How Flexible Is UPS With Hours?

[ufos8mycow]

I'm thinking about applying for a 4:30am-9:30am shift as a package handler. I now work for a local trade union and plan to continue. My question is just how the shifts work. Are you required to work until you're released? Can you just work 3.5 hours per day occasionally?

If I have a call from my union at 9am would it cause a problem if I left after 3.5 hours? Would it ever be possible to leave at 7:30am sometimes and only work 3 hours? For every 8am call I turn down I lose $210 minimum.

Secondly I have a job in May of every year that calls for 5 days of 7am-11pm work. How big of a problem would it be for me to take those days off each year? It's a $2700 paycheck and I can't miss it.

I appreciate any advice you guys can give me.

 

[dookie stain]

HR will tell you you can leave at 730....but you will never be off at 730...ever...supervisors will make you work til everything is done

 

[km3]

This depends entirely on your local management. People with second jobs here generally don't have a problem getting off early, but there are no guarantees for them. If the day comes when they're told to stay, and they leave, they will be fired.

You'll probably have to work that week in May... I don't see any way around it until you have vacation time.

 

[Catatonic]

I'm thinking about applying for a 4:30am-9:30am shift as a package handler. I now work for a local trade union and plan to continue. My question is just how the shifts work. Are you required to work until you're released? Can you just work 3.5 hours per day occasionally?

If I have a call from my union at 9am would it cause a problem if I left after 3.5 hours? Would it ever be possible to leave at 7:30am sometimes and only work 3 hours? For every 8am call I turn down I lose $210 minimum.

Secondly I have a job in May of every year that calls for 5 days of 7am-11pm work. How big of a problem would it be for me to take those days off each year? It's a $2700 paycheck and I can't miss it.

I appreciate any advice you guys can give me.

UPS is the reason the world exists.
You will not find flexibility at UPS.

 

[ufos8mycow]

I appreciate the answers. Can't see how this would work for me. I get the calls for work a week in advance so i know which days I'd be working and it seems like the 9am shifts wouldn't be available either. If I'm late for a call I get fined $50 and if I get replaced for not coming in I get a $100 fine.

Even the 10:30pm shift would mess up my calls cause I usually have to go in around 9-10pm to do load outs.

Thanks again guys.

P.S. Do the package handlers usually get the full 20 hours per week?

 

[km3]

P.S. Do the package handlers usually get the full 20 hours per week?

Feast or famine. Either we're getting more hours than we want, or not enough. PTers are guaranteed 3.5 hrs per day after reaching seniority.

 

[Catatonic]

I appreciate the answers. Can't see how this would work for me. I get the calls for work a week in advance so i know which days I'd be working and it seems like the 9am shifts wouldn't be available either. If I'm late for a call I get fined $50 and if I get replaced for not coming in I get a $100 fine.

Even the 10:30pm shift would mess up my calls cause I usually have to go in around 9-10pm to do load outs.

Thanks again guys.

P.S. Do the package handlers usually get the full 20 hours per week?

Not when first hired or when volume is low but it does depend on location.

 

[Indecisi0n]

You can checkout anytime you want but you can never leave.

 

[Catatonic]

You can checkout anytime you want but you can never leave.

Finally, someone who likes Hotel California can't be all bad!

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Finally, someone who likes Hotel California can't be all bad!

I don't imagine you would want to rent the same room without a thorough cleaning.

 

[StoptheAct1212]

Ups is not for you.
Once and a while you can pull some strings. But not like your asking

 

[Future]

I'm thinking about applying for a 4:30am-9:30am shift as a package handler. I now work for a local trade union and plan to continue. My question is just how the shifts work. Are you required to work until you're released? Can you just work 3.5 hours per day occasionally?

If I have a call from my union at 9am would it cause a problem if I left after 3.5 hours? Would it ever be possible to leave at 7:30am sometimes and only work 3 hours? For every 8am call I turn down I lose $210 minimum.

Secondly I have a job in May of every year that calls for 5 days of 7am-11pm work. How big of a problem would it be for me to take those days off each year? It's a $2700 paycheck and I can't miss it.

I appreciate any advice you guys can give me.

Very flexible....like today I am running behind ...so I probably won't get there...till 10:31

 

[Wally]

Generation Snowflake?

 

[haller]

It's not 4 or 5 hours during the holidays and winter months. Be prepared to start from 1 or 2 am till whenever it finishes.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Finally, someone who likes Hotel California can't be all bad!

Joe Walsh would have trashed his room there.

 

[clean hairy]

If UPS is going to interfere with your other job schedule, then don't even bother applying.
Imagine the complete chaos if folks are coming in late and leaving early because they "have other things to do" and are unable to work the hours to get the work done.

 

[3 done 3 to go]

HR will tell you you can leave at 730....but you will never be off at 730...ever...supervisors will make you work til everything is done

Not at our building. Some days they leave in 2 hrs. They wash the trucks once a week. Just unload, fuel and put in the line up.

 

[ManInBrown]

UPS is about as flexible as a tire iron. By far the least flexible job I've had. Anytime I ever have something to do on a particular day, I just call out sick. Doesn't happen often.

 

[Matty_lawn]

They're very accommodating and will be able to work around your schedule whenever something comes up.

 

[km3]

Ups is not for you.
Once and a while you can pull some strings. But not like your asking

He could get away with it in my building (minus the week in May thing), but what are the odds that he's here?