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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 1109534" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Talking about the DRA, this is what I believe is another important feature for them. They are always talking about a "no layoff philosophy" and I believe they don't want layoffs for two reasons. One is they'll be responsible for alot of unemployment checks, and two it's better to have already trained couriers with experience if possible. But what I do see coming, IMO, is a large reduction in volume and the end of our 35 hr guaranty. I think they'll still want to classify us as fulltimers, as much as possible, because it gives them greater flexibility for Peak, Mother's Day, sick calls, etc. But they can say the Dept of Labor classifies fulltime employment as 30 hrs or more, but due to changing market conditions they can no longer guarantee 35 hrs. And this is where the DRA comes in handy. Most likely they'll see thousands of fulltimers quit, and getting service levels up to an acceptable level quickly will be important. Not to mention I've seen part-time newhires in an easy area with a good map take almost 6 hrs to deliver 25 stops. And probably a factor in not offering buyouts, thinking the employees will take care of it for them, and then they hire just enough part-timers, or "fulltimers", to "right size" the Express workforce. Of course it depends on getting DRA working right, and hopefully that will buy us enough time. But plenty of time seems to be one thing we're definitely short on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 1109534, member: 24302"] Talking about the DRA, this is what I believe is another important feature for them. They are always talking about a "no layoff philosophy" and I believe they don't want layoffs for two reasons. One is they'll be responsible for alot of unemployment checks, and two it's better to have already trained couriers with experience if possible. But what I do see coming, IMO, is a large reduction in volume and the end of our 35 hr guaranty. I think they'll still want to classify us as fulltimers, as much as possible, because it gives them greater flexibility for Peak, Mother's Day, sick calls, etc. But they can say the Dept of Labor classifies fulltime employment as 30 hrs or more, but due to changing market conditions they can no longer guarantee 35 hrs. And this is where the DRA comes in handy. Most likely they'll see thousands of fulltimers quit, and getting service levels up to an acceptable level quickly will be important. Not to mention I've seen part-time newhires in an easy area with a good map take almost 6 hrs to deliver 25 stops. And probably a factor in not offering buyouts, thinking the employees will take care of it for them, and then they hire just enough part-timers, or "fulltimers", to "right size" the Express workforce. Of course it depends on getting DRA working right, and hopefully that will buy us enough time. But plenty of time seems to be one thing we're definitely short on. [/QUOTE]
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