retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
UPS started in Texas in 1971. they hired a few drivers off the street the first day they could. There are at least 2 of them still working in my old department.
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Thebrownblob
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Covemastah
Hoopah drives the boat Chief !!
It's part of the game , it happened to me in 2001 , I made it back in 04 for good
If you want to select work ahead of a guy with 20 years, stick around for 21.
retiredTxfeeder
cap'n crunch
I went back the first 2 years I was in feeders. 10 months the first time, 2 months the second. Never went back. Package center manager didn't want me back at all. Said I was a "bad influence" to the newer package drivers. Plus, he wanted to turn me into a coverage driver and give up my old route of 7 years. That lasted one day. lol.
Cowboy Mac
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I swapped with a 77 year old feeder driver from El Paso a few months ago. The guy was still getting around.
Covemastah
Hoopah drives the boat Chief !!
Lol. Same here ,, I went back on a rte I did for about 14 yrs .. well they added more work to it , said they other guy could do it !!
Well after a few days , I was getting his driver follow ups (tracers ) , had to go retrieve Un collected COD money and was told by several customers he would call them to see if they needed a pick up , I told the manager you can put on me all you want , I can't do it , I do the job correctly , they backed off ! The other driver ,,, was fired year later , stealing COD pkgs
Johney
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Why? Dear God retire already and enjoy what little life you have left. Absolutely amazes me.
Covemastah
Hoopah drives the boat Chief !!
I knew a guy who retired last yr ,, about 85 , shifted in yard , started in 1964 , 2 months after I was born !
Johney
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Institutionalized.
I have NOT been lurking
Degenerate Member
Did he die
I have NOT been lurking
Degenerate Member
Usually people die shortly after retirement
Johney
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Uh……..not yet
oldngray
nowhere special
ManInBrown
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Amazing the different feeder rules by local. Here you transfer to feeder and you’re in. No going back to package. No on call bs. Guaranteed 40 with set weekly schedule. I first read about feeder here when I had my transfer in but wasn’t called yet so I thought what I read here would be how it was. Saw a feeder driver I knew one night walking out and asked him about going back to package once I’m in feeders and on call. Looked at me like I was crazy. You never go back to package. On call what the hell is that. 177 strongest local in the country.
Johney
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I spent my first year in feeders bouncing from package for two weeks then back to feeders for 3 weeks then back to package. It was brutal. I was lucky my package center manager was understanding and the weeks I was feeder then set to come back to package he’d give me a standing Monday off usually cause I worked Friday night in feeders.
Seniority follows us here. My time from package and even inside still counts towards my feeder seniority.
Has anyone had any luck working with the company in terms of sticking to the limitations of a doctors note? Had another appointment yesterday and after another set of scans my doctor wanted to take me out of work entirely while waiting on surgery to avoid further deterioration. I was able to convince him to write me a note saying I was limited to sitting for no more than an hour at a time instead. Haven’t handed it in yet because I don’t want the company to just take me out of work entirely. I’ve been told there is no such thing as light duty work at UPS.
I work in a small center. There are no shifting jobs and even our CPU bid has almost 90 mins of driving each leg. That 60 min restriction wouldn’t even get me to the closest hub. Starting to really feel like I’m up a creek without a paddle now.
Has anyone had any luck working with the company in terms of sticking to the limitations of a doctors note? Had another appointment yesterday and after another set of scans my doctor wanted to take me out of work entirely while waiting on surgery to avoid further deterioration. I was able to convince him to write me a note saying I was limited to sitting for no more than an hour at a time instead. Haven’t handed it in yet because I don’t want the company to just take me out of work entirely. I’ve been told there is no such thing as light duty work at UPS.
I work in a small center. There are no shifting jobs and even our CPU bid has almost 90 mins of driving each leg. That 60 min restriction wouldn’t even get me to the closest hub. Starting to really feel like I’m up a creek without a paddle now.
Trucker Clock
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Why should feeders be any different than packages? Or a clerk job, counter job, porter job?
You have a FT seniority date. Go where your seniority allows you to go. Yes, it sucks. I got bumped down quite a few times, and back to packages a few times. But the other guys had more seniority. Why should feeders be any different just because someone was already in feeders and a package guy now wants to go? Both are FT employees.
