Inside one of UPS' busiest days

The UPS Worldport in Louisville, Ky., is the center of the company's international shipping operations. It's the size of 90 football fields, sorts 350,000 packages an hour and contributes 20,000 jobs to the local economy. We took a peek inside their busiest shift: 11p.m. to 3a.m. a week before Christmas.

[@rickj1983]

Of course they show the air hub. Every package is treated like royalty because of the money they make. Show one of the larger ground hubs during peak and it will be a totally different story.

[@praisethegourd3618]

HAHAHAHA i feel that

[@Spirit_Of_David]

I’m feeling it right now it fucking sucks

[@tylerbridges1330]

Facts

[@tylerholloran2242]

Haha that’s for sure

[@henryhawkins1194]

Right totally different.

[@DeepFriedBeans23819]

Its a lot more sweaty and insane in person

[@bigcountryhillbilly9153]

I agree I worked there for 3 months and I quit I got tired of lifting packages.

[@Ausnapify]

Big country hillbilly lol worddddddd!

[@GigglesClown]

The health dental and vision insurance is pretty great though

[@bobbiikk7891]

UPS is hard work. The benefits are amazing though, even the part timers get full time benefits.

[@305dadecountyy]

@@bobbiikk7891 only reason why i would work there is cuz of the benefits, but I’m currently at brandsmart warehouse

[@vatansalvery]

I still can not believe how they are able to deliver my package to the other side of the world just in two days! Congrats guys!

[@RizztrainingOrder]

Well two employees were just crushed to death to get packages out that fast but they are pretty fast!

[@FlyRunwayHeading]

It all starts with a label

[@YoToberLoL]

Thank you

[@Clutchjigsaw]

As someone who works at UPS this looks nothing like my hub and is significantly less chaotic

[@austineisert3228]

I also work at the Louisville hub and I have no clue where they found this footage because it’s not this fucking peaceful

[@guitarciaaleon5900]

🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🛸

[@Goonie02]

I've been at UPS for many many years. Like any job has its pros an cons. However my advice go to school do what makes you happy in life an succeed. The scariest part of working at UPS is being content with moving boxes around. Don't settle strive!

[@HerenorThere524]

You have a great smile. You must be a joy to work with. Stay positive✌

[@idontknowwhattoputhere.3572]

I’d like to do something with computers I think.

[@dinonuggets2686]

I worked at ups too and it Changed my life. And I mean that I mean I quit after 2 months and got my ass back to school! The idea of moving boxes for a living was terrifying, I need a work life balance. Respect to you guys that work there. Takes a special kid of labor worker.

[@Chadthefatherbear]

And for the opposite perspective; school is an _utter waste of time and money_ for many people (perhaps MOST), and getting a job for a company like UPS can really teach you about the value of doing hard demanding labor, teamwork, etc., while also providing FULL benefits (healthcare, vision, and dental insurance) and room for growth depending on your location. I know a 28-year-old guy who doesn’t even have a high school diploma who is making $85,000 a year after being a delivery driver for UPS for 2 years. He’ll be making close to $100,000 within the next 5-10 years. He got hired as a part-time warehouse employee, worked hard for about a year and a half before he was able to move up and be a delivery driver. Does he love every minute of his life as a driver? No. Does he like working hard and feeling as though he’s a part of something bigger than himself (being the final step in a worldwide operation that makes people’s lives easier by bringing their ordered products straight to their front door)? Yes he does, especially when his paycheck is deposited into his bank account. It’s just a LOT of hours of hard work.

[@johnnywaffles2482]

@@idontknowwhattoputhere.3572 computers are the future. IT, cyber security, networking, computer engineering. All fields that have great possibilities for the future

[@EazieWeezie]

where's the package being thrown over to the rollers? The extendo doesn't go that far...

[@nickc.8814]

Just the fact that UPS manages to do this is amazing. The speed at which they do it is what really gets me.

[@RizztrainingOrder]

It really gets me that they can make people work that fast just to deliver a stupid package. 2 people were just crushed to death but atleast the packages weren't late!

[@GigglesClown]

A big part of it is use ups if you aren't afraid of your package getting thrown to save a bit of time

[@stevelopez372]

Petrol-Dollar I get it, I would rather go to a store to get my stuff, but this appears to be the future. And I gotta order every stinking thing online. Yea I’m a boomer, Good Luck young people.

[@zsecurepony]

Easy to be excited about those large numbers, but those unloaders and loaders are being overworked and disregarded. It’s a legal sweat shop for the average UPS worker.

[@j.padron8531]

Its not as easy as the video shows, been at the Miami hub for almost a year and counting, its a tough, sweaty, hot and really physical, Your basically getting paid for the gym.

[@sweis12]

Yeah its like paying for the gym with your back rather than money! .... atleast i get a paycheck every week :(

[@WesternMan-th1ow]

@@sweis12 Lift with your legs, crucial step. Also, look into getting one of those back strap things that weight lifters use, I've heard they are life savers although I've never used one personally.

[@henryhawkins1194]

@@WesternMan-th1ow Doesn't matter if you lift with your legs or not, if you do this type of work long enough back problems will occur. Those weight lifting belts/not straps do help, I've been using them in the moving industry for years. My advice is to get into school and learn a trade that's less physical. This type of work is not meant to be a career.

[@WesternMan-th1ow]

@@henryhawkins1194 good advice, what trades would you recommend learning?

[@henryhawkins1194]

@@WesternMan-th1ow Computer programming, HVAC, Nursing and many more. Just find something that you like doing. I'm retiring next year and although I enjoy what I do because I'm good at it, the pay is good, but after 26 years it has taken a toll on my body that's irreversible. Good luck 👍

[@manoodle8923]

Oh hey! I see my package!

[@olliebarnard7236]

Been in transit for 3 years then? 😂

[@305dadecountyy]

@@olliebarnard7236 💀💀

[@shawn420]

11pm to 3am before christmas? nah it was like 8pm-5:30am lmao

[@FlyRunwayHeading]

This is true

[@MisterSane]

Compared to this center mine is like a 3rd world country

[@minoena]

right? holy shit

[@codyhuber4252]

same my shit building was built in the 80's

[@spartan101ful]

@@codyhuber4252 ours in the 1940's, though it was some mill up until the 1990's, then we took over. Still primitive however especially some of the management LMAO

[@dsgb1981]

Where is the footage of people running around throwing, kicking, sliding, dragging, and punching packages across the hub? This looks to pristine it must have been staged and edited!

[@tokiwartooth4404]

It's like one of the safety audits . Management trickle out the flow while the safety auditors are there, but once they leave..

[@christiancardenas7694]

Work at a warehouse like that than talk

[@vanellopevonsweets4876]

Punching the packages though? that's too funny

[@jamiehatchell4070]

Just like those boring Cornerstone training videos.

[@hazeda9676]

its all true i've work for ups for 7 years i seen it all and don't forget employees steal customers items

[@bobbiikk7891]

I’ve worked a lot of jobs in my life that were harder than UPS, but don’t get it twisted, it ain’t no pussy job. You WILL earn every penny that they pay you.

[@worldwideadventurer2987]

Is the heavy lifting the entire shift? Are there a lot of packages 70 lbs?

[@KJFilmProductions]

So staged and fake show the real HORROR!

[@shawn576]

All of the employees look dead inside. Oh well, it's a job.

[@careerbreakoff]

Well you've figured out CNN is fake before me

[@RizztrainingOrder]

Isn't this the place where two sorters were crushed to death?

[@shawn420]

@@shawn576 thats true. i work in the same building shown in da video, n everyone there look dead asf inside, it's very depressing

[@GigglesClown]

I was going to say that's not a bad day a bad day is when the belts get shut down because the docks are backed into primary

[@9_19Ming]

I love UPS trucks & planes 🤎🤎🤎

[@alexanderespinal276]

That's amazing

[@BobBob-uv9fq]

Just got a delivery job with ups ,encouraging that these packages are not huge

[@LeWcIDDG]

Yet they cant get my package 2 hours from portland to tacoma?...

[@chadbellbowa7525]

Those poor souls

[@idontknowwhattoputhere.3572]

LMAO

[@TSquared2001]

This is a supply chain management operation student's dream.

[@jamiehatchell4070]

I have the easiest job in my hub. I drive irregs around.

[@ronarel3179]

My job is easier I'm a scanner AK as a trigger bitch

[@lowkeywun878]

@@ronarel3179 is it ez to use the scanner?

[@ronarel3179]

@@lowkeywun878 sure once your use to it

[@gerrygizzygarcia2572]

@@ronarel3179 our hub use to hv scanners now that omly applies to mostly combos. One of the easiest jobs in there would be scanning and small sort

[@willthomas7950]

That would be peak season

[@pierreladysaleen9776]

Good Service

[@h8GW]

0:39 Oof, I hope there was nothing heavy in that brown cube...

[@CarlosMartinez-lq4lu]

My brother works feeder at UPS Grande Vista in Los Angeles. 10 years ago when my dad had dementia, my brother and his wife had my dad sign over all of his properties to themselves. My kids and I are about to become homeless because my brother and his wife took out a $350,000 loan on this house and never paid it back. My father bought this home in 1957 and this home was intended to be sold after his death and the funds distributed to my sister and brothers, and myself. New owner says that we have until June 6, 2019, to get out.

[@therrienmichael08]

Fast forward 18 months later...

[@idontknowwhattoputhere.3572]

Now where r u? I pity you living in CA.

[@known3617]

UPS sorts 1 million packages in a 24 hours period but then they sort 1.5 million packages in a 4-5 hour period? Which one is it? For a strategic communication manager thats incredibly inconsistent.

[@SuperWonderful]

I worked in a ground hub for 8 years and I can promise you, I've seen over a million plus in a 5 hour period and it's unreal. Imagine packages stacked as high as your head and as far back as maybe 2 football fields coming non stop and typically over 40 pounds. I had to load a Yankee Candle order that took six 40ft delivery trucks and four 30ft uhaul straight trucks. This was just the first day of peak.

[@Cutie-loves-cupcake]

My husband work for ups almost 23 years July 31 2000

[@willthomas7950]

The UPS I work for is in New Jersey.

[@beatme2707]

I unload the brown trucks. Got to hate Mondays cuz there’s alot of volume

[@PTS156]

And this shit happens all over the world... insane

[@rlxkae7928]

My package is supposed to come today hits it’s raining it better come

[@bkohler89]

This is the most political fuckin company you'd ever work for

[@mcskilletcory]

damn right

[@NewEnglandPatriotsfan]

220 countries? Thought their was 195 countries in the world

[@krameryoung379]

Countries and territories. Think about the US Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico that aren't technically countries anymore. That's where they boost numbers up to 220 to sound more impressive.

[@04smallmj]

I love boxes

[@lowkeyotaku2373]

I worked at a Hub for 3 days, upper 90° weather + hot truck × the amount of boxes = "Here's your scanner, I'm out"

[@idontknowwhattoputhere.3572]

Lol they don’t have central air. That’s crazy

[@lowkeyotaku2373]

@@idontknowwhattoputhere.3572 They didn't, it was an older building, I was a package loader, the "fans" they had attached to the loading docks only circulated the hot air, I'm on the heavier side, heat plus hundreds of boxes needing to be loaded in a specific way doesn't mix at all.

[@idontknowwhattoputhere.3572]

@@lowkeyotaku2373 I’m working at one now and also big plus back and knee issues. I’m only there cuz I really need the money and shifts are short but if that changes I’ll probably be gone.

[@jayxruzz]

@@idontknowwhattoputhere.3572 likewise man, I’ve been hesring apparently they’re about to bring hourly pay down after peak, or atleast just for my building im dipping if its true foh

[@xxxviperxxxjosh1853]

well they sugar coat every video.

[@camerondouglas7055]

One reason for the huge profits is that cargo only airlines have the luxury of buying used airplane & have more then likely been refurbished.you want to see old planes taking off & landing then film cargo airlines.

[@kimberleemckeon563]

My husband works in small sort in ups

[@IceESole]

Easy job!..I'll be there after peak

[@SirGuidemere91]

Small sort is boring. Unload makes the time go.

[@iRivasTV]

Overnight jobs sucks especially UPS Overnight shift.

[@kimberleemckeon563]

My husband work for ups 19 years

[@IceESole]

18 yrs!..💪🙏

[@sams9780]

Hi,what they need for aply There to star work?

[@javierjrtv6313]

beauty classic diva I’m 15 years now as a package Handler love it .

[@sams9780]

@@javierjrtv6313 what they need for apply?

[@byefelicia8632]

All hairy sexy men work there. Give him to me. I’ll work him out 😄

[@AliRaza-sv4ji]

Hi

[@strikeryachts]

What can Brown do for you !

[@mikecastillo667]

Going Caca right now

[@JohnZeroQkb]

Omg

[@AliRaza-sv4ji]

Hello

[@vjwebb6182]

Who pays more fedex or ups because I plan on applying at one of them as a package handler ?

[@deplorableamerican9451]

VJ webb ups.

[@vjwebb6182]

Thanks.

[@Ciarawilson]

Bad Gift absolutely incorrect

[@Ciarawilson]

VJ webb FedEx pays more as a package handler . Min 12 and some change for ground . I work express I make 14.51 . Ups package handlers don't even make more than 10 and change per hour

[@CarlosGonzalez-ne9em]

VJ webb UPS Of Course Fedex Policy Is All Fucked Up

[@linesiderfix]

non reality

[@fenomen4097]

NEWARK UPS VERY PROBLEM🇺🇸📦✈️

[@AliRaza-sv4ji]

Main Pakistan sa hn...

[@Real1zXo204]

Purolator all day 💯 lol

[@EternalEmperorofZakuul]

Too bad they can't rehire

[@imadali3343]

Jobs your company

[@spectrumthevideogame7167]

My computer and gear came through destroyed. And somehow UPS thinks they can keep the insurance. This video is staged fa shoo

[@Ajf42000]

It depends on the facility probably

[@guitarciaaleon5900]

🛸💸🧜🎤📞🐌🌏🌠🎰🚯🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🐏🪐🏠⛲🎤🦪🌠💟🐸

[@fordf150nation4]

Ups over FedEx ups treats packages with alot more care then fedex and that's a fact

[@AeonsOfBlight]

Funny though, I get alot of mail from UPS that's either soaked or torn open.

[@FlorenceSlugcat]

I never had issues with ups deliveries. Had one issue with intelcom, one with post Canada. Never had a delivery with fedex, because of my preference over UPS. United parcel service all the way!

[@AliRaza-sv4ji]

My is electrician ka kaam karta hoon please call me job chahiye

[@pinkbug8u]

Worst company for shipping your stuff. It's a clown show full of incompetent people

[@ronarel3179]

Its controlled chaos it's not going to be honor ceremony

[@nicholaspalmer405]

Why dont you try and move thousands of packages all over the world! -Sincerely, one of the "Incompetent People" who just so happens to be a pilot.

[@pinkbug8u]

@@nicholaspalmer405 come on just admit it. They hire a lot of idiots

[@malkin1]

UPS TOO MUCH SERVICE ....)))) I bought in USA an item for $150 can. and have to pay $80 service and custom fees. Very expensive given the price of the item. From now on, I won't use UPS.

[@GabrielGonzalez-ym5yd]

worked there for a year. we kicked,walked,threw and stole so much of client stuff. Iphones, jewelry, and pre paid cards. got caught and was forced to resign. 2 days later got hired by Costco! never will i ship through ups

[@DaveBeutler]

Gabriel Gonzalez who cares what you think, you're a thief. Worse then a liar.

[@DeepFriedBeans23819]

Gabriel Gonzalez maybe youd like to come talk to a ups rep about your theft record

[@icemanadams]

HAHAHAHA!!! You actually have the nerve to bitch about UPS firing you but see nothing wrong with stealing??? Something tells me you have already started stealing from Costco too.

[@Ennocb]

you stole stuff? dude

[@rad636]

Gabriel Gonzalez lol thanks for the lie your giving us

[@saskatoonskcanadacpscorrup7276]

Ups sucks my mattress was in the city from 9 am and never got my bed until 9 pm

[@emconitegamez5566]

lol it took them less than a day and your complaining.

[@roylewis7064]

Go to the store and pick it up you lazy ass

[@sonyaquarterman8012]

Sonya Quarterman 0 seconds ago Where the hell is my UPS shipment tracking number1Z3342488810204440!!!