Re-Raise
Well-Known Member
He has gained full-time seniority after only working for the company for 9 months or he has driven a couple of times?
Handler to driver timeline?
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Billy Ray
God, help us all.....
, and you know it!
Billy Ray
God, help us all.....
You were hired because they needed drivers; they also would have hired draft card burners, oh wait, you know nothing about that
Cementups
Box Monkey
you could come to my HUB and be pretty much hired off the street as a driver. We've exhausted our inside list 10 times over. Pretty much immediate driving in our building. Even in feeders.
DriveInDriveOut
Inordinately Right
I think most people have overlooked this, but Box Ox nailed it.
If you are moving in 5 years, UPS is not what you're looking for.
ithrowoften
Member
Yes I forgot to reply to that. So you're saying if I want to work for UPS, wait until after moving? I can understand starting over with local seniority, but I assume not starting over with pay scale? I'm assuming a lot!
DriveInDriveOut
Inordinately Right
To oversimplify, you basically can't transfer at all.
Sometimes educational transfers are approved if there is an opening where you are moving, I wouldn't count on it though.... especially moving to Hawaii, I'm sure lots of people have tried to pull that dream off.
Same story in my hub, we are out of qualified inside part-time applicants.
I do work many weekends and holidays at my ft job. I enjoy parts of my life. I miss out on some things with my kid that if I were ft driver I wouldn't. However, I'm now saving $1300 a month in insurance costs, low copays, etc. I also am guaranteed one day to be a ft driver and I'll no longer have to do this. I'll work fewer hours have the same benefits and work fewer days. So there is a trade off. You just need to de ide what is right for you. Short term sacrifice for long term gain.
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
sandwich
The resident gearhead
Then explain to me why it took 9 years and 10 months.
Guaranteed to have the chance. I have already qualified though as a ptcd so if a position were open and my seniority were enough then as far as I know that position would be mine?
FrigidFTSup
Resident Suit
Just because it took YOU that long doesn't mean it is that way in every building. There are plenty of buildings where you have to beg people to sign the sheet. Or end up just hiring them off the street.
sandwich
The resident gearhead
I understand that. I was responding to brownslave who said a 10 year wait is false
Matty_lawn
Poopin' on the clock
Re-Raise
Well-Known Member
So, he is an air driver and not a full-time driver?
There is a huge difference between an air driver or a driver that works during the free period and a driver that gains full-time seniority.
We have a lot of part-timers they use for things like that who they will never let gain full-time seniority because then they are stuck with them.
ithrowoften
Member
Thanks everyone for your insights and sharing your experience. Believe it or not I still want to work for UPS. I love hard work and look forward to applying.
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