Bidding into packages

[Brownslave688]

friend* that. We have one feeder position here. No way if I go into feeders would I ever come back.

That a full sized stallion instead of a donkey?

 

[Brownslave688]

Are you saying that they are somehow forcing rpcd to bid down to 22.4? I don't believe it.

We've had several guys go feeder, hate it, and come back to package here. They have a three year commit though. The guy who used to own my route went feeder for three years, hated it, and bid back on a super sweet route another guy just retired from.

Here’s how I think it’s written. 22.4 will have super seniority for all NEW RPCD job openings.

 

[scooby0048]

That a full sized stallion instead of a donkey?

Thats like having a Clydesdale and not a mini burro.

Me in Package...

Me in FEEDERS...

 

[ManInBrown]

I recommend a pottery barn box or a wayfair box if you decide to bid into packages. Plenty of room for comfort

 

[Sissy Brown Short Shorts]

How are they screwing drivers over that are almost at top rate?
A RPCD cannot lose seniority or have $7 per hour stolen from them just because 22.4 bids have been put up.

There making them sign the list before they get the top rate. They get put into the new payscale and the top rate becomes 30.64$ or something like that

 

[Sissy Brown Short Shorts]

Are you saying that they are somehow forcing rpcd to bid down to 22.4? I don't believe it.

We've had several guys go feeder, hate it, and come back to package here. They have a three year commit though. The guy who used to own my route went feeder for three years, hated it, and bid back on a super sweet route another guy just retired from.

They told us if you sign after you get top rate you’re red circled at your current pay and you won’t get any annual raises, but if you’re still in progression your slated into the new progression.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

They told us if you sign after you get top rate you’re red circled at your current pay and you won’t get any annual raises, but if you’re still in progression your slated into the new progression.

Sounds like an 8 year progression

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

There making them sign the list before they get the top rate. They get put into the new payscale and the top rate becomes 30.64$ or something like that

1st learn the difference between there they're and their.
Management can't make you sign a bid.

I think you are making this up.

 

[eats packages]

What is this 22.4 and Regular nonsense? You go through progression once. There is no red circling the regular wage into a 22.4 position. It is exactly how your wages and progression would change as a 22.3 bid.

 

[KoennenTiger]

They told us if you sign after you get top rate you’re red circled at your current pay and you won’t get any annual raises, but if you’re still in progression your slated into the new progression.

Why in the world would any rpcd sign a bid sheet for a 22.4 position?

 

[Sissy Brown Short Shorts]

Why in the world would any rpcd sign a bid sheet for a 22.4 position?

Only way to go full time. You lose your spot.

 

[Sissy Brown Short Shorts]

Why in the world would any rpcd sign a bid sheet for a 22.4 position?

They’re also making us sign before they tell us if it’s tue-sat or wed-sun and it seems they don’t need to go by seniority for that.

 

[Sissy Brown Short Shorts]

1st learn the difference between there they're and their.
Management can't make you sign a bid.

I think you are making this up.

Autocorrect got me on that and was too lazy to fix it. We had a meeting with management and the union about it last week. This is what they said. If you want to go full time you need to be 22.4

 

[KoennenTiger]

Autocorrect got me on that and was too lazy to fix it. We had a meeting with management and the union about it last week. This is what they said. If you want to go full time you need to be 22.4

Yes but not if you already are full time. They can't force a full time driver to bid down to a 22.4. But yeah all these new cover drivers are now basically on an 8 year progression instead of the old 4 year one. I'm not sure how bad it will be as they used to use TCDs like crazy here and they got paid bottom rate no matter what and still earned part time seniority.

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

Only way to go full time. You lose your spot.

RPCD are already FT

What do you keep saying lose your spot?

 

[Yeet]

With 25 years in you can be near the top of a rpcd list, or bottom of a feeder list. Working days with a good route and summer vaca, or, feeder nights/cover/etc. with leftover vaca weeks...

Not where I’m at. We have guys that have been in feeders for 3 years and have 100+ people below them. A lot of old timers left recently and they’ve been bringing people up like crazy. So much so that they’ve exhausted the list of package drivers that want into feeders and opened the job to part timers. Good time to be a new hire where I’m at, when I started you needed at least 10 years to go package. Then another 10 in package to go feeder.

 

[MyTripisCut]

Why in the world would any rpcd sign a bid sheet for a 22.4 position?

Eventually, weekend work is to be performed by 22.4’s. A couple guys in my center have said they plan on bidding to 22.4 because they actually like the weekend work schedule.

 

[Sissy Brown Short Shorts]

RPCD are already FT

What do you keep saying lose your spot?

Cover drivers are part time

 

[Mr.Blonde]

I heard the only way to become a RPCD is to be a 22.4 first. Is this true? I used to be in packages moved to another department. Just wondering if the door was closed on going back into packages.

All Depending on how bad people want to drive and how bad your center needs rpcd. Its all based on seniority. Ex. A 22.4 of 1 month has more seniority for a rpcd position than a cover driver of 15 years. Still a chance of just going straight to an rpcd position.

 

[purehavanne]

Feeder coming back to package? I suggest a full psychiatric evaluation...