To take it a step farther, full-time employees are guaranteed 8 hours of work if they report to work from what I understand. Its also to be started at your start-time which is somewhere around 815-930 for drivers depending on your location.
During slow times we can have as many as 6 guys without routes to do. If they want to work, management tells them they have to come back at 130 for the day and twi sorts to work the hub.
Unless I'm wrong, these drivers can demand 8 hours starting at their normal start time. I have never seen it done before (all six drivers demanding 8 hours), but I would love to see what the center team would come up with to get them their hours.
Problem is, these drivers don't want to take it on the chin and go out blind (I don't blame them!), don't have the guts to confront the sups, or would just rather go home to catch up on General Hospital and eat doritos on the couch
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I would like to witness this just once to see what our center manager could come up with. The thing is, the center manager can always find at least 3 guys who would give up their route for the day and he could probably get 6 guys to take the day off if he was persistent.
I also heard a rumor that if you come to work and are sent home they have to pay you, by law, for about an hour for coming in. I don't know the validity of this statement, but a fellow driver who likes to gossip told me this one. He said its written on those posters that tell you the minimum wage and how much break time you are entitled to.
Again, I don't know how accurate his statement is and I've never heard of anyone at UPS getting paid an hour of time for showing up to work and being sent home.
Has anyone here witnessed any of the above? If so, I would love to read about it
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Brownie