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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 1147962" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>Well, that was your first mistake, hiring in as a full-time swing driver off the street. I saw many people who were desperate, do just this when I was in Express and virtually all of them were gone within 18 months. Being a swing is a tough job - much tougher than a regular Courier. You are expected to run ANY route with only having a SINGLE day of ride along prior to doing it yourself. If there is a call-in, you are STUCK in filling that route if there aren't any volunteers. As the new person with NO SENIORITY, you will be your manager's butt boy - you won't be able to schedule ANYTHING during normal Express operating hours. You may go home and think you have the afternoon with your family, to only be called back in an hour later to do a pickup route or run an bulk pickup - and there isn't a DAMN THING you can do about it once you answer the phone. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Your second mistake...</p><p></p><p>When a position in Express is opened up for an off the street hire (ESPECIALLY a full-time position) - than means only ONE THING. That no existing Express employee either in the station or in the JCATS jobs postings wanted ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. This results in the hiring manager getting permission to make a new hire to fill the position - which within the station would be known as a CRAP position that no one wanted. </p><p></p><p>Here's the kicker. Swing Couriers ARE NOT in the same job classification as regular Couriers. Many not seem important at first - but there is a very important distinction. When a regular Courier position opens up, you CANNOT bid on the position with the rest of the station Couriers for that position. You are STUCK as a Swing until there is a position that opens up that no other currently classified Courier wants - THEN and ONLY then can you put in an application for that position to 'downgrade' to a regular Courier. Most managers do whatever they can to prevent their Swings from bidding on an open Courier position, since replacing Swings is so damn difficult for them (thus why the position you were hired into was done with an off the street hire). </p><p></p><p>Third mistake... experience in the 'package delivery business' means absolutely nothing to any other employer other than the fact that you were gainfully employed. It is considered to be a semi-skilled position which is filled by seniority within a company. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Fourth mistake... thinking that having a CDL means anything. It may have helped to get your hired (you stood above the other candidates), but as far as 'opening doors' in Express, it won't do you a damn bit of good. Wage positions in Express (with but a handful of exceptions) are bid STRICTLY by seniority. The fact that you already have a CDL won't do a damn thing to get you 'preferential treatment' in getting a RTD position (semi driving). There are plenty of high seniority Couriers who want to get into a RTD position and get out of the grind of running packages. They will have first crack at getting a RTD position. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Fifth and biggest mistake. Express is no longer a career for a wage employee. It is merely a job which has stagnant compensation. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>May not be worse, but it isn't better by much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 1147962, member: 22880"] Well, that was your first mistake, hiring in as a full-time swing driver off the street. I saw many people who were desperate, do just this when I was in Express and virtually all of them were gone within 18 months. Being a swing is a tough job - much tougher than a regular Courier. You are expected to run ANY route with only having a SINGLE day of ride along prior to doing it yourself. If there is a call-in, you are STUCK in filling that route if there aren't any volunteers. As the new person with NO SENIORITY, you will be your manager's butt boy - you won't be able to schedule ANYTHING during normal Express operating hours. You may go home and think you have the afternoon with your family, to only be called back in an hour later to do a pickup route or run an bulk pickup - and there isn't a DAMN THING you can do about it once you answer the phone. Your second mistake... When a position in Express is opened up for an off the street hire (ESPECIALLY a full-time position) - than means only ONE THING. That no existing Express employee either in the station or in the JCATS jobs postings wanted ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. This results in the hiring manager getting permission to make a new hire to fill the position - which within the station would be known as a CRAP position that no one wanted. Here's the kicker. Swing Couriers ARE NOT in the same job classification as regular Couriers. Many not seem important at first - but there is a very important distinction. When a regular Courier position opens up, you CANNOT bid on the position with the rest of the station Couriers for that position. You are STUCK as a Swing until there is a position that opens up that no other currently classified Courier wants - THEN and ONLY then can you put in an application for that position to 'downgrade' to a regular Courier. Most managers do whatever they can to prevent their Swings from bidding on an open Courier position, since replacing Swings is so damn difficult for them (thus why the position you were hired into was done with an off the street hire). Third mistake... experience in the 'package delivery business' means absolutely nothing to any other employer other than the fact that you were gainfully employed. It is considered to be a semi-skilled position which is filled by seniority within a company. Fourth mistake... thinking that having a CDL means anything. It may have helped to get your hired (you stood above the other candidates), but as far as 'opening doors' in Express, it won't do you a damn bit of good. Wage positions in Express (with but a handful of exceptions) are bid STRICTLY by seniority. The fact that you already have a CDL won't do a damn thing to get you 'preferential treatment' in getting a RTD position (semi driving). There are plenty of high seniority Couriers who want to get into a RTD position and get out of the grind of running packages. They will have first crack at getting a RTD position. Fifth and biggest mistake. Express is no longer a career for a wage employee. It is merely a job which has stagnant compensation. May not be worse, but it isn't better by much. [/QUOTE]
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