Hey look ma, I made it: Michelle Calderone started at UPS as a driver helper, working part time during peak season 18 years ago. Two kids and several promotions later, she’s built a successful and long-lasting career.
And she did it without compromising what matters most: her family.
“For me, being a single mom, it's very important to be able to communicate about what I need for my kids,” Michelle said. “So that I can plan what I need to do at work along with what I have to do outside of work.”
Your time: Before UPS, Michelle didn’t know where her life would lead. She was looking for work that would allow her to grow professionally while meeting family commitments like school recitals and kids’ doctor appointments. She found that UPS’s cares about its people, with accommodating work schedules and healthy work-life balance.
Level up: And Michelle proved herself time and time again, quickly making the transition to part-time supervisor and then full-time working in package pre-loading and dispatch. In 2010, she transitioned to UPS’s industrial engineering group and got to work on the deployment of ORION, UPS’s industry-leading delivery routing platform.
“I just tried to learn as much as I could and take advantage of any opportunity they gave me to try something different,” she said. “I want to go as high up as I can and push myself.”