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<blockquote data-quote="fedx" data-source="post: 4843399" data-attributes="member: 64891"><p>There are mixes of trucks at Express and I assume Freight. Mostly automatics, but a few manuals. Actually it's to your advantage to not know how to drive a stick. I did know how to drive a stick and it messed me up when I was learning to drive a semi. You have to double clutch the transmission in a truck, but not in a car. I was so used to not double clutching in cars that it messed me up shifting the semi. Also, you just tap the clutch in a semi, but you put it all the way to the floor in a car-that also messed me up learning to drive a semi. Now when you get really good at shifting, you'll be able to float the gears in a semi. That's shifting without using the clutch at all and just relying on the rpms of the motor. Yes, you top out in 3 yrs at Freight, but you won't get 3 weeks vacation there until you're at 7 yrs vs 5yrs at Express. I did hear once that if you quit Express on say a Friday and then start your new job with Freight also on that same Friday, you will keep your seniority. I'd check with HR to make sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fedx, post: 4843399, member: 64891"] There are mixes of trucks at Express and I assume Freight. Mostly automatics, but a few manuals. Actually it's to your advantage to not know how to drive a stick. I did know how to drive a stick and it messed me up when I was learning to drive a semi. You have to double clutch the transmission in a truck, but not in a car. I was so used to not double clutching in cars that it messed me up shifting the semi. Also, you just tap the clutch in a semi, but you put it all the way to the floor in a car-that also messed me up learning to drive a semi. Now when you get really good at shifting, you'll be able to float the gears in a semi. That's shifting without using the clutch at all and just relying on the rpms of the motor. Yes, you top out in 3 yrs at Freight, but you won't get 3 weeks vacation there until you're at 7 yrs vs 5yrs at Express. I did hear once that if you quit Express on say a Friday and then start your new job with Freight also on that same Friday, you will keep your seniority. I'd check with HR to make sure. [/QUOTE]
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