My driver helper got a job before me!

[Newguy351]

I started last year as a peak driver. During the winter they had a helper come on my truck to run packages for me. He started in Nov/Dec. and he ended up driving for a few weeks.

I did a good job last year and the managers called me to come back 6/6 (I worked the unload during off peak)

To my amazement when I came back last week I saw him and he told me they kept him on as a permanent hire. Is this the type of stuff I should get used to??? Absolutely Amazing!

 

[Rack em]

Maybe he was a better driver than you?

 

[Newguy351]

I'm sure he's a good driver. I was too. He worked as a driver for 3-4 weeks tops. I was there 7 months and did everything I was told

 

[Rack em]

You were a seasonal driver for 7 months? I don't think that's possible

 

[UPS_CDOT_DRIVER]

You were a seasonal driver for 7 months? I don't think that's possible

Very possible. I was told to expect to work the summer season and stay on through winter peak

 

[HEFFERNAN]

 

[Box Ox]

Very possible. I was told to expect to work the summer season and stay on through winter peak

Said he started last peak. Not possible. But you're right about the time frame.

 

[HEFFERNAN]

I started last year as a peak driver. During the winter they had a helper come on my truck to run packages for me. He started in Nov/Dec. and he ended up driving for a few weeks.

I did a good job last year and the managers called me to come back 6/6 (I worked the unload during off peak)

To my amazement when I came back last week I saw him and he told me they kept him on as a permanent hire. Is this the type of stuff I should get used to??? Absolutely Amazing!

If he was an off-the-street hire, there isn't much you can do.
Just keep doing what you're doing.
The only time it screws you is if he takes the last vacation week you wanted or bid a route that you liked.

 

[Box Ox]

Is this the type of stuff I should get used to??? Absolutely Amazing!

Disappointments that are within the bounds of your union-negotiated contract as a new hire? Yes. And you'll probably feel it every year when the bid sheets come down and you don't land a FT driver bid. More noodles and late night or early morning work ahead!

Look on the bright side, though. They could have brought on some PT sup you don't like or one from a distant land as the outside hire instead of your former helper.

 

[Jackburton]

Unless you like licking buttholes or sucking weenie prepare to be treated poorly on occasion here

Damn, you brought the real stuff out.

 

[El Correcto]

Unless you like licking buttholes or sucking weenie prepare to be treated poorly on occasion here

No trust me you still get treated poorly.

 

[burrheadd]

No trust me you still get treated poorly.

Which do you like better?

 

[El Correcto]

Which do you like better?

Getting treated good?

 

[burrheadd]

Getting treated good?

So you don't mind in your words
Licking buttholes or sucking weenie?
Whatever floats your boat

 

[El Correcto]

So you don't mind in your words
Licking buttholes or sucking weenie?
Whatever floats your boat

You sound curious

 

[burrheadd]

You sound curious

No Iam good just nosy

 

[ManInBrown]

I'm sure he's a good driver. I was too. He worked as a driver for 3-4 weeks tops. I was there 7 months and did everything I was told

You could work 1 year as a seasonal which isn't possible but just to make a point. You could work one year. Another casual could work 3 days and that driver could be hired first. How long you worked means absolutely nothing. It's who they like the best

 

[El Correcto]

I prefer being taken out to shop and then to dinner. I have a fetish for Italian loafers and micro suede fur lined coats. I also like cheese cake factory their mojito are good and they have a wide selection of food for any appetite. Brunch isn't bad either.

 

[Catatonic]

My driver helper got a job before me!

Uhh! That's got to suck!

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

You were a seasonal driver for 7 months? I don't think that's possible

What's even less believable is his claim that his helper jumped for a few weeks and then became a driver during Peak.