Weekend Package Handler(Contract)-Franklin,TN

Position in Franklin, TN Position: Weekend Package Handler (Flexible/Contract, Franklin) Employer: UPS (Hiring in Franklin) Location: Franklin, TN Salary: $24-$28/Hour (approx. $31.1k/Year) Benefits: This role offers competitive pay. Join our Franklin team for this flexible role. Position Scope Apply your your professional skills skills at our Franklin location.

• This Franklin-based role is an excellent opportunity for professionals skilled in relevant skills.
• Our UPS team in Franklin, TN is growing.
• Benefit from working in Franklin, a key hub for the Package Logistics industry.

About UPS & Our Culture Two days. That is all UPS's Weekend Package Handler program asks — and in exchange it delivers Teamsters union wages with a weekend shift differential, full medical and pension benefits, and a paycheck that lands every Friday without the weekday schedule commitment that most warehouse employers demand. Weekend package volume at UPS is not light work — Friday evening through Sunday night represents one of the highest residential e-commerce sort windows in the entire weekly calendar — but it is concentrated into two days that leave every Monday through Friday of your life completely free. If you have been searching for weekend package handler jobs near me that pay union rates and respect your weekday schedule, UPS's weekend handler program is the most financially efficient two-day work commitment available in the package logistics market. What Our Team Says (Employee Reviews) "I work Monday through Friday as a high school teacher. I work Saturday and Sunday at UPS. The weekend differential on top of the Teamsters base rate makes two days at UPS comparable in hourly value to three days at most other part-time warehouse jobs in this city. The Teamsters benefits replaced a health insurance plan I was paying $380 a month for individually. I have been running this schedule for two years and I have paid off my car loan, built a six-month emergency fund, and never once touched my teaching schedule to do it." - Current Weekend Package Handler, Jersey City, NJ. Role Overview & Responsibilities As a UPS Weekend Package Handler, you process the Saturday and Sunday sort volume inside our package center during weekend shift windows — working the elevated residential e-commerce volume that peaks on weekend days and requires a dedicated handler team to clear before Monday morning delivery center replenishment trailers need to depart.

• Saturday Sort Execution: Work the Saturday sort window — typically a 5:00 PM to 10:30 PM twilight shift — processing the combined Friday-evening and Saturday residential order volume that arrives from local delivery station feeder trailers, sorting every package to the correct outbound destination lane at sustained belt speed under the Saturday night departure deadline that feeds the region's Sunday delivery routes.
• Sunday Volume Processing: Work the Sunday sort shift — typically a 10:30 PM to 3:30 AM overnight — processing the Sunday residential e-commerce surge that represents the week's highest single-day residential order volume, sorting and loading outbound trailers that must depart by 3:30 AM to reach regional delivery centers in time for Monday morning driver dispatch.
• Weekend Differential Verification: Confirm your weekend shift differential pay code is correctly applied on the UPS KRONOS timekeeping system for both Saturday and Sunday hours before the weekly payroll submission cutoff — weekend hours that are miscoded as standard hours lose the differential premium and require a manual payroll correction process that delays your Friday paycheck.

Benefits & Perks UPS Weekend Package Handlers earn Teamsters union wages with a weekend shift differential on all Saturday and Sunday hours, full Teamsters medical, dental, and vision benefits, pension accrual, paid personal days, and Earn & Learn tuition assistance — all without touching a single weekday hour of your schedule. Weekly direct-deposit paychecks arrive every Friday morning. Your entire Monday-through-Friday life remains completely untouched every week.