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<blockquote data-quote="quadro" data-source="post: 739616" data-attributes="member: 12850"><p>In the example you give, I'm pretty sure you are not held to any commitment so you won't necessarily be stuck at the other station. I do agree with you that it absolutely sucks if you are gone long enough that you loose your route and/or position. I'm not justifying it but I do what to throw out another angle on this. There are always people who are sick or injured. Of those people, most are not out for 90 days so the % or even the actual number of people that do go over 90 days is very small. That's no consolation for those that do and again, I'm not justifying the 90 day thing just throwing out some other perspectives. I've seen a few people go over the 90 days and they not only kept their job but also their route. This happened because at 90 days, if a replacement position had been posted it could take anywhere from 45 to 90 days to get that replacement on-board. The person that was out was expected back within that 2nd 90 day window so the station just waited for them to come back. Certainly doesn't happen all the time but it does happen.</p><p></p><p>The other thing is that given the number of people who fall into this long-term absence category is relatively small, there are generally a larger number of employees who are looking to upgrade from part-time to full-time, or looking to transfer from one station to another, etc. Opening up the route and/or the position provides an opportunity for someone else to get what they want. Obviously it may be at the expense of the person that is out but the person who gets the upgrade or the opportunity to transfer, looks at it as a positive thing. As it is simply impossible to provide everything to all people there has to be some sort of balance. If you protect the injured person's job and route for say 2 years, it kind of sucks if you are out 2 years and 2 weeks. If you protect it for 18 months, it kind of sucks if you are out for 19 months. No matter what you do, unless you protect for life which isn't going to happen, you always run the risk of displacing someone. Is 90 days too short? Very possibly. Perhaps 180 days or 1 year would be more reasonable but again, whatever it is someone is always going to miss that date.</p><p></p><p>So does FedEx care because they are providing an opportunity for someone else or do they not care because they are displacing someone? I guess it depends on your perspective and which one of the two people you are. And talking of providing opportunity, if I'm not mistaken it is nowhere near as easy to transfer with UPS as it is with FedEx because of the unions. If you are not looking to transfer you probably don't care but if you are, then you can raise the same question and ask how much UPS and the unions care about you if they won't let you transfer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="quadro, post: 739616, member: 12850"] In the example you give, I'm pretty sure you are not held to any commitment so you won't necessarily be stuck at the other station. I do agree with you that it absolutely sucks if you are gone long enough that you loose your route and/or position. I'm not justifying it but I do what to throw out another angle on this. There are always people who are sick or injured. Of those people, most are not out for 90 days so the % or even the actual number of people that do go over 90 days is very small. That's no consolation for those that do and again, I'm not justifying the 90 day thing just throwing out some other perspectives. I've seen a few people go over the 90 days and they not only kept their job but also their route. This happened because at 90 days, if a replacement position had been posted it could take anywhere from 45 to 90 days to get that replacement on-board. The person that was out was expected back within that 2nd 90 day window so the station just waited for them to come back. Certainly doesn't happen all the time but it does happen. The other thing is that given the number of people who fall into this long-term absence category is relatively small, there are generally a larger number of employees who are looking to upgrade from part-time to full-time, or looking to transfer from one station to another, etc. Opening up the route and/or the position provides an opportunity for someone else to get what they want. Obviously it may be at the expense of the person that is out but the person who gets the upgrade or the opportunity to transfer, looks at it as a positive thing. As it is simply impossible to provide everything to all people there has to be some sort of balance. If you protect the injured person's job and route for say 2 years, it kind of sucks if you are out 2 years and 2 weeks. If you protect it for 18 months, it kind of sucks if you are out for 19 months. No matter what you do, unless you protect for life which isn't going to happen, you always run the risk of displacing someone. Is 90 days too short? Very possibly. Perhaps 180 days or 1 year would be more reasonable but again, whatever it is someone is always going to miss that date. So does FedEx care because they are providing an opportunity for someone else or do they not care because they are displacing someone? I guess it depends on your perspective and which one of the two people you are. And talking of providing opportunity, if I'm not mistaken it is nowhere near as easy to transfer with UPS as it is with FedEx because of the unions. If you are not looking to transfer you probably don't care but if you are, then you can raise the same question and ask how much UPS and the unions care about you if they won't let you transfer. [/QUOTE]
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