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For Part Timers Only: If you are only here for the benefits...You've got to vote NO!
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<blockquote data-quote="Bagels" data-source="post: 1139383" data-attributes="member: 43436"><p><strong>Re: For Part Timers Only: If you are only here for the benefits...You've got to vote</strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Most of the companies you mentioned, as well as most other warehousing jobs in the SDF area, turn to temporary agencies/independent contractors for initial hires. You can confirm this yourself -- Best Buy, Amazon-Zappos, etc. all refer you to a temp agency such as Kelly Services. This is partially being done to circumvent ObamaCare. And even once eligible for benefits, they're not cheap -- a quick Google search yields several Best Buy employees mentioning that the job pays more than $17/hour after several years, but family medical benefits set one back more than $100 per week. That's like adding $5 to a PT UPS's employees wage ... nor is it factoring in the cost of using the benefits.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I said in SDF, not necessarily the WorldPort. We've had oodles of PT SDF-based BrownCafe members gripe about the 8- to 12-hour shifts they're working. Apparently a third shift was added to one UPS hub, alleviating some of the "excess" OT for now.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You're hearing wrong. A few changes are being made to the benefits, but for most PTers, when the deductible peaks, it will set them back only a few hundred per year. Meanwhile, their wage will have increased by $3.90/hour.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bagels, post: 1139383, member: 43436"] [b]Re: For Part Timers Only: If you are only here for the benefits...You've got to vote[/b] [COLOR=#0000ff] [/COLOR] Most of the companies you mentioned, as well as most other warehousing jobs in the SDF area, turn to temporary agencies/independent contractors for initial hires. You can confirm this yourself -- Best Buy, Amazon-Zappos, etc. all refer you to a temp agency such as Kelly Services. This is partially being done to circumvent ObamaCare. And even once eligible for benefits, they're not cheap -- a quick Google search yields several Best Buy employees mentioning that the job pays more than $17/hour after several years, but family medical benefits set one back more than $100 per week. That's like adding $5 to a PT UPS's employees wage ... nor is it factoring in the cost of using the benefits. [COLOR=#0000ff][/COLOR] I said in SDF, not necessarily the WorldPort. We've had oodles of PT SDF-based BrownCafe members gripe about the 8- to 12-hour shifts they're working. Apparently a third shift was added to one UPS hub, alleviating some of the "excess" OT for now. You're hearing wrong. A few changes are being made to the benefits, but for most PTers, when the deductible peaks, it will set them back only a few hundred per year. Meanwhile, their wage will have increased by $3.90/hour. [/QUOTE]
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