browndevil
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Me too! This is a good reason to keep sick days on the books for one of those" loosely defined personal days" I will be sleeping in on the 26. It will be nice to have a four day weekend
Day after Christmas (Dec 26)
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Babagounj
Strength through joy
First off, it was the watertown store, and no because jose left months ago, somerville stole him back. Haven't been able to find anyone as good since.
Now both watertown & belmont park their ups vans ( white ones ) in front of the counter blocking the doors on sats.
brownrodster
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I would also LOVE to take those days off with or without pay!!!! Long weekends are great! But I'm right on the edge and wondering weather I'm going to be on layoff or not in january so the extra money would help.
Our center told us about this at PCM but did not say who was working or not. We have a lot of old timers that always take extra work so I probably won't be working.
We was just informed that are center is only working at 1/4 capacity on the 26th. The posted a sign up sheet on people that wanted to work or be off without pay on the 26th, which of course I was 2nd in line to sign up to be off! I will gladly enjoy my 4 day vacation!
UnconTROLLed
perfection
Weird, it's a 5 day vaca for us. Wed - Sun.
UnconTROLLed
perfection
probably closer for him anyway. I forgot he came from there. Did he ever get one continous shift?
How are Santas little helpers doing from accounting at the counter? Everyone getting along like peanutbutter and jelly? ;D
upssalesguy
UPS Defender
did you happen to see all the pay cuts at fedex? happening everywhere.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Me too! This is a good reason to keep sick days on the books for one of those" loosely defined personal days" I will be sleeping in on the 26. It will be nice to have a four day weekend
I thought unused sicks days would have been paid to you by now.
fethrs
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At my hub the 22.3 folks were given 4 options for the 24th AND the 26th. 1.Work my gauranteed 8 hours. 2.Get paid for hours worked. 3. Use an FHP day from 2009 or sick day and get paid (or something similar can't remember exact wording) or 4.Take an "R" day which is a request day off, no pay. The 26th is usually considered a normal work day, my hub has never done this before, it's a big hub we process over 80,000 pieces in sunrise sort.
I am burnt out and will gladly take the day off with out pay. Some people complain all week long because they have too much work and are working a ton of hours but when it is time to take a day off with no pay all heck breaks loose because you can't afford to miss a day. Give me a break, some people need to live a different life style. I like my time off and will take a extra day to spend with the family.
browniehound
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found out last night that we now have the friday off. yea, I'll take a five day weekend every once in a while. Who cares about pay when you hang with the kids and play with all the new toys.
Amen! Time with your family and away from UPS is much more valuable than a day's pay. This has always been my opinion even if we worked 40 hours maximum every week. We don't. We work 44 hours minimum in my center except for 2 drivers out of 50.
My feeling is if you worked everyday of the year at 8.5-11 hours per day you shouldn't need the day's pay for the 26th. I must say that a few stubborn drivers exist that want to work and want their 8 hours. I can't "fathom" working Dec.26th when its optional NOT to do so
.My feeling is we made enough money throughout the year becuase of the OT we are forced to work. This brings me to another point.
UPS drivers should be the best at managing their budgets compared to many other proffessions and I'm not joking. As a UPS driver (or any hourly employee) you set up the budget based on 40 hours/week. If you set your budget with OT in the equation I think you are playing with fire and being stupid!
When we are fortunate enough to work over 8 hours/day it gives a lot of breathing room in our spending "part" of the budget, lol! We work too many hours so I must say we all deserve it off! Just take the day if you can!
To all the "hours die hards", for heavens sake
take the 26th off! You deserve it. We all deserve it. Relax and enjoy yourself but be ready to hump and dump on December 29th!
Merry Christmas to everyone at Brown Cafe from "Browniehound".
I look forward to hearing from everyone in the new year!
brownrodster
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Working friday. Center hopes to catch up with Xmas deliveries on the day after Xmas. LOL. We have thousands of packages sitting in trailors that are not getting unloaded everyday. Not enough trucks and drivers. We needed rentals and peak drivers.
UnconTROLLed
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Amen! Time with your family and away from UPS is much more valuable than a day's pay. This has always been my opinion even if we worked 40 hours maximum every week. We don't. We work 44 hours minimum in my center except for 2 drivers out of 50.
My feeling is if you worked everyday of the year at 8.5-11 hours per day you shouldn't need the day's pay for the 26th. I must say that a few stubborn drivers exist that want to work and want their 8 hours. I can't "fathom" working Dec.26th when its optional NOT to do so
My feeling is we made enough money throughout the year becuase of the OT we are forced to work. This brings me to another point.
UPS drivers should be the best at managing their budgets compared to many other proffessions and I'm not joking. As a UPS driver (or any hourly employee) you set up the budget based on 40 hours/week. If you set your budget with OT in the equation I think you are playing with fire and being stupid!
When we are fortunate enough to work over 8 hours/day it gives a lot of breathing room in our spending "part" of the budget, lol! We work too many hours so I must say we all deserve it off! Just take the day if you can!
To all the "hours die hards", for heavens sake
take the 26th off! You deserve it. We all deserve it. Relax and enjoy yourself but be ready to hump and dump on December 29th!
Merry Christmas to everyone at Brown Cafe from "Browniehound".
I look forward to hearing from everyone in the new year!
You mjust be a true New Englander, you completely hijacked my thread and turned it into a "drivesr getting a day off" self centered and absorbed masterpiece
BigBrownSanta
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What was the original point of this thread again? I forgot.
BTW, Browniehound good point about budgeting for 40 hours.
BTW, Browniehound good point about budgeting for 40 hours.
UnconTROLLed
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It's actually not a good point.
Most inside employees (he/she did say hourlies) in THE SAME BUILDING/CENTERES HE WORKS do not get 40 hours a week, outside of peak of course. And if they/we do they are going to be bullied for trying to do so. Infact after peak I would not be surprised if some of us are laid off back to part-time.
BigBrownSanta
Well-Known Member
Amen! Time with your family and away from UPS is much more valuable than a day's pay. This has always been my opinion even if we worked 40 hours maximum every week. We don't. We work 44 hours minimum in my center except for 2 drivers out of 50.
My feeling is if you worked everyday of the year at 8.5-11 hours per day you shouldn't need the day's pay for the 26th. I must say that a few stubborn drivers exist that want to work and want their 8 hours. I can't "fathom" working Dec.26th when its optional NOT to do so
My feeling is we made enough money throughout the year becuase of the OT we are forced to work. This brings me to another point.
UPS drivers should be the best at managing their budgets compared to many other proffessions and I'm not joking. As a UPS driver (or any hourly employee) you set up the budget based on 40 hours/week. If you set your budget with OT in the equation I think you are playing with fire and being stupid!
When we are fortunate enough to work over 8 hours/day it gives a lot of breathing room in our spending "part" of the budget, lol! We work too many hours so I must say we all deserve it off! Just take the day if you can!
To all the "hours die hards", for heavens sake
take the 26th off! You deserve it. We all deserve it. Relax and enjoy yourself but be ready to hump and dump on December 29th!
Merry Christmas to everyone at Brown Cafe from "Browniehound".
I look forward to hearing from everyone in the new year!
Actually Browniehound's point is valid. It looks like he's talking about drivers, not PTers.
cachsux
Wah
You mjust be a true New Englander, you completely hijacked my thread and turned it into a "drivesr getting a day off" self centered and absorbed masterpiece
Then change "drivers" to "ptimers" and "40" to "25". B`hound is making a good point on living with a budget.
UnconTROLLed
perfection
He said Drivers or any hourlies????
UnconTROLLed
perfection
I am just telling him, as a friend/t employee in the same building, there's no 40 hours to go around here. If you try for 40 management harrassess you, messes with your pay and are generally difficult.
