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A small nugget of what is sure to be many changes in the coming weeks
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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 980046" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>The 35 hour guarantee in Express DOESN'T mean that FT-ers are guaranteed to actually work 35 hours, it means that they will be paid for 35 hours should their actual hours worked falls below 35 hours AND they don't clock in late or use any sick time during the week in question. </p><p></p><p>From all indications, there isn't going to be any adjustments to "guarantee" pay. There will be buyouts, early retirements of high progression employees (to enable lower paid Couriers to be brought in), and a gradual shifting of the proportion of Couriers that are FT to PT, towards the PT side (greatly).</p><p></p><p>The whole point of the question I asked (in regards to need for route training and familiarization needed with technology utilization) was to illustrate that someone could be pulled off the street and work as a package jockey within a months time. In addition, all they they need to be able to do to work sorts is to be able to recognize route numbers then stop ordering numbering on a little yellow tag. </p><p></p><p>I know when I worked AM operations, trying to be effective on pulling freight off the belt depended VERY heavily on knowing the areas around one's own route, to enable freight to be pulled and placed into the correct truck. Most operations have one experienced Courier pulling freight for two, sometimes three routes - they obviously needed to know the areas those routes ran, and be able to make a determination by just looking at the address (pre-ROADS days) as to which truck the freight goes into. </p><p></p><p>Well, ROADS eliminated the need for that knowledge. Couriers still need to know how to place their truck into stop order, but with delivery manifesting coming, that need will disappear too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 980046, member: 22880"] The 35 hour guarantee in Express DOESN'T mean that FT-ers are guaranteed to actually work 35 hours, it means that they will be paid for 35 hours should their actual hours worked falls below 35 hours AND they don't clock in late or use any sick time during the week in question. From all indications, there isn't going to be any adjustments to "guarantee" pay. There will be buyouts, early retirements of high progression employees (to enable lower paid Couriers to be brought in), and a gradual shifting of the proportion of Couriers that are FT to PT, towards the PT side (greatly). The whole point of the question I asked (in regards to need for route training and familiarization needed with technology utilization) was to illustrate that someone could be pulled off the street and work as a package jockey within a months time. In addition, all they they need to be able to do to work sorts is to be able to recognize route numbers then stop ordering numbering on a little yellow tag. I know when I worked AM operations, trying to be effective on pulling freight off the belt depended VERY heavily on knowing the areas around one's own route, to enable freight to be pulled and placed into the correct truck. Most operations have one experienced Courier pulling freight for two, sometimes three routes - they obviously needed to know the areas those routes ran, and be able to make a determination by just looking at the address (pre-ROADS days) as to which truck the freight goes into. Well, ROADS eliminated the need for that knowledge. Couriers still need to know how to place their truck into stop order, but with delivery manifesting coming, that need will disappear too. [/QUOTE]
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