UPS driver unloading a truck filled with boxes.
  • Business Insider talked to five UPS workers about the most difficult parts of their job.
  • The difficulties varied by role and included hot warehouses and multiday road trips.
  • All five workers agreed that UPS offered great pay and benefits.

In early August, when the word spread that UPS drivers could earn $170,000 a year in wages and benefits, it seemed as though everyone wanted to work for the company. Online searches for UPS delivery-driver jobs soared, and people got into heated internet debates about whether UPS employees deserved the new deal.