Company says because the contract states "package car" and not driver etc, that PT TCD's cannot be red circled at our usual 85% rate. If a PT goes FT package you keep your rate but for some reason feeder is special? I think this is because there is no language on the subject. Thanks.
The OP mentioned being a TCD first. And many seniority full-time package drivers are turning down feeders (I wouldn't) and thats why part-timers are getting the call for feeders. Those hubs have allot of new drivers in feeders and package that have been at UPS as little as a few months. Meanwhile....the smaller buildings have package drivers with 10, 20, 30 years of service but can't get into feeders and have to watch the brand new part-timers from those hubs come into their areas and make what should be their central pickups. It's not a pleasant feeling. So, all of these new feeder drivers that have been with the company a short time are going to get very little sympathy from some of us in the extended centers.Because they see what kind of hell life has become in package! I swear, package driving takes about as many years off your life as does smoking.
Why go there if you can balance 2 PT jobs while gaining years of service for a feed slot to open?
The contract say "package car or feeder"Company says because the contract states "package car" and not driver etc, that PT TCD's cannot be red circled at our usual 85% rate. If a PT goes FT package you keep your rate but for some reason feeder is special? I think this is because there is no language on the subject. Thanks.