Cover Drivers work Monday through Saturday?

[summersaltstains]

Nope

Yeah doesn't whether or not I work have everything to do with volume and seniority and nothing to do with volunteering for extra work? I understand they may put me on rough routes blind and not help me ( they already do this so I have nothing to lose). But I was under the impression that I could not be taken off road or not promoted because my boss doesn't like me.

 

[thisjobaintforeverybody]

I assume so. I am very near the bottom from the seniority list. I am a part time cover driver. I have worked a few Saturdays, some forced, some volunteered. I know he has the right to force me in but my understanding was that I was owed 48 or 24 hours notice. My steward later told me it was 24.

A part- time cover driver- so you are a air driver delivering ground? Or you are a temp driver? And I guess some locals allow TCD this early! Something doesn't sound right in how they are using you!

 

[thisjobaintforeverybody]

He is not FT.

I was wrong. I apologize!

 

[summersaltstains]

I am not temporary. I have been a pt cover driver since September. I qualified before the cutoff.

A part- time cover driver- so you are a air driver delivering ground? Or you are a temp driver? And I guess some locals allow TCD this early! Something doesn't sound right in how they are using you!

 

[PT Car Washer]

I am not temporary. I have been a pt cover driver since September. I qualified before the cutoff.

What is a PT cover driver. All of our cover drivers are FT drivers without their own route.

 

[summersaltstains]

What is a PT cover driver. All of our cover drivers are FT drivers without their own route.

Might be a southern region thing. We start off at $30 an hr as opposed to the $18 full timers start at. I worked full time till mid February and have been driving a little with air routes in between since. They keep telling me ill be back to driving everyday when vacations pickup. I'm about three spots away from a full time spot. Can't come soon enough.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

What is a PT cover driver. All of our cover drivers are FT drivers without their own route.

Preloader who drive.

 

[PT Car Washer]

Preloader who drive.

We call them exception air drivers.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

We call them exception air drivers.

PTCD's deliver both ground and air and run partial or full routes as needed. If they are scheduled to run a full route they do not work the preload on that day.

 

[Box Ox]

We call them exception air drivers.

Where I am, an exception air driver who punches in as a 5E is delivering air, doing pickups, or shuttling packages before, after or instead of their part time sort.

Also where I am, a TCD (punches in as a 3C, no guarantee, or 4C, 8 hour guarantee) is a part timer or of streeter, who, whenever needed between June 1 and January 15, runs up to a full load ground/air route in order to cover for a full time driver or provide some volume/stop relief.

 

[summersaltstains]

Preloader who drive.

Technically true but I have maybe loaded 8 times max since I started driving. Feels more like a driver that preloads sometimes.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Technically true but I have maybe loaded 8 times max since I started driving. Feels more like a driver that preloads sometimes.

Nothing wrong with that.

 

[PT Car Washer]

Technically true but I have maybe loaded 8 times max since I started driving. Feels more like a driver that preloads sometimes.

Do you receive FT pension benefits when you deliver FT?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Do you receive FT pension benefits when you deliver FT?

He's not FT.

 

[Rick Ross]

How do you know? TCD don't start till June!

In some areas TCD can be used all year.

 

[TG43]

Been a TCD for 4 years here and work year round.

 

[PT Car Washer]

Been a TCD for 4 years here and work year round.

And no FT seniority or pension credits?

 

[DriveInDriveOut]

And no FT seniority or pension credits?

PT pension credits.

 

[TG43]

I'm not completely sure to be honest. My recent pension statement says contributions on my behalf in 2017 were $24,300. Does that mean anything as far as pt/ft credits?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I'm not completely sure to be honest. My recent pension statement says contributions on my behalf in 2017 were $24,300. Does that mean anything as far as pt/ft credits?

PT.