Feeders is a good fit.... for some people.
If you have alimony and child support.... your next (payout) is just around the corner.
Feeder drivers.... are always looking for the next batch. Someone with "less" seniority than them.
It's true.... and you know it.
-Bug-
Yep, just like package car. The more time you have, the better routes start coming your way. But unless you go to feeders with very little seniority, the people coming in aren't much of a concern. In feeders, what really matters is what goes on above you. The more people retire, the more you move on up. We have over 300 drivers here, and I'm right in the middle. I've been here almost three years now, and I've only had five or six drivers come in with more time than me. There just aren't that many high seniority drivers, or high seniority drivers who want to quit smoking dope, left. But, honestly, very few drivers complain about it, because it's feeders.
Do I miss package car? No. I miss the people. I miss being able to fire up a doobie after work. And even though I never thought I would, I miss being on my feet all day. But really, being in feeders is, almost, like working for a different company.
A lot of package car drivers say they don't want to work odd hours, and being away from the family. In reality, though, you're more likely to spend more time WITH your family. Especially if your feeder department has a lot of drivers. And where I'm at, road jobs are the most desirable, even if that means working nights. So daytime feeder jobs are full of drivers on the back end of the seniority list. Those day jobs tend to be yard jobs and local pickup jobs. We have quite a few triples jobs, and probably 2/3's of those jobs are filled by drivers on the second half of the list.
As some of the other guys have pointed out, you might not talk to your supervisor for weeks. That's not to say WHEN you talk to them, that they won't be pricks like PC sups. But generally, they don't say much. When they do, it's normally because some division manager is screaming down their necks about us. They know, for the most part, that feeder drivers aren't pushed around like newer drivers tend to be. Yes, there are plenty of exceptions. I know some buildings where it's like a bunch of bonus babies drive in feeders. But that's not what it's like here.
Bottom line, if you talk to feeder drivers that you used to know from package car, the most common thing you here is, "I can't believe I waited so long to come back here."