Coldworld
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I got your walker all ready to go with the spinner’s on the wheels and the air horn to use for the hotties… I got you.
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Coldworld
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Don’t blame you… shifting=boring AF..
Thanks buddy
It's sinful
Johney
Pineapple King
I think it would be a big problem here. Maybe not so much in other states, but here? Without a doubt. It happened in 97.
Coldworld
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It’s a sht show out here today…so stupid…
Yeet
Not gonna let ‘em catch the Midnight Rider
We got 8 guys from package the last time the list was posted. There isn’t a lot of interest coming out of package for some reason so we opened it up to part timers and have been doing so for at least 5 years. We even went off the street about 4 years ago but haven’t done it since. I’m assuming they will do it again soon because there just hasn’t been enough current employees interested. Not to mention it’s a 7 out of 10 fail rate.
Feeder665
Go big or go home!
Same here. Save now, it’s coming.
The company even says in our contract (Article 26) it’s in direct competition with the USPS, yet we have surepost, and give them business. It’s almost as bad to me, as not dropping Amazon.
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Coldworld
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7/10 fail??? We are nowhere near that here.. 9.9/10 successful
its also in the contract that if FedEx stops with their postal program then we will follow….that doesn’t seem to be the case
Feeder665
Go big or go home!
I noticed that too, and I agree.
Coldworld
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Supposedly sub contracting is on the Oz slates things to get done so we’ll see what happens
Generally feeders work more hours, but the work is so easy it feels like less.
639- retired.
Is it worth it to wait until you get some amount of seniority before you go to feeders? Do I have to bid back to package in our area if I don't like it?
I'm a work-life balance type of guy and I'm just trying to figure out what's best for my life as a young single guy, but also as one who's already been injured a couple times in package as a country driver.
Trying to make it to retirement mostly intact but also trying maximize my free time as much as I can until then, if that makes sense.
If you make it through training and qualify it's a 2 year commitment. After that if you took a FT position in feeders then you would have to bid back to package but if you stayed on the Q list you can just tell them to take you off the list and go back to running your route in package (you keep your delivery route as long as you're on the Q list). Whether you wait to get some more seniority is up to you, but I don't see the point. Cover in feeders beats cover in package hands down, in fact most would say that cover in feeders beats having a "good route" in delivery.
We pee in a restroom like normal human beings. All the new tractors come with radios, you can listen to whatever you want.
What's the q list?
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
You’re at the wrong company if
That’s the case
Feeder Qualified list. Everyone starts out on the q list after training, you're still technically in delivery classification but work in feeders as needed. You keep your route in delivery but you bid your personal days and vacation weeks with feeders. Openings in the feeder department are filled from the q list in seniority order. You can stay on the q list forever if you want (some guys do), the only exception being if a position in feeder goes up for bid and no one wants it the junior driver on the q list will be forced into feeder classification to fill it. That's rare but I've seen it happen.
If you're on the q list you will probably spend at least half the year working in feeders and you will definitely be in feeders for peak. I was on the q list for 9 months when I started and I never went back to delivery.
What'dyabringmetoday???
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This is not true everywhere- just saying.
