Well to be fair, the benefits don't kick in now until 9 months down the road and that's not only a serious step back from when I began as a PT but somewhere between a tacit or blatant symbol of how the company doesn't feel 60% of it's workforce isn't worth investing in not only longer term but even medium term. It's basically saying to new hires "Our goal is to get as much as possible out of you for 8 months while paying you an insulting substandard wage and hopefully you will quit before reaching 9 months". How many of us who began here as PT over 3 decades ago would have stuck around long enough to bid on a FT position if that were the message the company telegraphed to us back then?
The majority of the best and most committed of the other FT drivers in my building rose from the PT ranks. While there are outside hires who have come in off the street and become dependable drivers, their success rate is noticeably lower. By persisting in holding these starting wages too low for too long, there's a fair chance that the company is slowly killing the goose that lays the best eggs because the practice risks disrupting the culture that helped breed a committed FT employee.
I definitely do agree with you on their lack of initiative in regards to voting. When they continuously blow off every opportunity to exercise what clearly is their majority power where they could best effectively make their voices heard, the whining gets old and old quickly. Whining isn't using their voice. Voting is using their voice.
, it would be half the pay because you’re working half the hours
