MassWineGuy
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Oh poor, poor package car drivers with their $34/hour, no premiums to pay health care packages have to work the day after Thanksgiving. I won't be able to sleep for a month because this is so upsetting.
Do pt package handlers work Black Friday?
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bleedinbrown58
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Sorry you couldn't hack it at UPS....it happens
MassWineGuy
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My heart goes out to you and your other poor, overworked, underpaid brothers and sisters. I can tell you're beside yourself with grief over Vlack Friday.
bleedinbrown58
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You sound a little bitter. My local doesn't have to work Black Friday
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I only make $33.81, still have to make that bothersome co-pay, and I won't be working the day after Thanksgiving.
Bagels
Family Leave Fridays!!!
This past week we were informed that the day after Thanksgiving would be a regular work day for Preload, with all hours paid at straight time in addition to our holiday pay. I'm scheduled off that week and will be traveling out of town to visit family. But I was told that as the contract stipulates no time off between Thanksgiving and Christmas, I was expected to report to work that Friday.
Working for Fedex is what really sucks.
bleedinbrown58
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Waaaah.....no one is forcing you to work there.
PT Car Washer
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In the Central Region Supplement it says no single vacation days can be taken between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
That was for the guy who was complaining about UPS drivers.
MassWineGuy
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I'm glad there are some who won't be working then.
So far, FedEx has been a lot more welcoming and friendly than UPS ever was (except for the drivers, who I got along very well with). Would I like more money? Hmm. Let me think about that. But to make what UPS pays and die sooner from the stress and b.s. may not be worth it all.
bleedinbrown58
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Sorry....I misread who posted it....thought it was Wineguy
MassWineGuy
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I only complained about Bleedin' and UpState UPS. Still do.
bleedinbrown58
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I'm wounded, really.. lol
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Sorry you couldn't hack it at UPS....it happens
Jealous?
Good luck at FE.
Did you mention 6 weeks vacation? grievance pay? 5 sick days, 5 personal days?
MethodsMan
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What stress?
joeboodog
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My beef is that working Black Friday used to be voluntary. Some years I would work it. It was an easy way to earn a little extra money and it also got me out of traveling for the holiday. Other years I would take it off to rest up for peak. It was always about choice. Now because of some horrible decisions made by some chuckleheads in Atlanta last peak, we are being forced to work in the misguided belief that this will solve all peak problems.
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