Originally Posted by 48x16
Try Urban Express. They employ around 1/4th of the messengers in NYC and I was hired right away. They even wanted me to start working that day and it was already 4:30pm. They don't care about their workers and they pay ****, but it's a start.
too right, Urban will hire ANYONE (but they'll make it sound like they're selective when you talk to them). when i first moved to NYC from Phila, i worked there for about 6 weeks, but it killed me inside... probably a personality flaw on my part, but i couldn't take the combination of making zero money and being treated like **** by everyone involved... clients, dispatchers, managers, etc... if you're a rookie it won't matter because, like other people have said, if you're good you'll naturally either find a good fit at Urban or move on to a better company. as a rookie, you have the advantage of not knowing better. my problem was that i came from working at TimeCycle in Phila; a company with good clients, good management, and a good crew where it was fun to work and i was able to make a living. Urban Express was, to me, messengering stripped of everything that ever made it fun, which leaves a pretty terrible experience. i never knew messengering to be so desolate and lonely as the short time i worked there. when i first started in Phila, i worked at Heaven Sent, but at that point i didn't mind the terrible pay and overall crappiness of the company because i didn't know any better. and it wasn't long before i moved on. i guess when i moved to NYC, i just didn't have it in me to go through that process again, especially with no savings and not being able to make a living while doing it.