Glad to hear it! My situation is exactly the same as yours. I prayed the night before, put it in God’s hands and then the very next day I saw that the Riverside CA hub had openings and nabbed one of the interviews. I also have two consecutive Peaks with the highest rehire rating under my belt, great reviews from all of my Drivers (one of which met with my manager personally to praise my work ethic and who is now also a lifelong friend), and last but not least my Manager of the same going to bat for me with H/R (the same guy who hired me in two years ago for my first Peak) to make sure that I get first chops at the job.
There’s no way they’re not going to hire me with that! I just wish it had been the Romoland center, I’m already a part of the Brown family over there but hey, I could get lucky and transfer after I’m in past probationary period (that other center is less than a mile from my house).
The most important thing you can do RIGHT NOW is to study the zip codes that your center covers – you are going to be expected to know each one by heart eventually, because you will have about 2 SECONDS to decide what to do with that package, and if it goes in the wrong place – you WILL get reprimanded and warned, and fired if it keeps happening. So really, really study your zip codes. And if you’re a little out of training physically, start building your stamina up before you get in there – it’ll halve the fatigue and recovery when you DO start working, and give you an edge over the other newbies that didn’t prepare their bodies beforehand and who burn out quicker.
As for the actual on the job stuff, after you get hired, is to keep your nose to the grindstone. Work as hard as you possibly can during probation (SAFELY) – then back that off just a tad, or step it up (whatever you can do SAFELY) after that's over with, and never, ever show up late (without a damn good excuse – and you better have proof of whatever you say to cover your butt) and kiss everybody’s behinds (but not too much). It’s a delicate balance of working hard, making your managers happy and look good to THEIR managers, and having some fun.
Really, don’t take the job TOO seriously, but don’t slack off either. Find a good pace you can maintain for 4-8 hours straight, and stick with it. If management comes down on you at any point, just let it roll off of your back and keep on working (try to do whatever they tell you to do IF you can do it SAFELY) – they come down on EVERYBODY, regardless of if you are doing a good job or not (they even do it to senior drivers with 30 years under their belts, I’ve seen it and it’s not pretty). It’s just how it is (and when it happens it is because THEIR managers are coming down on YOUR managers, so they feel they've got to yell and scream and give others a hard time to make it look like they're doing a good job themselves, even if it is totally unwarranted) that brown building is a shark tank and everybody gets a bite taken out from time to time, and you have to grin and bare it, grow a thick skin and keep moving.
Good luck with the new job, and God bless!!!
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