Drug testing for feeder drivers

[stevetheupsguy]

That's curious......
I thought only those driving vehicles bigger than 26001 pounds were in the pool for "random" drug testing.
Unless, of course, you are acting in a manner that would cause them to suspect you.

Why whatever would give them that idea?

 

[pickup]

They seem to like randomly testing me a lot more now that I'm in Package.

Figure that one out!

I bet they still have ur name in the feeder pool. No one ever thought to pull it out after all how many feeder drivers go back to package car?

 

[hypocrisy]

460 miles in 12 hours works out to less than 40 mph. It is actually closer to 11 hours, as he is at the clinic for 1 hour, but this still works out to about 45 mph average.

Spoken like a true package driver.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Spoken like a true package driver.

You're right--I left out the Dunkin Donuts time. My bad.

 

[Old International]

Hell, it takes me 8 hours to cover 217 miles, for an avg speed of 27.1 MPH. And I Have been yanked out of the tractor at the outbound gate to take a pee test. Left the set sitting right there, blocking a set of phones.

 

[cachsux]

Hell, it takes me 8 hours to cover 217 miles, for an avg speed of 27.1 MPH. And I Have been yanked out of the tractor at the outbound gate to take a pee test. Left the set sitting right there, blocking a set of phones.

Took your keys with you I hope. They usually catch us at the beginning or end of our day. We have three hours to produce and tend to take it to the limit.

 

[over9five]

I bet they still have ur name in the feeder pool. No one ever thought to pull it out after all how many feeder drivers go back to package car?

Here all Feeder qualified drivers are subject to randoms. It's just strange I've had two since I've been back in Package and only two the whole time I was in Feeders.

 

[over9five]

That's curious......
I thought only those driving vehicles bigger than 26001 pounds were in the pool for "random" drug testing.
Unless, of course, you are acting in a manner that would cause them to suspect you.

Well....

 

[Old International]

Took your keys with you I hope. They usually catch us at the beginning or end of our day. We have three hours to produce and tend to take it to the limit.

You bet your bottom dollar- and it took me an hour to produce a sample.
Anybody that drives a commercial vehicle is subject to random drug testing. We just fired a PC driver for failure to pass 2 tests.

 

[over9five]

You bet your bottom dollar- and it took me an hour to produce a sample.
Anybody that drives a commercial vehicle is subject to random drug testing. We just fired a PC driver for failure to pass 2 tests.

If they randomed PC drivers here, we'd need 100 new drivers.

That's probably why they don't.

 

[lazydriver]

I think UPS now drug test drivers before they come up for feeder training. I have known some pc drivers not signing up because of this.

 

[feeder]

The way in my bldg is that the its random, meaning a computer will pick drivers at random, and there is No- notification, you walk in, to punch-in and there is a nurse waiting for you to pee in a cop... I remember one year I got picked 3 times in one year... I thought I was being picked-on.. The nurse told me dont feel bad cuz the other hub she manage she said a driver got picked 8 times in one year....

 

[dilligaf]

The feds mandated 'random' drug testing for a reason. So companies could not hand pick the drivers that are to be tested. Kind of defeats the purpose of testing if companies pick out the ones they know are clean.

 

[dilligaf]

If they randomed PC drivers here, we'd need 100 new drivers.

That's probably why they don't.

Until someone does something stupid and gets popped with a 'reasonable cause'..............................

 

[stevetheupsguy]

The way in my bldg is that the its random, meaning a computer will pick drivers at random, and there is No- notification, you walk in, to punch-in and there is a nurse waiting for you to pee in a cop... I remember one year I got picked 3 times in one year... I thought I was being picked-on.. The nurse told me dont feel bad cuz the other hub she manage she said a driver got picked 8 times in one year....

And I thought I had it bad, getting picked for Jury duty twice in one year.

 

[The Blackadder]

They should drug test mgnt.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

They should drug test mgnt.

Yet another sad example of PWT--Posting Without Thinking

 

[over9five]

They should drug test mgnt.

Yet another sad example of PWT--Posting Without Thinking

Lol, maybe, but it made me wonder..... Are Feeder supervisors who have CDLs in the pool?

 

[cachsux]

Lol, maybe, but it made me wonder..... Are Feeder supervisors who have CDLs in the pool?

Actually yes they are.

 

[The Blackadder]

I dont see why they dont drug test anyone that drives, this includes mgmt.

I used to work for a company that drug tested everyone top to bottom. My boss actaully got canned for testing for coke. Why they would only test feeder drivers I have never understood.

If you are behind a wheel and stoned you are a problem, and a huge danger.


If they want to make a deal with the Union and send offenders to re-hab fine, but why would you not test all people.