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How long is the wait to go driving?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jack4343" data-source="post: 159412" data-attributes="member: 7328"><p>At our hub, it's 8-10 years to go full-time as a driver. It's possible to go full-time as a combo in 7 or so years. I'm 5 1/2 years in and I've been cover driving for 3 years now. I was lucky to be cover driving so fast. The bid sheet was posted and very few part-timers signed it. They are moving more part-timers into full-time driving positions now so I'm guessing the wait for me will be around another 1 1/2 to 2 years. The most recent cover drivers that were promoted to full-time drivers have been with the company between 9-10 years. I'm in a large hub (P-Dale) in a large city (Atlanta) so the wait time is much longer. I've heard that it's faster to go full-time in the smaller, rural hubs. The best advice I can tell anyone who wants to go driving is to one, sign every bid sheet. Two, start with Saturday air delivery. You will get the hang of the package cars, the diad and the overall feel of the pressures involved. Plus you will meet on-car sups. They will get to know you and call on you to assist them when they are short-handed. While I was a sorter in the hub I worked many hours per week running AM & PM routes, helping ground drivers and Saturday air deliveries and PUs because the on-car sups saw that I was dependable and willing to do whatever they wanted. I needed the hours and the money and never turned them down when they asked me to come in. I worked 50-60 hours per week as a part time hub sorter with all the extra stuff they needed. It was exhausting but it got me in the door.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jack4343, post: 159412, member: 7328"] At our hub, it's 8-10 years to go full-time as a driver. It's possible to go full-time as a combo in 7 or so years. I'm 5 1/2 years in and I've been cover driving for 3 years now. I was lucky to be cover driving so fast. The bid sheet was posted and very few part-timers signed it. They are moving more part-timers into full-time driving positions now so I'm guessing the wait for me will be around another 1 1/2 to 2 years. The most recent cover drivers that were promoted to full-time drivers have been with the company between 9-10 years. I'm in a large hub (P-Dale) in a large city (Atlanta) so the wait time is much longer. I've heard that it's faster to go full-time in the smaller, rural hubs. The best advice I can tell anyone who wants to go driving is to one, sign every bid sheet. Two, start with Saturday air delivery. You will get the hang of the package cars, the diad and the overall feel of the pressures involved. Plus you will meet on-car sups. They will get to know you and call on you to assist them when they are short-handed. While I was a sorter in the hub I worked many hours per week running AM & PM routes, helping ground drivers and Saturday air deliveries and PUs because the on-car sups saw that I was dependable and willing to do whatever they wanted. I needed the hours and the money and never turned them down when they asked me to come in. I worked 50-60 hours per week as a part time hub sorter with all the extra stuff they needed. It was exhausting but it got me in the door. [/QUOTE]
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