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Curious - Time From Initial Employ to FT Driver
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<blockquote data-quote="browniehound" data-source="post: 354510" data-attributes="member: 4653"><p>Same here dilli. It took me exactly 1 year and a week from my hire date to full-time driving. Like you said, its all a matter of timing and luck. I lucked out because it was around the time UPS violated the contact by not creating 10,000 full-time jobs in early '00. As a part timer in early '00 I bid on a 22.3 job. I had been with UPS less than 6 months yet I got the job of hub air driving/hub sort. </p><p> </p><p>The icing on cake was, I got back pay, pension contributions, and seniority all the way back to my PT start date because UPS didn't create these jobs when they were supposed to!! So, I worked PT for six months but was given a check for the hours I should have been given under the contract as a FT employee. I was also given pension credit. My FT seniorty date was changed also to the day I started at UPS(this has actually pissed off many union members when I jumped them on the seniorty list, but hey, its not my fault, right?).</p><p> </p><p>I did this job for 6 months and then bid for FT package job and because I had a full-time senority of almost a year by then, I got the job over every part-timer (FT seniority rules).</p><p> </p><p>Man, did I luck out. Now the wait is at least a few years.</p><p> </p><p>Also, the path I suggest most people to take is to grab a 22.3 job and do that until you have enough juice to bid your own route. You can probably get a FT driving job sooner, but you will be a swing driver. This means they can do whatever they want with you. Send you out blind, use you to help everyone, etc. You probablly won't be working everyday because you will be low man.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browniehound, post: 354510, member: 4653"] Same here dilli. It took me exactly 1 year and a week from my hire date to full-time driving. Like you said, its all a matter of timing and luck. I lucked out because it was around the time UPS violated the contact by not creating 10,000 full-time jobs in early '00. As a part timer in early '00 I bid on a 22.3 job. I had been with UPS less than 6 months yet I got the job of hub air driving/hub sort. The icing on cake was, I got back pay, pension contributions, and seniority all the way back to my PT start date because UPS didn't create these jobs when they were supposed to!! So, I worked PT for six months but was given a check for the hours I should have been given under the contract as a FT employee. I was also given pension credit. My FT seniorty date was changed also to the day I started at UPS(this has actually pissed off many union members when I jumped them on the seniorty list, but hey, its not my fault, right?). I did this job for 6 months and then bid for FT package job and because I had a full-time senority of almost a year by then, I got the job over every part-timer (FT seniority rules). Man, did I luck out. Now the wait is at least a few years. Also, the path I suggest most people to take is to grab a 22.3 job and do that until you have enough juice to bid your own route. You can probably get a FT driving job sooner, but you will be a swing driver. This means they can do whatever they want with you. Send you out blind, use you to help everyone, etc. You probablly won't be working everyday because you will be low man. [/QUOTE]
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