How long did it take you to make Driver?

shadowsolution · 12-14-2007, 10:11 PM

Im just curious to all you Drivers out there how long it took you to make Driver from working part time.
at our facility its usually 2-4 years before you get to driver, i was curious what its like at other facility's

upsgrunt · 12-14-2007, 10:12 PM

2 1/2 years in 1986

longlunchguy · 12-15-2007, 02:13 AM

I was a preloader for4 yrs,. before I went driving. I work in a small center, during the year we have about 35 cars on the road. I think the wait varies, depending on where you are. Our buiding is so small that the only full time positions, besides mgmt, is to be a driver.

dino · 12-15-2007, 02:51 AM

13 years

wornoutupser · 12-15-2007, 05:03 AM

13 months

scratch · 12-15-2007, 05:39 AM

Eight years more than two decades ago. Now we have some at my current Hub that get on in a few weeks.

Jlemansk · 12-15-2007, 06:01 AM

Worked Christmas of 1988 as a temp and was hired fulltime in August of 1989. Was a huge gamble for me, because I was a home owner and wanted a career change. I was making good money as a manager at a locat grocery chain. However, after 9 years I was unhappy with my career.

Harley Rider · 12-15-2007, 06:36 AM

Three months to get my seniority. I was hired off the street and went straight into driving. Not sure how it works now but back then you had to work 30 days within the first 90 days. After that you were full time. It did take me awhile to get on however......... about three years. My next door neighbor was the C/M's uncle. I badgered him every time I saw him and made numerous trips to the center before they finally hired me.

Brown Dog · 12-15-2007, 06:48 AM

worked 7 yrs on preload, small center, about 38 rts then, 30 now, more pkgs now

Jack4343 · 12-15-2007, 06:51 AM

I'm still waiting to be a full-time driver. I am a cover driver with 6 1/2 years senority. I started Saturday air driving after 1 1/2 years and became a cover driver at 2 1/2 years. This is my 4th peak as a cover. The wait for full-time driver in our building is over 9 years. We have over 300 routes during the regular season and over 400 during peak. We have hundreds of in-building and combo full-time jobs in our hub. I think that after the new contract and reformed pension plan go into effect, we'll see over 30 feeder drivers retire as well as many drivers. They are just waiting for the pension and they are out. That'll move me up the ladder but I'm not sure if I'll get to full-time status next year. I'm hoping with my fingers and toes crossed.

BrownPR215 · 12-15-2007, 06:57 AM

It took me almost two years. I was a part time air driver before I went full time. Now I'm #67 in my center, but here in Philly there are 4 centers that cover the city so thats close to 300 drivers all together.

ikoi62 · 12-15-2007, 08:08 AM

30 days in 1986

Pkgrunner · 12-15-2007, 08:25 AM

13 months in '88 and at the time it was a one way deal, if one couldn't make it as a driver there was no going back to pt.

Harley Rider · 12-15-2007, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by cachsux

3 1/2 years in 1989. It was supposed to be closer to 5 but I slept with my manager.

He was surprisingly gentle.

Now thats funny!

Box_Junkie · 12-15-2007, 10:50 AM

took me 4.5 years on the preload, signed up as a summer vacation cover driver, then signed the perm. bid in Sept. that year.

cino321 · 12-15-2007, 11:06 AM

Almost 2 1/2 years on the preload. Good Times.

govols019 · 12-15-2007, 12:33 PM

8 1/2 years.

Fnix · 12-15-2007, 12:39 PM

I guesstimate it will take me 4 years only because I started so young. But it helps cause I'll have seniority and be able to drive right off the bat.

Dump and Run · 12-15-2007, 02:44 PM

5 years. I worked on the Twillight sort and drove Saturday air.

jason67rs · 12-15-2007, 03:00 PM

Four years on preload, than reg. temp. for another four before full time.

bad company · 12-15-2007, 03:02 PM

1 peak season as a driver helper, 2 years as a part-time sup - transferred to another center to drive

Cementups · 12-15-2007, 10:15 PM

Mine was 2.5 years but only because I had to wait till I was 21. I could have gone out alot sooner if I was old enough. It bothers me a little that there are guys higher up in seniority than me as drivers even though I have been here 2 years longer than them in total seniority, only because of my age. At 32, I am number 41 +/- in my center, but if I hadn't had to wait I would be probably around 30 +/-. Sucks.

cino321 · 12-15-2007, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Cementups

Mine was 2.5 years but only because I had to wait till I was 21. I could have gone out alot sooner if I was old enough. It bothers me a little that there are guys higher up in seniority than me as drivers even though I have been here 2 years longer than them in total seniority, only because of my age. At 32, I am number 41 +/- in my center, but if I hadn't had to wait I would be probably around 30 +/-. Sucks.

I had to wait till I was 21 too, but I kept my seniority. That's weird.

dirty moose · 12-16-2007, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by cino321

I had to wait till I was 21 too, but I kept my seniority. That's weird.

i also had to wait till i was 21 and kept my seniority.

started when i was 19 on the twilight shift was there for 2 and a half years then when full time.

1st 2 weeks as a driver i was sent back into the hub (how depressing).
then i worked 2 weeks, and they sent me back in the hub for a week( which was just a week off as i never went in.
smooth sailing after that. i think it took me maybe 40 days to work 30 days.