I'm affraid your husband would have to take a gamble. If you really want to move to Texas, he should quit and get re-hired in Austin.
I can tell you a story of a driver that showed up in my center this last peak season. I thought he was an "off the street hire" hired for the peak season. Oddly enough, he went out on his route the first day, with out a supervisor, and did a very good job. We don't have PAS here. After a few days I commented to a supervisor, "wow, that guy sure did ease into our system". The supervisor replied, "oh, he's a driver from another state who quit and came to Texas to start over".
I asked the driver if he was planning to come back full-time after peak? He said yes. I was wondering if his center manager or DM had worked a deal to sneak him into a small sattelite center like mine. If so, this posed a problem. In my center, we have lots of part-timers who are wanting to go full-time. I was affraid he was going to try and jump ahead of the guys that were already waiting. I was affraid he had worked out some kind of deal. I informed him that my center is a very active center when it comes to our contractual rights. There was no way the guys who are waiting were going to let themselves be passed by. We are very watchful of the "off the street ratio" and will do everything we can to protect the jobs we have.
After peak, he showed up in the center working part-time. I could tell this was not what he had in mind. After 2 months, he walked upand told me he was quitting. He simply couldn't wait for the full-time spot behind the guys that were already there. I wished him luck in the future and that was the last I saw of him.
Good luck to you and your husband. I hope it all works out.
