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<blockquote data-quote="Forty6and2" data-source="post: 319538" data-attributes="member: 14693"><p>I started cover driving in June of last year. I was an air driver before I was a cover driver so I already had some experience with the delivering and the diad methods.</p><p>If you can make it through the probation period, the cover driving isn't really that bad. I admit I've been scared quite a few times. I happen to live 32 miles away from my hub and I was scared to death of which route my center manager would put me on each day. I still get scared sometimes but not as much because I know my manager isn't trying to kill me. I live in a mountainous region of Arizona and part of our center delivers packages in the mountains. I've been up the mountains in a P1000 and have almost s*it my pants I was so scared. I even had to back all the way down a narrow curvey road because I got the truck up there and there was no place to turn around. (Roads were too narrow for a u-turn.) That was probably the scarriest day of my life.</p><p>I continued to cover drive through peak season up until Nov. 30. Then I fractured my foot in two places making a pick-up at a UPS store. I was on disability for 3 months and have just recently come back to preload and cover driving.</p><p>There are still some routes that I haven't done yet in my center, but I don't get as worried on my way to work anymore. I have found that all my experience has helped me out tremendously. I'm still scared of the mountains, but hopefully I won't have too many days where I have to go up on them.</p><p>One thing to think about, however, is the fact that the cover driver(s) don't have full-time senority and you will be required to take your vacations after all of the full-time drivers take theirs. Another thing to think about is the fact that since you are basically "low man on the scrotem pole" is that you will be constantly abused by the managers with 14 hour days. They can throw you on a new route in the middle of one city and if you finish it at a decent time, you can bet they are going to be on your butt about going to help someone else. This will happen on a constant daily basis. They will also throw you on a new route and halfway through when you are just getting your bearings, they will be hounding you to hurry up so you can go help or go do a pick-up, or go back to the building and get more packages.</p><p>Overall, the pay is great, the hours can REALLY blow, but it is nice to have a full-time job for a period, and the experience you get cover driving will really help you out in the long run. I recommend it to anyone who gets the chance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Forty6and2, post: 319538, member: 14693"] I started cover driving in June of last year. I was an air driver before I was a cover driver so I already had some experience with the delivering and the diad methods. If you can make it through the probation period, the cover driving isn't really that bad. I admit I've been scared quite a few times. I happen to live 32 miles away from my hub and I was scared to death of which route my center manager would put me on each day. I still get scared sometimes but not as much because I know my manager isn't trying to kill me. I live in a mountainous region of Arizona and part of our center delivers packages in the mountains. I've been up the mountains in a P1000 and have almost s*it my pants I was so scared. I even had to back all the way down a narrow curvey road because I got the truck up there and there was no place to turn around. (Roads were too narrow for a u-turn.) That was probably the scarriest day of my life. I continued to cover drive through peak season up until Nov. 30. Then I fractured my foot in two places making a pick-up at a UPS store. I was on disability for 3 months and have just recently come back to preload and cover driving. There are still some routes that I haven't done yet in my center, but I don't get as worried on my way to work anymore. I have found that all my experience has helped me out tremendously. I'm still scared of the mountains, but hopefully I won't have too many days where I have to go up on them. One thing to think about, however, is the fact that the cover driver(s) don't have full-time senority and you will be required to take your vacations after all of the full-time drivers take theirs. Another thing to think about is the fact that since you are basically "low man on the scrotem pole" is that you will be constantly abused by the managers with 14 hour days. They can throw you on a new route in the middle of one city and if you finish it at a decent time, you can bet they are going to be on your butt about going to help someone else. This will happen on a constant daily basis. They will also throw you on a new route and halfway through when you are just getting your bearings, they will be hounding you to hurry up so you can go help or go do a pick-up, or go back to the building and get more packages. Overall, the pay is great, the hours can REALLY blow, but it is nice to have a full-time job for a period, and the experience you get cover driving will really help you out in the long run. I recommend it to anyone who gets the chance. [/QUOTE]
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