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<blockquote data-quote="km3" data-source="post: 1851573" data-attributes="member: 56117"><p>Yeah, I work in a pretty decent sized hub myself. When I got hired, HR told me the wait to become a driver has been "as short as" 3 months. I didn't believe them, but then my steward said the same thing--if you're lucky, you can drive in 3 months. The shortest wait time I know of is 8 months for someone who was at the airport then came over to my building for the full time gig.</p><p></p><p>Having been here for 4 months, I get the distinct impression that the vast majority of my part-time coworkers aren't interested in driving or full-time work, at all. Most seem to be here either for the insurance or the education assistance, many aren't 21 yet and thus can't drive, and many others either have crazy awesome beards that they won't part with, or very visible tattoos up and down the arms, legs, face, and neck. On top of all of that, we have really high turnover (which doesn't affect me too much, since I'd be ahead of new hires in seniority, and the ones with seniority over me probably aren't going anywhere if they lasted this long).</p><p></p><p>I give it 2 years, at most, before I'm in a package car. The real source of my anxiety isn't how long it'll take for me to get the call, but whether or not I'll be able to qualify. I come into work at 10:30PM and there are still drivers just getting back to the building. I heard that to qualify you have to get back to the building by a certain time, a certain number of days. That part makes me the most nervous. </p><p></p><p>Of course, if it takes more than 2 years, then I'll just graduate and get into engineering instead. Whatever comes first, I don't particularly have a preference one way or the other.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="km3, post: 1851573, member: 56117"] Yeah, I work in a pretty decent sized hub myself. When I got hired, HR told me the wait to become a driver has been "as short as" 3 months. I didn't believe them, but then my steward said the same thing--if you're lucky, you can drive in 3 months. The shortest wait time I know of is 8 months for someone who was at the airport then came over to my building for the full time gig. Having been here for 4 months, I get the distinct impression that the vast majority of my part-time coworkers aren't interested in driving or full-time work, at all. Most seem to be here either for the insurance or the education assistance, many aren't 21 yet and thus can't drive, and many others either have crazy awesome beards that they won't part with, or very visible tattoos up and down the arms, legs, face, and neck. On top of all of that, we have really high turnover (which doesn't affect me too much, since I'd be ahead of new hires in seniority, and the ones with seniority over me probably aren't going anywhere if they lasted this long). I give it 2 years, at most, before I'm in a package car. The real source of my anxiety isn't how long it'll take for me to get the call, but whether or not I'll be able to qualify. I come into work at 10:30PM and there are still drivers just getting back to the building. I heard that to qualify you have to get back to the building by a certain time, a certain number of days. That part makes me the most nervous. Of course, if it takes more than 2 years, then I'll just graduate and get into engineering instead. Whatever comes first, I don't particularly have a preference one way or the other. [/QUOTE]
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