Building Transfer Advice Needed

[I Want To Drive]

How do guys with more seniority than you already don’t have your route? We rebid every two years.

I'm in the Western Region. If you win a bid it's a bid for life. I only won the route because the previous driver was on disability during the second half of covid and it was going out with 12-14 hour days. No one wanted to cover it let alone bid it. After I won it within a couple months we finally got the staffing we needed and it finally went back to it's "normal" stop count.

 

[Brownwind]

I'm in the Western Region. If you win a bid it's a bid for life. I only won the route because the previous driver was on disability during the second half of covid and it was going out with 12-14 hour days. No one wanted to cover it let alone bid it. After I won it within a couple months we finally got the staffing we needed and it finally went back to it's "normal" stop count.

Good times ahead of you. Hopefully you can make it through

 

[ManInBrown]

How do guys with more seniority than you already don’t have your route? We rebid every two years.

Some locals the package routes are for life. In the 177 we don’t rebid yearly in package. You get the route it’s yours. Feeders it’s every year.

 

[nWo]

We rebid every other month and it's complete chaos.

 

[ManInBrown]

We rebid every other month and it's complete chaos.

Every month in package? How is that even possible? It must take a at least a week to get thru everyone.

 

[UnionStrong]

Every month in package? How is that even possible? It must take a at least a week to get thru everyone.

Sounds pretty stupid

 

[ManInBrown]

Sounds pretty stupid

Must be a tiny center, 15 drivers. Doesn’t even seem possible. If every driver took the allotted time you’re allowed to decide it would take a month.

 

[UnionStrong]

Must be a tiny center, 15 drivers. Doesn’t even seem possible. If every driver took the allotted time you’re allowed to decide it would take a month.

Must be a chaotic center

 

[Jones]

We bid once a year in package and every six months in feeder. If your route gets sent to another building, you can either follow your work or stay and bump anyone under you. If you do follow your work you have the right to return for 3 years by bidding on any route that comes up for bid (not counting the yearly bid) in your original building.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

Some locals the package routes are for life. In the 177 we don’t rebid yearly in package. You get the route it’s yours. Feeders it’s every year.

Same way in the Central.

 

[I Want To Drive]

We bid once a year in package and every six months in feeder. If your route gets sent to another building, you can either follow your work or stay and bump anyone under you. If you do follow your work you have the right to return for 3 years by bidding on any route that comes up for bid (not counting the yearly bid) in your original building.

I love the idea of bids for life but man does that sound awesome to have the option to bid back into the original building. Part of what makes this tough for me is the permanence of it.

 

[Jones]

I love the idea of bids for life but man does that sound awesome to have the option to bid back into the original building. Part of what makes this tough for me is the permanence of it.

Lifetime bids might sound great to junior drivers, but having a yearly bid is something you begin to appreciate as you gain seniority. It's nice to have options.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Lifetime bids might sound great to junior drivers, but having a yearly bid is something you begin to appreciate as you gain seniority. It's nice to have options.

Absolutely

 

[KearsargeCoop]

Lifetime bids might sound great to junior drivers, but having a yearly bid is something you begin to appreciate as you gain seniority. It's nice to have options.

Have you presented this idea to the Misses?

 

[MyTripisCut]

I love the idea of bids for life but man does that sound awesome to have the option to bid back into the original building. Part of what makes this tough for me is the permanence of it.

Atlantic Supplement. We should all push for this in national language next contract.

 

[Jones]

Have you presented this idea to the Misses?

She'd have a lot better options than me, so no.