bigbrownsoreback
Member
This is the first of many questions that inevitably will be asked by me and before I go on any further..I want to say thanks for any input received...Here's the scenario....Mid 50's year old package car driver with almost 24 years under my brown hat...Injured at peak and like the trooper we all are, decided to work it thru not wanting to leave my center scrambling to fill my route...The injury occurred on the job and after medical advice from an orthopedist on my route, the words MRI and surgery started to ring real loud...The injury by the way was reported immediately, and my optimism thought it was a sprain and would heal with some personal time I had coming. But it didn't and I filed under Workers Comp.
The injury required surgery,casting and the future of rehab and then probably what I fear most of all....back to work and very uncertain of the direction management will take in this situation. And like many of you, the horror stories of how UPS treats their senior drivers is dissappointing.
I have seriously considered retiring early and avoid the treatment that seems to befall anyone approaching 25 years of service. And in my case, the decision to protect myself by filing under Workers Comp, has no doubt made the future of harassment and termination a strong reality.
I have retained the services of a workers comp lawyer because my injury may leave me with partial loss of full use of my leg and I don't see myself back on my route in the same capacity prior to the injury and as far as UPS accommodating me after release....well, I don't see that happening either. The retaining of counsel further clouds the future, though it offers me the security of protection in light of the injury.
I am ready to leave and I would have preferred my UPS career to have ended on a more positive note...And it still might...But this company is notorious for not listening to their drivers and not making adjustments for those injured on the job to get back being productive.Especially those of us in our fifties
"....consideration of the employees age and condition" is contract language I never understood! any advice or opinions are appreciated
The injury required surgery,casting and the future of rehab and then probably what I fear most of all....back to work and very uncertain of the direction management will take in this situation. And like many of you, the horror stories of how UPS treats their senior drivers is dissappointing.
I have seriously considered retiring early and avoid the treatment that seems to befall anyone approaching 25 years of service. And in my case, the decision to protect myself by filing under Workers Comp, has no doubt made the future of harassment and termination a strong reality.
I have retained the services of a workers comp lawyer because my injury may leave me with partial loss of full use of my leg and I don't see myself back on my route in the same capacity prior to the injury and as far as UPS accommodating me after release....well, I don't see that happening either. The retaining of counsel further clouds the future, though it offers me the security of protection in light of the injury.
I am ready to leave and I would have preferred my UPS career to have ended on a more positive note...And it still might...But this company is notorious for not listening to their drivers and not making adjustments for those injured on the job to get back being productive.Especially those of us in our fifties
"....consideration of the employees age and condition" is contract language I never understood! any advice or opinions are appreciated