New driver getting sent home

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I have been driving on saturdays pretty consistently. Other than that, not at all really. I have the option of asking other drivers if they want to go home and I can cover their routes, but I feel weird doing that.

You should work @Future building. I guarantee you would work at least 3 days a week.

 

[Coldworld]

you are a new driver

Deb could run circles around him....no joke...

 

[Jkloc420]

Deb could run circles around him....no joke...

yes she gots tiny legs

 

[Jkloc420]

You should work @Future building. I guarantee you would work at least 3 days a week.

i hope you you do

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

i hope you you do

Probably not

 

[542thruNthru]

I thought you are guaranteed 8 hours a day once you get in union

This would depend on your areas contract language. Get a contract and start reading it.

 

[oldupsman]

I have been driving on saturdays pretty consistently. Other than that, not at all really. I have the option of asking other drivers if they want to go home and I can cover their routes, but I feel weird doing that.

Don't feel weird about that at all. When I first started I went up to every full time driver every day
and asked if they wanted to go home, I'd work. Then when I came in that night I'd ask any full time
driver there if they wanted tomorrow off. Work got around among the senior drivers. Next thing you know
whenever they wanted a day off and the center manager would say no, they would point at me and say
"Why not, he wants to work." Hardly missed a day in the beginning.

 

[Babagounj]

I knew one driver who over the course of several years was fired 7 times and quit twice before finishing up his 30 days. Last I heard was he was in feeders.

 

[Wally]

 

[BigBrownboxx]

Welcome to UPS. Same song and dance I dealt with. Barely made my 30 within 90 days. Then work one, two days a week. If you're single with minimal bills you can probably make it work. If you have a family, mortgage, etc. It's damn near impossible to survive. You can't bump back until you make seniorty, so that screws you. Think about how long you can survive on making peanuts. I for one cannot. My family and home mean more to me than struggling for years trying to become a steady PC driver.

this is correct! I know of two drivers that had families and had to file bankruptcy...

 

[thetee398]

this is correct! I know of two drivers that had families and had to file bankruptcy...

Bruh why is a company hiring people to tell them we have no work

 

[Rack em]

I think you're supposed to work 30 working days in a row to make book. After that just show up and ask for your 8 hours.

The 30 days do not have to be in a row.

I think it is 30 days working in a 90 day period. A lot of guys trying to qualify this time of year only work a few days a week. Really makes it tough to learn a route. Also new drivers do not have a 40 hour week guarantee.

In the western it's 30 days in 120 day period.

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

this is correct! I know of two drivers that had families and had to file bankruptcy...

Poor decisions of enployees are not the fault of UPS.

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

Bruh why is a company hiring people to tell them we have no work

To get ready for summer max vacations.

 

[JustDeliverIt]

Bruh why is a company hiring people to tell them we have no work

The company only worries about covering their ass, learn that lesson now. Not going to change in the 30+ years you work here if you stick around for it.

 

[542thruNthru]

In the western it's 30 days in 120 day period.

That's true if you're a off the street hire. But not if you're a PT trying to qualify.

 

[Rack em]

That's true if you're a off the street hire. But not if you're a PT trying to qualify.

Where does it say that?

 

[542thruNthru]

Where does it say that?

PT trying to qualify are not probationary employees. They are on a trial period.

 

[Rack em]

PT trying to qualify are not probationary employees. They are on a trial period.
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HOLE EEEE SHEEEET, I suck at reading contracts. Thanks for correcting me because I always read it was 30 in 120 for anyone trying to qualify.

So PT to FT just have to get 30 days in an unlimited amount of time basically?

 

[542thruNthru]

HOLE EEEE SHEEEET, I suck at reading contracts. Thanks for correcting me because I always read it was 30 in 120 for anyone trying to qualify.

So PT to FT just have to get 30 days in an unlimited amount of time basically?

They are supposed to work 30 working days in a row. No break.