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45 yr old considering PT Handler job for benefits. Some questions & input desired...
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<blockquote data-quote="hondo" data-source="post: 250863" data-attributes="member: 8661"><p><strong>Re: 45 yr old considering PT Handler job for benefits. Some questions & input desired</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>The best shift for you is the one that will fit into the rest of your day, that you can show up on time for, allowing for traffic, changing clothes(dirty/dusty conditions), a snack or light meal. I work an evening twilight shift (5-10pm), and find it tough to go into a 53' metal box that's been baking in the sun all day in the summer heat to jump around stacking boxes, and cold in the winter (really only my hands-if I wore thick enough gloves to keep them warm it would drastically slow down my use of the bar code scanner). I'd love to try early pre-load (loading the delivery trucks), but there is little or no flexibility on changing shifts, with preference given to students.For that matter I'd love to transfer buildings. All shifts are tough-they push back start times according to the "estimated"(usually low) # of packages and number of loaders/average minimum loading rate. The unloaders and primary sorters are pushed to the limit, creating big messes wherever there's more than reasonable flow, not to mention late or no-show employees (inevitable in a company this size). So the standards of sorting and loading fall to side to get the delivery trucks and tractor trailers on the road, but of course you'll get lectured by supes the next day (preloaders) or 1-5 days later (trailer loaders) when mistakes make their way onto the managers' reports. If you're unloading or sorting, I would imagine it's easiest on the twilight sorts, dealing with trailers of packages loaded by the shippers, rather than packages that have gone through one or more of our sorting operations or our loaders.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hondo, post: 250863, member: 8661"] [b]Re: 45 yr old considering PT Handler job for benefits. Some questions & input desired[/b] The best shift for you is the one that will fit into the rest of your day, that you can show up on time for, allowing for traffic, changing clothes(dirty/dusty conditions), a snack or light meal. I work an evening twilight shift (5-10pm), and find it tough to go into a 53' metal box that's been baking in the sun all day in the summer heat to jump around stacking boxes, and cold in the winter (really only my hands-if I wore thick enough gloves to keep them warm it would drastically slow down my use of the bar code scanner). I'd love to try early pre-load (loading the delivery trucks), but there is little or no flexibility on changing shifts, with preference given to students.For that matter I'd love to transfer buildings. All shifts are tough-they push back start times according to the "estimated"(usually low) # of packages and number of loaders/average minimum loading rate. The unloaders and primary sorters are pushed to the limit, creating big messes wherever there's more than reasonable flow, not to mention late or no-show employees (inevitable in a company this size). So the standards of sorting and loading fall to side to get the delivery trucks and tractor trailers on the road, but of course you'll get lectured by supes the next day (preloaders) or 1-5 days later (trailer loaders) when mistakes make their way onto the managers' reports. If you're unloading or sorting, I would imagine it's easiest on the twilight sorts, dealing with trailers of packages loaded by the shippers, rather than packages that have gone through one or more of our sorting operations or our loaders. [/QUOTE]
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