Ask a Feeder Driver, Feeder Driver FAQ

[Indecisi0n]

This is how it is in the Central also.



In the Central, you do not keep your feeder pay. You are paid the prevailing rate of pay for the job you bumped into.

I'd rather just stay home . I don't work for chump change.

 

[Johney]

You are working in a different classification but you are not changed to that classification . I know a lot of guys who have bumped into the building during slow layoffs and they all get paid feeder pay.

But how long are they inside? We get feeder pay also, but not if we stay in that department. The few that have gone back usually bump back to package to stay away from the double shift nightmare, some if it is only a short layoff just work one shift inside and then take off the rest of the week.

 

[Johney]

I don't work for chump change.

$20 is $20.

 

[Indecisi0n]

$20 is $20.

I got a 20 spot here for you....

 

[the5280]

Hello all....
Didn’t know where to post, but was offered a full time feeder job, making the switch from the purple people eaters. Reading some of the post sounds like I might be making a mistake if I will be getting laid off all the time??? Any input would be appreciated

 

[ManInBrown]

I had a question. If you’re hired on as a full time feeder driver but have to go back to package car because there isn’t enough work which pay do you receive?

Be careful. They might put a hitch on your package car and ask you to pull pups

 

[Johney]

Hello all....
Didn’t know where to post, but was offered a full time feeder job, making the switch from the purple people eaters. Reading some of the post sounds like I might be making a mistake if I will be getting laid off all the time??? Any input would be appreciated

What type of input are you looking for? Can you get laid off? Absolutely. Depends a lot on where you are working.

 

[Dracula]

I'd rather just stay home . I don't work for chump change.

They would not be pleased if I ever got bumped back to package prison.

 

[the5280]

What type of input are you looking for? Can you get laid off? Absolutely. Depends a lot on where you are working.

Denver, CO. I would say the main input was about the lay off. Hopefully it’s a good decision in the long haul making the move. Has to be better than freight and food service. Did few years at co money was the only reason I stayed so long

 

[Rick Ross]

$20 is $20.

 

[Johney]

Denver, CO. I would say the main input was about the lay off. Hopefully it’s a good decision in the long haul making the move. Has to be better than freight and food service. Did few years at co money was the only reason I stayed so long

It will pay off if you don't mind eating crap for a few years. Then again I know nothing about Denver so things out there may be completely different.

 

[Driver7906]

Feeder pay here is .49 more per hour than package car and an additional .75 for pulling triples.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

View attachment 244901

That's @Wilson1397 !

 

[Johney]

That's @Wilson1397 !

Which one?

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Which one?

Definitely the one on the right

That looks like @Future on the left.

 

[the5280]

Feeder pay here is .49 more per hour than package car and an additional .75 for pulling triples.

Feeder pay here is .49 more per hour than package car and an additional .75 for pulling triples.

Is that here in Denver?

 

[Driver7906]

Is that here in Denver?

I’d rather not disclose my location. But the information I gave is accurate.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

They would not be pleased if I ever got bumped back to package prison.

I got sent back to package the first year I was in feeders. I asked the center manager to give me my old route. He told me he had given it to a runner-gunner. He told me I was now a cover driver. I told him that I had never been a cover driver, and had no desire to be a cover driver, and that I thought he was making a mistake. First day I ran about 10 stops and started calling for help. I was back on my old route on day 2. On top of all that, I was told that I was a "bad influence" on the younger guys. I think the center manager called feeders and begged them to take me back ASAP. lol.

 

[brostalss]

485 mile run today. 12 hours. Brutal run. If there is a hint of bad weather or an accident, I wouldn't have made it.

 

[Indecisi0n]

I got sent back to package the first year I was in feeders. I asked the center manager to give me my old route. He told me he had given it to a runner-gunner. He told me I was now a cover driver. I told him that I had never been a cover driver, and had no desire to be a cover driver, and that I thought he was making a mistake. First day I ran about 10 stops and started calling for help. I was back on my old route on day 2. On top of all that, I was told that I was a "bad influence" on the younger guys. I think the center manager called feeders and begged them to take me back ASAP. lol.

When they would send me out blind they regretted Everytime. It didn't take long for me to train them . I pushed a broom a lot as a package guy.