skimtjefferson
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Anyone know how long the Seasonal Driver position is? It's almost May and they're hiring. What can I expect for pay? Thanks!
Anyone know how long the Seasonal Driver position is? It's almost May and they're hiring. What can I expect for pay? Thanks!
Length will probably depend on the center. For me it was mid-may thru the end of august, and then mid-oct until dec 31. Pay is $16.10 and hour, plus at my center you will get some over time almost everyday. You are not guaranteed 8 hours like full time drivers, and your trip can be cut last minute, and you get sent home without work or pay for the day. I did it for 3 years, the first two just over the winter. It is a good opportunity to get a feel for driving, and see if it is something you want to do. I also give you a chance to show the driving center how you would do. Because I did well, they also made me a Saturday air driver, and I am now a full time driver. Full time drivers are hired by seniority, but their is something in the contract about "knowledge" also being a factor. Getting the knowledge and impressing management, can give you a leg up towards becoming full time. Just remember, never compromise safety, or break traffic laws, in order to make time and try to impress anyone - it is a good way to lose any opportunity to drive! Good luck!
Length will probably depend on the center. For me it was mid-may thru the end of august, and then mid-oct until dec 31. Pay is $16.10 and hour, plus at my center you will get some over time almost everyday. You are not guaranteed 8 hours like full time drivers, and your trip can be cut last minute, and you get sent home without work or pay for the day. I did it for 3 years, the first two just over the winter. It is a good opportunity to get a feel for driving, and see if it is something you want to do. I also give you a chance to show the driving center how you would do. Because I did well, they also made me a Saturday air driver, and I am now a full time driver. Full time drivers are hired by seniority, but their is something in the contract about "knowledge" also being a factor. Getting the knowledge and impressing management, can give you a leg up towards becoming full time. Just remember, never compromise safety, or break traffic laws, in order to make time and try to impress anyone - it is a good way to lose any opportunity to drive! Good luck!
Anyone know how long the Seasonal Driver position is? It's almost May and they're hiring. What can I expect for pay? Thanks!
Anyone know how long the Seasonal Driver position is? It's almost May and they're hiring. What can I expect for pay? Thanks!
"Full time drivers are hired by seniority, but their is something in the contract about "knowledge" also being a factor"
I've been a Seasonal & am also a Vacation Cover driver for 2 yrs. now. There are 3 bids for perm full time up and am worried cause other part timers some are air drivers and some are inside might win them due to seniority. I feel like I've earned my keep and Managers very happy with my performance and want me perminent, while the other never dared try to do Seasonal or Cover work. They've always past those bids up and have no clue what they are getting into. The 2 air drivers have never been jumped around onto different routes and have always had the same tight little Air routes their whole career. They throw a fit if route gets changed and somehow get away without their routes ever being altered. I LoL cause we all know bottom Senior will get tossed all over every route and split so I know they aern't ready for this.
Could you point out were in the contract this is mentioned??????????????
If there is then I would use it to get pushed in.
One guy has same seniority date as me but his application day for UPS was a few days before mine so he will beat me by his application to ups. They would lay me off before him based on his app date. Other 2 got me by a year. I've gone throw alot doing seasonal summers and peak seasonal driven, even had my own driver helper last peak. LoL. IT really burns me up that they can outbid me without ever going threw these experiences.
I feel personaly that you should have to work Seasonal/ Cover before you qualify for bid on a Perm. Full time driver position. My reasoning is simple. If you want to be fulltime driver then why not stick your neck out there and test the waters as a Seasonal/ Cover Driver to prove yourself and also to get the experience and learn about what your getting yourself into. I've done that and want Perm. Fulltime with a passion, so if their is some leverage in contract show me cause I don't see it in their.
I'm probably gonna be stuck Seasonal and Cover vaca. stuck with low $16.10 hrly again ,"$6.75 less then my air rate" while these Green horns get Perm full time and a real pay progression.
I gain hours work but lose$6.75 hrly and have a higher liability then air driver work, while these others get the golden ticket just burns me up.
I think he is a part-time air driver slash part-time vacation coverage driver.I'm confused you say your a seasonal cover driver and then talk like your a air driver. If your and Air driver you must be a FT or PT employee and thus should be able to bid to a FT driver position.
However if your a seasonal employee you have no bid rights. If they want to get hired FT you need to let the HR person know that you would like to become a driver when there is a opportunity.
I'm confused you say your a seasonal cover driver and then talk like your a air driver. If your and Air driver you must be a FT or PT employee and thus should be able to bid to a FT driver position.
However if your a seasonal employee you have no bid rights. If they want to get hired FT you need to let the HR person know that you would like to become a driver when there is a opportunity.
I don't think there is any contract language about knowledge. It use to be before 22.3 jobs (which seem to fill the open full-time driver positions now) that you had to drive in the summer as a seasonal. So you had to give up your part-time vacations when you did this. If you didn't sign up to drive in the summer, come after labor day if the company was gonna keep seasonal drivers, which when I did this they almost always did, they would post the bid sheets for part-time employees. On the bid sheet it would say, "Must be pkg driver qualified". Which those of us who drove in the summer became, as long as we got our 30 days in 90. So we were the only ones eligible to bid. You pretty much knew as a part-timer if you wanted a driver job, you better sign up for vacation coverage. The only way to get qualified was summer coverage.
Boy, you've been hoping to be an employee for years, haven't you? Wow.So if they hire for the summer coverage that starts in May, 'C'mon Michigan recruiters, Call me dangit!' Sheesh! LOL!! I want a shot!
Boy, you've been hoping to be an employee for years, haven't you? Wow.
One suggestion you will thank me for. If you can hired into local 705/710, jump on it!!!!!!!LOL!! Yea but really starting to not like the current job so now back in the hunt for one...