Extra Drivers

[Jackburton]

That is some jacked-up language.

All of that "area knowledge" crap.... can come into play.

Hasn’t been an issue as lower drivers are hungry to work.

 

[Wally]

Women are given priority, then the problem drivers are next option, then back room deals are given next thought, then if all the above fail, it goes by seniority. Asking from top down and force from bottom up. Runners are not given days off due to productivity needs.

Plus Runner-Gunners need to work. They lose plenty of cash not getting OT.

 

[eats packages]

benefit of having a bad route here... If you can't finish until 10pm on most days then they look at you first when looking for people to send home.
It's like 4 10s with overtime intact.

 

[542thruNthru]

Here it's runners/sups buddies get the day off first. Unless there is a nice resi only route they can burn up.

If a higher seniority driver finds out someone below them is up they usually ask for the day. If or when this is turned down a fraction of them will threaten to file a grievance for not following seniority. Then they get the day off.

 

[Re-Raise]

Yeah my center loves to do that....in reverse. Literally every new guy under the age of 35 gets sent home while the veterans are kept on.

Same here..the new guys work one or two days a week

By choice

 

[Chester]

Goes by seniority in our center, I get asked if I want a day about every 3 weeks.

 

[Re-Raise]

Goes by seniority in our center, I get asked if I want a day about every 3 weeks.

In our center if you say no, they say you won’t get asked again until everyone else has a chance. So the low guys always say yes and the top guy that says no doesn’t get a chance for another month or so

 

[Chester]

In our center if you say no, they say you won’t get asked again until everyone else has a chance. So the low guys always say yes and the top guy that says no doesn’t get a chance for another month or so

Kinda the same here but you have to have a route to be asked. But if you say yes or no you won’t be asked again til it goes thru entire list.

 

[burrheadd]

Plus Runner-Gunners need to work. They lose plenty of cash not getting OT.

They make plenty in bonus centers until they’re crippled

 

[9.5er]

In my center the same people get all the days off they want while others never get offered any days. If I really need a day I pick up the phone an hour before start time.

 

[Wally]

They make plenty in bonus centers until they’re crippled

What pays more, bonus or working at a normal pace and taking the overtime?

 

[Dhydratd]

I'm old, slow, and in the top 10% on our seniority list. I pretty much get the day off when I want to. The "gunners" actually come to me several times per week asking me if I want to go home and let them run my route.

 

[Chester]

What pays more, bonus or working at a normal pace and taking the overtime?

Our bonus is paid at overtime rate but I’m not sure why we still have it because nobody runs under anymore, most are now atleast hour over

 

[Two Tokes]

I just don't understand where the women would work here. There aren't any kitchens at my hub.

Or Laundry Rooms

 

[Indecisi0n]

Or Laundry Rooms

Or vacuums.

 

[Tony Q]

In the central region under article 12 section 7 if they bring you into work and don't use you you are paid six hours if sent home.

 

[vvv]

^^^This.
Why the hell would anyone get up, brown up, drive to work, and then go home?

I get up, but the next 3 things don't even take place. Fringe benefits of excessive overage I suppose.

 

[brownmonster]

The way it's handled here "seniority gives you the right to work. Not the right not to work."

I wish I would have known that when I was the bottom guy picking vacations.

 

[brownmonster]

What pays more, bonus or working at a normal pace and taking the overtime?

Pays the same but the former has you drinking beer at home for an hour.

 

[over9five]

Or vacuums.

Or any sammich making supplies.