the past 8 years. My sister has been a nurse for the past 20 plus years and she makes more per hour but doesn't work as many hours as i do. I work Monday thru Friday and average 11 to 12 hours a day. My sister makes around $65000 a year working 40 hours a week. On the other hand, I make $90000 to $100000 a year working 55 plus hours a week with almost 2 months of vacation. If you add in our benefits package/pension I make around $125,000 a year. There are drivers in my Hub who make less then I do because they work less. There are also drivers who make more then I do. My friend who is also a UPS Driver and rents a room from me due to a recent divorce made $107,000 last year not including our benefits. I would say the average driver where I work makes around $75,000 plus benefits. Being a driver is hard work and it's not for everyone but for me it's been a blessing. Upset