It does suck but save some of that overtime money for after the holidays when things slow down.
Cover driver forced to work Saturday
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Overpaid Union Thug
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When I am not on the 9.5 list and I’m looking for more hours I usually volunteer to work Saturdays whenever my seniority allows it.
When I was part time I hated Saturdays until I topped out as an air driver. By the time I had figured out I could disqualify myself from Saturday air and still be a TCD I was making top rate and was usually wanting to work Saturdays.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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I used to work the occasional Saturday (at my regular rate of pay) and thought it was the easiest money I ever made. They would get upset with me when I delivered Monday air along with the Saturday air at bulk stops like Best Buy.
Lol but it's not ot money :/ its actually less than half my rate of pay as opposed to me driving during the week
Lol I do that occasionally when I work Saturdays heck I'm going there anyway why not go ahead and deliver some more stuff when I notice it. And the thing that bothers me the most is that i get air pay on sat not my cover driver pay. Which is a huuuge (insert trump voice ) difference.
I get that and I not once complained when I was low man, now that I have senority on several people it's just aggrivating. Plus it's a 4 hour round trip to work for me and management knows that. That's 4 hours in my car to come in and drive 3 hours at air pay. That's why I dont wanna work Saturdays lol. Account for my gas and wear and tear on my vehicle I dont make jack coming in
You need to talk to your steward.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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4 hour round trip??
542thruNthru
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How much do you get paid a hour as a Cover Driver?
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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...and tell him what? He chose to work at a job that requires him to drive 2 hours each way. UPS did not force him to do this. Yes, it sucks, but it is not the company's fault.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Not enough to warrant a 4 hour RT commute.
Roughly 32 an hour
Yes 2 hours to work 2 hours home.
If he has the seniority not to work on Saturday , then he shouldn't be forced to work.
Yeah its lol my fault. Long story short got a house in the city my significant other works as she has a better job than me and I was going to transfer as I was a loader at the time. As soon as we got the house I got sent to driving school and I dont want to give up my senority and go back to loading at a different center, so I've been making it work for the past year now. We plan on getting a house at the beginning of the year at a half way point. About 45 min each way to work for both of us, but till then I gotta deal with it
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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He is only being "forced" to get his 5th punch for the week.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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I hope it works out well for you.
Normally I'm not, but they are forcing me to get my 5th punch
