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<blockquote data-quote="104Feeder" data-source="post: 1258134" data-attributes="member: 42554"><p>1. usually 8-14 hours plus your commute time. If you plan on 12 total you are rarely disappointed. </p><p></p><p>2. Sometimes, but we have more day runs than ever. A new Feeder Driver should plan on nights for at least 5-10 years in my area unless you like to stay on Dispatch. Extended centers are almost all nights. </p><p></p><p>3. For many it has improved. Typically I hear guys get home as the wife & kids are getting up so they get to enjoy breakfast with them then sleep til they start getting home. The stress level is less so you have more quality time. Some people need more sleep than others, but if you only need 6-8 hours or so you can have a lot of quality time. </p><p></p><p>4. A typical day is either a local run or an out-of-town run. Local is something like this: PHOAZ-TEMAZ-PHOAZ-MESAZ-SFRRR-PHOAZ which means you go from Phoenix to Tempe, back to Phoenix, then to Mesa, then to the Rail Road, then back to Phoenix. Meal would probably be taken on the MESAZ turn but there is a lot of discretion there. </p><p>Out-of-Town is something like PHOAZ-CSMCA-PHOAZ which is starting in Phoenix, driving to Chiracao Summit CA (about 5 hours total), switching loads with your meet driver, then turning around and driving back. Meal typically taken in either direction. Sometimes they might add an Amazon, rail, or local turn to those runs and if you have a LNG tractor you have a stop for fuel on the way back. </p><p>Here, we have lots of hybrid shifting runs where you shift for 8 hours then work local or a few go out of town for about a 4 hour turnaround. Those have the most variety of start times. </p><p></p><p>5. Yes, but you would want to wait until you had a bid run (we re-bid every year) and be aware of the bumping process should runs be changed. Some people high on the dispatch board (think cover driver) are able to maintain a start time within a few hours doing a variety of work. I encourage everyone to finish their schooling while they are part time before going full time at UPS. </p><p></p><p>6. It depends. The lowest get called in on a daily basis out of Package which can mean a lot of Chiracao Summit day runs and shifting. They generally want to keep them on days so they don't have to "buy" the driver for another day. The lowest on the actual weekly dispatch (bid run or dispatch board) are usually doing the shifting work. </p><p></p><p>6a. I'm not sure what they are doing now but generally they are offered the day off and before if someone insisted they would come in and work in the hub (breaking jams, working the return slide, not actually bumping a loader) or stack pallets and sweep trailers. They have been smarter lately about scheduling the overflows so people reset for Package. </p><p></p><p>7. Typically you will get 50+ a week. If you want extra work it's usually available, if you continue to refuse they will stop asking. </p><p></p><p>In my area it would be impossible for an 11 year p/t management person to make it into Feeders until he/she went full time package driving for about 16 years (none of the management time counts). Someone with 11 years part time non-management would need at least 1 year safe driving in Package before they could even be eligible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="104Feeder, post: 1258134, member: 42554"] 1. usually 8-14 hours plus your commute time. If you plan on 12 total you are rarely disappointed. 2. Sometimes, but we have more day runs than ever. A new Feeder Driver should plan on nights for at least 5-10 years in my area unless you like to stay on Dispatch. Extended centers are almost all nights. 3. For many it has improved. Typically I hear guys get home as the wife & kids are getting up so they get to enjoy breakfast with them then sleep til they start getting home. The stress level is less so you have more quality time. Some people need more sleep than others, but if you only need 6-8 hours or so you can have a lot of quality time. 4. A typical day is either a local run or an out-of-town run. Local is something like this: PHOAZ-TEMAZ-PHOAZ-MESAZ-SFRRR-PHOAZ which means you go from Phoenix to Tempe, back to Phoenix, then to Mesa, then to the Rail Road, then back to Phoenix. Meal would probably be taken on the MESAZ turn but there is a lot of discretion there. Out-of-Town is something like PHOAZ-CSMCA-PHOAZ which is starting in Phoenix, driving to Chiracao Summit CA (about 5 hours total), switching loads with your meet driver, then turning around and driving back. Meal typically taken in either direction. Sometimes they might add an Amazon, rail, or local turn to those runs and if you have a LNG tractor you have a stop for fuel on the way back. Here, we have lots of hybrid shifting runs where you shift for 8 hours then work local or a few go out of town for about a 4 hour turnaround. Those have the most variety of start times. 5. Yes, but you would want to wait until you had a bid run (we re-bid every year) and be aware of the bumping process should runs be changed. Some people high on the dispatch board (think cover driver) are able to maintain a start time within a few hours doing a variety of work. I encourage everyone to finish their schooling while they are part time before going full time at UPS. 6. It depends. The lowest get called in on a daily basis out of Package which can mean a lot of Chiracao Summit day runs and shifting. They generally want to keep them on days so they don't have to "buy" the driver for another day. The lowest on the actual weekly dispatch (bid run or dispatch board) are usually doing the shifting work. 6a. I'm not sure what they are doing now but generally they are offered the day off and before if someone insisted they would come in and work in the hub (breaking jams, working the return slide, not actually bumping a loader) or stack pallets and sweep trailers. They have been smarter lately about scheduling the overflows so people reset for Package. 7. Typically you will get 50+ a week. If you want extra work it's usually available, if you continue to refuse they will stop asking. In my area it would be impossible for an 11 year p/t management person to make it into Feeders until he/she went full time package driving for about 16 years (none of the management time counts). Someone with 11 years part time non-management would need at least 1 year safe driving in Package before they could even be eligible. [/QUOTE]
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