So long Big Brown!

[DOK]

All good things must end, and so too has my 35 year career at UPS. Part of me will miss the job, the customers, and most of all the dogs. But the heat, the dust, the heavy irregs, the sore back and the forced stupidity of ORION are now officially a thing of the past. After picking up and delivering close to 4 million packages during my time here, it was a surreal feeling to deliver the final one. Adios!View attachment 382080View attachment 382081View attachment 382082View attachment 382083

Congrats brother!

 

[Returntosender]

35 years best wishes in your retirement

I hope you used all your vacations sick hours before you left

 

[clean hairy]

Congrats!

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

35 years best wishes in your retirement

I hope you used all your vacations sick hours before you left

You get paid out for any unused time and he should get credit for some of next year's vacations also

 

[trickpony1]

he should get credit for some of next year's vacations also

He has to work one day into next year to get paid for next year's vacation.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

He has to work one day into next year to get paid for next year's vacation.

Maybe it's different in other supplements.
But if I retired today I will get all the vacation I do not take for this year plus I will get prorated for next year's vacation

 

[oldngray]

He has to work one day into next year to get paid for next year's vacation.

Same here

 

[bottomups]

He has to work one day into next year to get paid for next year's vacation.

Not in my local.

 

[Thebrownblob]

Not in my local

Ours are prorated based on the number of hours you worked

 

[soberups]

He has to work one day into next year to get paid for next year's vacation.

Not here. I retired 2 days after my seniority date, when my vacation bank and optional holiday bank repopulated, so I get paid out for all of those hours. But I cant start collecting my pension until after the time period for those hours because I will technically still be on the payroll for 8 more weeks.

 

[BigUnionGuy]

Not here. I retired 2 days after my seniority date, when my vacation bank and optional holiday bank repopulated, so I get paid out for all of those hours. But I cant start collecting my pension until after the time period for those hours because I will technically still be on the payroll for 8 more weeks.

Yep.

All plans are different and it's better to be informed before you go. Or, come here asking for advice....

 

[over9five]

We had a guy here retire recently. Turns out if he had worked one more month, he would have had a BIG increase in his monthly pension.
Everyone should go have a talk at their pension office BEFORE they retire. This gentleman did not....

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

We had a guy here retire recently. Turns out if he had worked one more month, he would have had a BIG increase in his monthly pension.
Everyone should go have a talk at their pension office BEFORE they retire. This gentleman did not....

Exactly. Measure twice cut once

 

[oldngray]

We had a guy here retire recently. Turns out if he had worked one more month, he would have had a BIG increase in his monthly pension.
Everyone should go have a talk at their pension office BEFORE they retire. This gentleman did not....

The problem is getting good answers to your questions.

 

[over9five]

The problem is getting good answers to your questions.

I keep hearing how good our pension office is. Happy to help you, talk to you, whatever.
Don't know about everybody elses!

 

[Re-Raise]

He has to work one day into next year to get paid for next year's vacation.

Not in my local. I went the week of Thanksgiving and they paid me for my vacation for the next year. My first pension check came the first week of December and they gave me credit for 3/4 of a year for my pension years because my seniority date was in April.

 

[BrownFlush]

The problem is getting good answers to your questions.

My out went as smooth as butter.
Every question answered. Everything they said would happen, did.

 

[oldngray]

My out went as smooth as butter.
Every question answered. Everything they said would happen, did.

My local BA was a useless POS and HR tried to hide from anyone with questions. And of course trying to call anyone was a pretty much a wasted effort (after waiting on hold for at least an hour).

 

[brett636]

Congratulations Sober! Welcome to the next exciting phase of your life! Anyone that can do 35 years in package cars has my respect!

 

[rod]

What's a pension office? When I retired I must have been the first one ever to do that because I couldn't get a straight answer out of ANYONE--Company or Union. I hope things have improved because it sure sucked for me.