terrible vacation picks

sweatyguy

Member
Still picking vacations in my center :) tempted to pick weeks that have already occurred this year...then grieve for double time for all hours worked. Kind of a joke around here.
 

Covemastah

Hoopah drives the boat Chief !!
No one NEEDS 6+ weeks of summer vacation. I don't realize what the big deal is about picking 2-3 weeks then going thru the whole list.


I had to wait and so should you is the dumbest reason ever. Like when my dad used to tell me no and I would ask why and he would say just because you need to be told no sometimes.
I see where you are coming from, but tend to disagree!!! lets say a guy has 30 years here killing himself every day,,,has a summer home on a lake,but never got to spend time up there with his kids when they were little !! Now we are gonnah tell him he cant take 5 weeks up there with his grandchildren??? Said driver paid his dues and deserves the time off which ever season it may be!!!
 
That is what I thought. I can't see them letting you take weeks off that you picked while in a different job classification, but you sound like you have some experience on the subject.

Sorry. That was an incomplete posting off my phone. It should have read tha if he was not allowed to take his pt weeks as picked when he moves up then he should file a grievance based on past practice within local 705.
 

happybob

Feeders
Ha Ha Ha, you are kidding right. The union you belong to set up the "brothers and sisters" narrative. So what you are saying is that as brothers and sisters we owe nothing to the others in our group. I can see I have touched a nerve, by citing socialism you are saying that you earned or worked for something that was taken from you and given to someone else. I would argue that simply being present at a job for a number of years does not qualify as such. But I digress, having 5-7 weeks a year should be enough in my opinion, not being able to take all of it at prime time does not equate it to socialism.
This is all so funny. The young employee is pissed that he can't get a summer vacation. This old employee has already gone through the things the young employee is pissed at. So, hey old guy, I don't think it's fair that I have to go through the same thing you did and I want you to agree to change it. So what if it's not fair that you had to endure it, I want it my way and I want it now. Get in line sunny and wait your turn!
 

UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)

Well-Known Member
I used to take the week before Memorial Day and Labor Day for the 10 day, but now the older drivers have figured it out and they are all taken by the time it's my pick.. oh well. I'll get them back eventually.

I take the week of, as well as the week of Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July, for the extra day(s) pay.
 
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jibbs

Guest
Does everybody get to pick their vacation weeks, or only employees that were with the company for one year after their seniority date at the time everybody chooses? Just curious, because I don't think I'll be able to pick anything until I've got 365 days under my belt....
 
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