RETIRED!

[Catatonic]

how come you cant ignore a staff member???? that aint right.

Since I have to read your posts, you have to read mine.
We can suffer together!

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Since I have to read your posts, you have to read mine.
We can suffer together!

Sadist?

 

[Catatonic]

Sadist?

Masochist since I choose to read yours too.

 

[olroadbeech]

A feeder driver has 2 stops on my route.

Hand delivers 200-600+ packages to 1 dock on my route.

Then move his rig to another stop's back door and hand delivers 50-150+ packages.

I don't think that this guy has it EASY.

one out of a thousand.

I wish I could hand unload. I volunteer for load transfers for the exercise.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

one out of a thousand.

I wish I could hand unload. I volunteer for load transfers for the exercise.

That's way too easy...lol

 

[olroadbeech]

Since I have to read your posts, you have to read mine.
We can suffer together!

you're from reno? come to the gentlemans club on a sunday evening and maybe i'll get you a discount..........maybe. maybe not.

oh ya, wear something brown or bring your walker so i'll know you.

 

[Catatonic]

you're from reno? come to the gentlemans club on a sunday evening and maybe i'll get you a discount..........maybe. maybe not.

oh ya, wear something brown or bring your walker so i'll know you.

I'll bring my rollator after I add a "honker" horn.

 

[olroadbeech]

bouncers wont let you bring your "honker" in .

 

[olroadbeech]

im used to accolades. thank you. thank you very much.

 

[MyTripisCut]

I have just under 2 years left.

However, I also have a wife with medical issues and a house that isnt paid off, so it will probably make sense for me to stick around a while longer.

Thats OK. Once I have crossed the PEER 80 finish line, I probably wont mind jogging a few extra victory laps.

Just give us a heads up so we can dump our stock in milkbones.

 

[brownmonster]

Peer 80 is a wonderful thing. Lots of folks on my rt my age tell me they have 9 or 10 years left.

I'm 54 with 26 years in. Peer 80 would be nice.

 

[soberups]

A feeder driver has 2 stops on my route.

Hand delivers 200-600+ packages to 1 dock on my route.

Then move his rig to another stop's back door and hand delivers 50-150+ packages.

I don't think that this guy has it EASY.

I would much rather unload 500-800 pieces at a couple of docks that to have to handtruck even half that number in and out of doors and up a bunch of stairs on an apartment or retail route. And then there are the pickups to consider...most feeder drivers hook up a loaded trailer and go, whereas the package guy is loading all his volume by hand. We have a couple of bulk routes that go out in a 24 foot "masher" and do 1000+ pieces backing up to docks all day. They actually aren't that bad.

 

[MC4YOU2]

I have just under 2 years left.

However, I also have a wife with medical issues and a house that isnt paid off, so it will probably make sense for me to stick around a while longer.

Thats OK. Once I have crossed the PEER 80 finish line, I probably wont mind jogging a few extra victory laps.

The Peer plans, 84, 82, 80 all also have a 25 year "lock in" which is great. If you achieve 25 years of service, at any age, you can get your full pension later if you left for some reason; took another job, disability, FMLA. All you need to do is get old enough to reach the 80 point line. It's slower that way, and your contributions stop, but it's a nice plan B if you have need of it.

 

[MC4YOU2]

Another goodie is if you go out on vacay, you can collect pension on top of it and "double dip." The basic rule is; no physical work at UPS for any ENTIRE month, and you'll qualify for pension for that same month. I went out on vacay for all of April and most of May. I'll get pension checks for both months.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Another goodie is if you go out on vacay, you can collect pension on top of it and "double dip." The basic rule is; no physical work at UPS for any ENTIRE month, and you'll qualify for pension for that same month. I went out on vacay for all of April and most of May. I'll get pension checks for both months.

Are you sure about this? In Upstate NY we don't get our first pension check until the 1st of the month following the use of all of our personal time. For example, if our retirement date is 7/1 and we schedule all of our vacation/optional/sick time to start 5/1 we would not get our first pension check until 7/1.

What would happen if by chance you changed your mind while on vacation and decided to come back to work? Would you have to return the pension check?

 

[oldngray]

Are you sure about this? In Upstate NY we don't get our first pension check until the 1st of the month following the use of all of our personal time. For example, if our retirement date is 7/1 and we schedule all of our vacation/optional/sick time to start 5/1 we would not get our first pension check until 7/1.

What would happen if by chance you changed your mind while on vacation and decided to come back to work? Would you have to return the pension check?

Agreed. While you are still getting vacation checks you are not yet technically retired. That time adds to your time in service and pushes back your official retiree date.

 

[MC4YOU2]

Are you sure about this? In Upstate NY we don't get our first pension check until the 1st of the month following the use of all of our personal time. For example, if our retirement date is 7/1 and we schedule all of our vacation/optional/sick time to start 5/1 we would not get our first pension check until 7/1.

What would happen if by chance you changed your mind while on vacation and decided to come back to work? Would you have to return the pension check?

I'd imagine it depends on your plan rules, which like healthcare are different in each region. If you got a pension check and worked, yes you'd have to repay it. Just the same as if you worked in any other "covered employment."

 

[olroadbeech]

Agreed. While you are still getting vacation checks you are not yet technically retired. That time adds to your time in service and pushes back your official retiree date.

im trying to do the paperback now and they want both dates. I know the last physical day I work. i.e. my last real shift but the other date is confusing because I don't know how many sick days and vaca days I have earned this year prorated.

can I just give an estimate date or does the company and or pension people figure that out?

 

[oldngray]

im trying to do the paperback now and they want both dates. I know the last physical day I work. i.e. my last real shift but the other date is confusing because I don't know how many sick days and vaca days I have earned this year prorated.

can I just give an estimate date or does the company and or pension people figure that out?

When you start the paperwork everything is an estimate and even they won't know the exact numbers. Put in your papers to start the ball rolling and you can still change the effective date if you need to.

 

[MC4YOU2]

im trying to do the paperback now and they want both dates. I know the last physical day I work. i.e. my last real shift but the other date is confusing because I don't know how many sick days and vaca days I have earned this year prorated.

can I just give an estimate date or does the company and or pension people figure that out?

You will need to find out both, but the actual last shift is the one that dictates the first check in the Western Conference. If you work one hour in any month you are disqualified for pension in that entire month.