New Full Time driver not working

[Wally]

With vacation kicking in, you would think a newbie would be working?

 

[UrFellowUpser]

Work preload or local sort or something

 

[MECH-lift]

With vacation kicking in, you would think a newbie would be working?

but that means a supervisor would have to leave the office and train him on a route ..

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

With vacation kicking in, you would think a newbie would be working?

Nobody to train them. Everyone is always on a stinking conference call

 

[Wally]

but that means a supervisor would have to leave the office and train him on a route ..

Nobody to train them. Everyone is always on a stinking conference call

So overtime is kicking in high gear.

Do these newbies work Saturday?

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

So overtime is kicking in high gear.

Do these newbies work Saturday?

Not right now

 

[MECH-lift]

So overtime is kicking in high gear.

Do these newbies work Saturday?

My center still has full-time guys working Saturday’s...what happened to these 22.4s to eliminate unwanted overtime?

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

My center still has full-time guys working Saturday’s...what happened to these 22.4s to eliminate unwanted overtime?

We haven't hired any yet and the guys that work Saturday have Tuesday through Saturday routes.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

you need to work saturday

No way. Saturdays are a disaster. They make Mondays look like a picnic.

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

File for unemployment

 

[KoennenTiger]

Went to training 3 weeks ago, passed and went to the facility on Monday. I turned in the book, talked to the business manager and was told to come back tomorrow to do some classes. Showed up, completed the classes and went in Wednesday-Friday and was told each day to go home.

On the 4th week now of not going in. I've called everyday and have yet to get ahold of the business manager or a supervisor to figure out when I'll be coming in. Also asked for emails and have not got any. Thoughts?

Sorry if this has already been discussed. I had looked briefly through the forums and couldn't find anything similar.

Just show up. I mean you sound like a box thrower so just show up. Clock in at the start time for whatever shift you're working and find a PTer, tell him you're new, and you need to know where to go to work. He'll find somewhere.

The problem is you are calling (who are you even calling?) you need to just show up. Heck at my hub their is some fifteen year guy who will happily go home so you can work. You just got to SHOW UP

 

[Netsua 3:16]

No way. Saturdays are a disaster. They make Mondays look like a picnic.

Not when you're 9.5. This past Saturday wad glorious. 82 stops 140 miles 8 hour day. At the bar for the fight by 6:30

 

[Whither]

I asked that already and was told I would have to talk to the business manager which is the main reason I've been trying to get ahold of him. Going to go in in the morning and see if I can grab him in person

Have any luck?

 

[barnyard]

Nobody to train them. Everyone is always on a stinking conference call

They are training 1 new driver a week in my building. We have had a few days where air drivers are running routes. Full vacations caught my center completely by surprise.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

They are training 1 new driver a week in my building. We have had a few days where air drivers are running routes. Full vacations caught my center completely by surprise.

Same here. They are begging people to work their vacations

 

[barnyard]

Same here. They are begging people to work their vacations

Same here. Preload is particularly under-staffed. There are 3 or 4 drivers that come in 3 hours early and then run an 8 hour day on their route. That makes everyone else in their loop a little heavier.

I have had a penalty pay week already, which was a 1st for me and I have been on the list for years. Pretty much every week, everyone on the 9/5 list works 2 days over, then it is a crap shoot for the rest of the week.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Same here.

I just laughed at them. Asked my sup how many of your vacation days does you work?

 

[barnyard]

I worked 1 day of vacation 2 years ago. It sucked and I will never do it again. When I was getting dressed, my wife was all, "Really, you're going in??? WTF is wrong with you."

 

[35years]

My terms for working vaca ..
$100 gift card payable 1st day

Day by day, if you give me more than 80 stops I don't come in again. I have no obligation to come in. I don't help others.

I don't work Friday or Saturday

Non-negotionable, take it or leave it.

 

[Sheikyrbouti]

I am a new hire just passed my 30 days. Working as an unloader but in the process of training for cover driver (whatever that is). I specifically asked about work schedule and was told if not driving I’d work unload for the day. Hope that helps get you some hours. Unloading trucks suck ass in the heat but hey, money is money.