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<blockquote data-quote="Southwestern" data-source="post: 927407" data-attributes="member: 33209"><p>Nickfury7,</p><p>The only thing we can advise is for you to contact HR and determine your employment status (FT or PT). You may already be classified as a FT, off-the-street hire and will be air driving while laid off. However, if you were seasonal and are being hired as a PT air driver, then there's no way UPS can give you the October seniority date nor gift you a driving job come fall. It's very possible that there's few eligible PT within your air hub and thus you may be driving very soon, but once hired PT, you'll need to go through the proper bidding process. I know you're resistful to the idea, but regardless of how well you performed UPS is a union shop and should you be gifted a driving job, you can bet grievances will be filed and you'll be kicked back to PT (you may even lose the air job). Believe it or not, management has been known to make frivolous promises in order to extract as much productivity as possible. As far as wages... if you're air driving, you'll follow the air driver progression, not the FT.</p><p></p><p>JonFrum, </p><p>I stand corrected on PT benefits (actually, I kinda thought about that after I posted it), but I wasn't aware Oct. is peak in some locations. Thanks for the corrections.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Southwestern, post: 927407, member: 33209"] Nickfury7, The only thing we can advise is for you to contact HR and determine your employment status (FT or PT). You may already be classified as a FT, off-the-street hire and will be air driving while laid off. However, if you were seasonal and are being hired as a PT air driver, then there's no way UPS can give you the October seniority date nor gift you a driving job come fall. It's very possible that there's few eligible PT within your air hub and thus you may be driving very soon, but once hired PT, you'll need to go through the proper bidding process. I know you're resistful to the idea, but regardless of how well you performed UPS is a union shop and should you be gifted a driving job, you can bet grievances will be filed and you'll be kicked back to PT (you may even lose the air job). Believe it or not, management has been known to make frivolous promises in order to extract as much productivity as possible. As far as wages... if you're air driving, you'll follow the air driver progression, not the FT. JonFrum, I stand corrected on PT benefits (actually, I kinda thought about that after I posted it), but I wasn't aware Oct. is peak in some locations. Thanks for the corrections. [/QUOTE]
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