Tony,
You may want to read a little deeper into some of the threads Ray has contributed to. He’s far and away one of the most positive UPS posters on APC. It’s not that he’s bashing Fedex, he’s just 109% IPA and supports this group. He’s extremely helpful to wanna-bes and to those of us on property.
I was called to interview by Fedex when I was in my second week of Basic Indoc at UPS. In my situation, there was no appreciable benefit to leave Brown for Purple, so I sent KD a thanks but no thanks email. In hindsight, it’s probably the smartest thing I’ve ever done for my career. I’ve enjoyed the hiring boom over at UPS for a few years now and my seniority is starting to benefit from it. Our crews at UPS are tremendous and it’s a great IPA culture. Show up to work, do your job and go home. Leave work at work and you’ll have an extremely satisfying career.
Like most here have said, if you have the choice, you’ll be a very lucky person. I don’t envy anyone for having to make that decision.