PT shift transfer

HardknocksUPSer · Sep 1, 2015

How does this work and what must one do to make this possible? Any certain requirements in order to make the shift transfer? Would like to know for future reference, thanks.

bleedinbrown58 · Sep 1, 2015

HardknocksUPSer said:
How does this work and what must one do to make this possible? Any certain requirements in order to make the shift transfer? Would like to know for future reference, thanks.

It's a unicorn....have heard about it, but don't know a single PTer who has sucessfully done it.

FrigidFTSup · Sep 1, 2015

You just talk to the FT sup and if there is an opening, you can usually get it, unless it screws your sort. I know you've said in the past you're in a small building. Just be warned local sort is usually a lot less hours than preload. Preloaders in my building average 4.5-5 hours a day. Local sorters do 3-4.

HardknocksUPSer · Sep 1, 2015

bleedinbrown58 said:
It's a unicorn....have heard about it, but don't know a single PTer who has sucessfully done it.

I've seen (1) successful transfer, but I firmly believe if they want it to happen it willl, if they don't want it to, it won't.

HardknocksUPSer · Sep 1, 2015

FrigidPTSup said:
You just talk to the FT sup and if there is an opening, you can usually get it, unless it screws your sort. I know you've said in the past you're in a small building. Just be warned local sort is usually a lot less hours than preload. Preloaders in my building average 4.5-5 hours a day. Local sorters do 3-4.

yes I'm in a small center, and I understand the difference in the hours, I don't want to change shifts and may never have to, just wanted to know for future reference, my sups worse than a drill Sargent! If I do however decide to try it sometime, I'll wait till there's new hires available.

FrigidFTSup · Sep 1, 2015

HardknocksUPSer said:
yes I'm in a small center, and I understand the difference in the hours, I don't want to change shifts and may never have to, just wanted to know for future reference, my sups worse than a drill Sargent! If I do however decide to try it sometime, I'll wait till there's new hires available.

I'm not sure how it is in your center, but in mine it's usually easier to go from Local Sort to preload rather than the other way around. The would chop off my hand and give it to preload before they let their production be affected.

HardknocksUPSer · Sep 1, 2015

FrigidPTSup said:
I'm not sure how it is in your center, but in mine it's usually easier to go from Local Sort to preload rather than the other way around. The would chop off my hand and give it to preload before they let their production be affected.

Yes, preload is WAY more intense than local sort at my center, if anything I'll tell my sup I'm going to local sort if she tries to screw with me, the local sort sups want me and I mentioned it to her before and she immediately valued what I bring to the preload more after she thought I was leaving the morning shift. However I will also consider changing shifts after I attain more seniority if possible, I don't want my body beat to pieces before I ever drive.

FrigidFTSup · Sep 1, 2015

HardknocksUPSer said:
Yes, preload is WAY more intense than local sort at my center, if anything I'll tell my sup I'm going to local sort if she tries to screw with me, the local sort sups want me and I mentioned it to her before and she immediately valued what I bring to the preload more after she thought I was leaving the morning shift. However I will also consider changing shifts after I attain more seniority if possible, I don't want my body beat to pieces before I ever drive.

If it's anything like our local sort. The sort is more intense. But the sort itself is short. The rest of the night is prepping for preload.

HardknocksUPSer · Sep 1, 2015

FrigidPTSup said:
If it's anything like our local sort. The sort is more intense. But the sort itself is short. The rest of the night is prepping for preload.

Does your center have 2 or 3 shifts? Only two here.

FrigidFTSup · Sep 1, 2015

HardknocksUPSer said:
Does your center have 2 or 3 shifts? Only two here.

Only 2 PT shifts

HardknocksUPSer · Sep 1, 2015

FrigidPTSup said:
Only 2 PT shifts

Same as here, everytime I've worked local sort I've scanned while one person loads after I unload the package cars, way easier than preload, more relaxed.

CalebN · Sep 1, 2015

Talk to HR about it, not the supervisor. If you do change shifts there is a 6 month minimum that you must be on the other shift before changing back. So if it really sucks and you don't like it, tough luck.

FrigidFTSup · Sep 1, 2015

CalebN said:
If you do change shifts there is a 6 month minimum that you must be on the other shift before changing back. So if it really sucks and you don't like it, tough luck.

The 6 months can easily be waived.

blkmamba · Sep 1, 2015

FrigidPTSup said:
You just talk to the FT sup and if there is an opening, you can usually get it, unless it screws your sort. I know you've said in the past you're in a small building. Just be warned local sort is usually a lot less hours than preload. Preloaders in my building average 4.5-5 hours a day. Local sorters do 3-4.

I guess it would depend on the hub. Local sort at my old hub was between 5-6 hours a day where preload was 3-4.

FrigidFTSup · Sep 1, 2015

blkmamba said:
I guess it would depend on the hub. Local sort at my old hub was between 5-6 hours a day where preload was 3-4.

Our preload on an average day does around 4-5x more volume than our local sort does. Our sort is extremely short.

blkmamba · Sep 1, 2015

HardknocksUPSer said:
Yes, preload is WAY more intense than local sort at my center, if anything I'll tell my sup I'm going to local sort if she tries to screw with me, the local sort sups want me and I mentioned it to her before and she immediately valued what I bring to the preload more after she thought I was leaving the morning shift. However I will also consider changing shifts after I attain more seniority if possible, I don't want my body beat to pieces before I ever drive.

There is paperwork you have to fill out (at least in my hub) and I had to get my current full timer to sign off on my shift change. He did it pretty easily as I needed it for school reasons. Once you switch, you lose your seniority and start at the bottom (except for pay, vacations, etc). I had almost two years on preload before switching and was below people who had as little as 3 weeks on the job so if your going to transfer do it sooner rather than later.

blkmamba · Sep 1, 2015

FrigidPTSup said:
Our preload on an average day does around 4-5x more volume than our local sort does. Our sort is extremely short.

That was the exact opposite of my old hub.

UpstateNYUPSer(Ret) · Sep 1, 2015

blkmamba said:
There is paperwork you have to fill out (at least in my hub) and I had to get my current full timer to sign off on my shift change. He did it pretty easily as I needed it for school reasons. Once you switch, you lose your seniority and start at the bottom (except for pay, vacations, etc). I had almost two years on preload before switching and was below people who had as little as 3 weeks on the job so if your going to transfer do it sooner rather than later.

You have separate PT seniority lists?

cosmo1 · Sep 1, 2015

UpstateNYUPSer said:
You have separate PT seniority lists?

Shift/sort seniority, Dave.

TTKU

UpstateNYUPSer(Ret) · Sep 1, 2015

cosmo1 said:
Shift/sort seniority, Dave.

TTKU

We have two PT shifts with just one PT seniority list.

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