a couple questions regarding future employment

[Coldworld]

Central Region has the language for SVD coverage drivers but my building has never implemented it into route planning. We use Air drivers instead and pay them top driver rate.

Is an svd driver different than a tcd??

 

[PT Car Washer]

Is an svd driver different than a tcd??

Really not sure. Anybody?

 

[Coldworld]

Really not sure. Anybody?

 

[Coldworld]

Really not sure. Anybody?

knowing UPS they would try to make each of these different drivers have a different wage

 

[PT Car Washer]

knowing UPS they would try to make each of these different drivers have a different wage

And throw seasonal drivers into the mix also. If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with BS.

 

[DOK]

Temporary cover driver must be different in different areas. Here, your pay progression and driver seniority start the day you become a TCD.

 

[PT Car Washer]

Temporary cover driver must be different in different areas. Here, your pay progression and driver seniority start the day you become a TCD.

So a TCD can top out at top FT driver rate after four years? And does he receive FT driver pension credits.

 

[Coldworld]

Temporary cover driver must be different in different areas. Here, your pay progression and driver seniority start the day you become a TCD.

Do tcd come from the hub a do they come off the street right into these jobs

 

[DOK]

So a TCD can top out at top FT driver rate after four years? And does he receive FT driver pension credits.

TCD hit top rate after 4 years, they're under the part time pension until a fulltime position opens up.

 

[DOK]

Do tcd come from the hub a do they come off the street right into these jobs

Hub, off the street would be for a full time opening.

 

[PT Car Washer]

TCD hit top rate after 4 years, they're under the part time pension until a fulltime position opens up.

Top driver rate or top TCD rate? So his time is wasted for pension years? Unless he wants to be a career PTer.

 

[DOK]

Top driver rate or top TCD rate? So his time is wasted for pension years? Unless he wants to be a career PTer.

Where we're at there's not a TCD rate, it's top driver rate. Top pay for TCD and full time driver are the same. Yes, pension years are covered under the ups part time pension plan. When a full time bid opens up, the highest TCD gets the fulltime route (unless it's the 6 for 1, then they hire that 1 off the street). Then the TCD becomes classified as fulltime but his pay remains the same because he's already at top rate and has been through the wage progression, his fulltime pension begins at this time. From what I've read on here it seems to be different in all parts of the country.

 

[PT Car Washer]

Where we're at there's not a TCD rate, it's top driver rate. Top pay for TCD and full time driver are the same. Yes, pension years are covered under the ups part time pension plan. When a full time bid opens up, the highest TCD gets the fulltime route (unless it's the 6 for 1, then they hire that 1 off the street). Then the TCD becomes classified as fulltime but his pay remains the same because he's already at top rate and has been through the wage progression, his fulltime pension begins at this time. From what I've read on here it seems to be different in all parts of the country.

That is why I am here. I learn something new everyday.

 

[DOK]

And we don't have or hire seasonal drivers. We just have a dozen or so TCD that work the local sort or preload when not needed for driving. Whether they bounce from local sort to driving on an every other day basis (some aren't needed everyday) they are still working through their wage progression and will be at top ft driver pay at the end of 4 years.

 

[oldngray]

Where we're at there's not a TCD rate, it's top driver rate. Top pay for TCD and full time driver are the same. Yes, pension years are covered under the ups part time pension plan. When a full time bid opens up, the highest TCD gets the fulltime route (unless it's the 6 for 1, then they hire that 1 off the street). Then the TCD becomes classified as fulltime but his pay remains the same because he's already at top rate and has been through the wage progression, his fulltime pension begins at this time. From what I've read on here it seems to be different in all parts of the country.

I thought if a part timer worked enough hours in a year they could get credit for a year of full time pension. Used to be one of those seldom seen issues but with the over use of part timers now it might apply. That language may not be in all locals though.

 

[Mugarolla]

Really not sure. Anybody?

TCD is different than SVD. Only a few supplements have TCD. The Southern, Western PA I think.

TCD drivers cover call ins, vacations, and seasonal work.

In the Central, SVD drivers only cover single vacation days from drivers. They do not cover full week vacations and call ins.

They can hire off the street seasonals.

 

[PT Car Washer]

I thought if a part timer worked enough hours in a year they could get credit for a year of full time pension. Used to be one of those seldom seen issues but with the over use of part timers now it might apply. That language may not be in all locals though.

PT pension is through UPS and FT is through Central States.

 

[chris9834]

I was hired as a seasonal driver this October. When I applied I let HR & my center manager know that I have another job that runs from Feb-May that I do every year but if my peak driving worked out I would like to come back for summer peak.
This morning one of my sups called me into his office & asked me if I was considering staying with UPS long term. He told me I should take a perm PT position to "get my foot in the door" & to talk to my center manager.
My center manager told me they have a spot on preload for me after peak that I could work until my other job ends & then I could sign the TCD sheet & start driving again once volume picks up in the spring/summer. He said by going this route I would have benefits, better pay & be starting my driver progression & in the future if I decided to give up my other job we could talk about a FT position down the line.

( I know I should of asked my center manager these questions & not the internet but all I could think to say was "sounds great!, thank you" haha )

What rate of pay do TCD's earn in the Northeast?
Do TCD's really start progression? I thought only FT drivers earned that?
Is this a good sign for me if I want to drive FT eventually or do they offer anyone with a pulse the same deal for hard to fill preload positions?
Do TCD's have any kind of seniority over seasonal drivers?
Any draw back that anyone can think of by going this route? ( besides having to work preload? )

Thanks

Well ill tell you how it works in my supplement which is the S.W. supplement T.C.D. pay is 28.65, you dont start pay progression until you make FT, if you do 156 reports as a T.C.D. they have to create a FT position, that position would go to the highest driver senority T.C.D. driver...right now its a year wait in my building to get the FT position which things move fast in mine, but some places from what I see on here can be a couple decades...best advise talk to drivers in the building your out of to get a better idea.

 

[Coldworld]

PT pension is through UPS and FT is through Central States.

Not in the western conference..

 

[Coldworld]

I thought if a part timer worked enough hours in a year they could get credit for a year of full time pension. Used to be one of those seldom seen issues but with the over use of part timers now it might apply. That language may not be in all locals though.

The western conference covers both part and full time people. It's 2 part time years = one full time year pension credit unless you are a part timer who drives or double shifts then theoretically you could earn a full time credit working pt.