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<blockquote data-quote="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)" data-source="post: 882434" data-attributes="member: 12570"><p>You don't specify which part of NY you are from so the answers I am going to give will be based upon my experiences in upstate NY. You are a casual/cover driver without a bid route--this means you have to call in each morning unless you are notified the day before that you will be working. You have to work 36 days in a quarter to get benefits for the <strong>following</strong> quarter. There is a very good possiblity that you will be laid off in October as you are the low man on the totem pole. Since you are not a FT seniority driver you do not have the 8 hour guarantee nor do you have the right to bump in to the metro/preload to get your hours. The best way for you to work as much as possible is to get trained on as many routes as possible. You can also offer to go blind on a route. Most of the drivers will have already taken their vacations and used up most if not all of their personal and sick days by now, which is to your disadvantage. If you are laid off it will be on a day to day basis.</p><p></p><p>There is one thing that you can do, although your center team may discourage this--show up each and every day ready to work, whether you are scheduled to work or not. Chances are if one of the old-timers sees you they will take the day so that you can work. I did this when I was a casual and it worked most of the time. As I said, your mgt team may not let you do this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UpstateNYUPSer(Ret), post: 882434, member: 12570"] You don't specify which part of NY you are from so the answers I am going to give will be based upon my experiences in upstate NY. You are a casual/cover driver without a bid route--this means you have to call in each morning unless you are notified the day before that you will be working. You have to work 36 days in a quarter to get benefits for the [B]following[/B] quarter. There is a very good possiblity that you will be laid off in October as you are the low man on the totem pole. Since you are not a FT seniority driver you do not have the 8 hour guarantee nor do you have the right to bump in to the metro/preload to get your hours. The best way for you to work as much as possible is to get trained on as many routes as possible. You can also offer to go blind on a route. Most of the drivers will have already taken their vacations and used up most if not all of their personal and sick days by now, which is to your disadvantage. If you are laid off it will be on a day to day basis. There is one thing that you can do, although your center team may discourage this--show up each and every day ready to work, whether you are scheduled to work or not. Chances are if one of the old-timers sees you they will take the day so that you can work. I did this when I was a casual and it worked most of the time. As I said, your mgt team may not let you do this. [/QUOTE]
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