May lose my house waiting to drive.

[WTFm8]

You've been an on-call driver for the last 10 months?

Hired 2 weeks short of a year ago as a driver. Came in perfect time, basically no PT want driver positions here. 3 retirements and a 4th became an ORS so I already moved up 4 spots. Another 2-3 retirements next year.

Straight to school, 30 days inside, delivered bulk stops in rental and did helper work along with work local sort in evening during peak.

Didn’t work like 6 weeks total this year, considered ‘Temp Cover Driver’ on the list, but have 1,615hrs in for this year so far.

Probably 5 months of 50-59 hour weeks this year.

 

[TearsInRain]

What a terrible company. I hate seeing threads like this. Understaffed and there's someone willing to work it all blows my mind.

this is a union-driven thing, not a company thing

this is literally what happens when you have seniority and work guarantees

 

[wilberforce15]

Have you been through the class? Passed road test?

If you are a new full-time driver, prepare for a lean year with plenty of layoff time to start. Everybody goes through it

And often nobody tells them that before they are fully into the job.

Bids advertise it as Full-Time and then a guy gets 1000 hours in the first year, and they have every right to be pissed off.

People assume the union and the company are being honest, and that this is full-time work. It's not. It's full-time status only.

 

[rickyb]

Where can he get a free camper van?

americans could have kept their house when wall street defrauded everyone by moving into a camper van and renting the house

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

americans could have kept their house when wall street defrauded everyone by moving into a camper van and renting the house

But who would they rent the house to if everyone is in one of those free camper vans?

 

[rickyb]

But who would they rent the house to if everyone is in one of those free camper vans?

ppl got foreclosed on after getting ripped off by wall street fraud instead.

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

ppl got foreclosed on after getting ripped off by wall street fraud instead.

Yes, we know. So, who do I talk to about getting one of those sweet free camper vans? I’ve already got a spot picked out... down by the river!

 

[rickyb]

Yes, we know. So, who do I talk to about getting one of those sweet free camper vans? I’ve already got a spot picked out... down by the river!

cheaper than getting foreclosed on

 

[Backlasher]

If insurance is your primary concern, just letting you know from my past experience, each week that you don't have hours, you don't have insurance. At least in my area

 

[Backlasher]

And they won't let you know. You find out the hard way when you try using it. Pretty sad really. O hope it works out for you.

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

ppl got foreclosed on after getting ripped off by wall street fraud instead.

Wall street wasn't to blame.
People living beyond their means was the problem.
If people would have paid their bills the economy wouldn't have tank.
The American Consumer is to blame for the 2008 Economic Downturn

 

[Jackburton]

Wall street wasn't to blame.
People living beyond their means was the problem.
If people would have paid their bills the economy wouldn't have tank.
The American Consumer is to blame for the 2008 Economic Downturn

To an extent I agree. Banks giving out loans to people that should never of had them was also to blame.

Both sides exhibited greed and ignorance.

 

[1989]

cheaper than getting foreclosed on

It’s free to get foreclosed on. In fact, you can live for free and keep your lifestyle for 6 months or more.

 

[1989]

To an extent I agree. Banks giving out loans to people that should never of had them was also to blame.

Both sides exhibited greed and ignorance.

You can still get loans that you can’t pay back. It’s your obligation to plan out your future. Your own fault when you sign the papers and do not pay.

 

[rickyb]

It’s free to get foreclosed on. In fact, you can live for free and keep your lifestyle for 6 months or more.

so getting foreclosed on doesnt affect your credit? and what other consequences does it have on you?

 

[rickyb]

Wall street wasn't to blame.
People living beyond their means was the problem.
If people would have paid their bills the economy wouldn't have tank.
The American Consumer is to blame for the 2008 Economic Downturn

look up william k black and find out what % of the fraud was lender induced.

in 2009 he quoted the FBI saying its 80%

 

[1989]

so getting foreclosed on doesnt affect your credit? and what other consequences does it have on you?

No, I said it was free.

 

[rickyb]

You can still get loans that you can’t pay back. It’s your obligation to plan out your future. Your own fault when you sign the papers and do not pay.

no its not. the banks are in teh business of lending, thats all they do, so they should be experts on how much to lend to people. its called "prudent lending".

you should get new economic perspectives. you also think the economy is better than it was in the 70s, 60s, 50s and its radically worse.

 

[rickyb]

No, I said it was free.

and im asking you...

 

[rickyb]

To an extent I agree. Banks giving out loans to people that should never of had them was also to blame.

Both sides exhibited greed and ignorance.

but not equally.