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<blockquote data-quote="Overpaid Union Thug" data-source="post: 163796" data-attributes="member: 198"><p>I'm a part-time cover driver so I can help. Whenever you work you'll make 85% of the current top driver pay. Right now that is $23.11/hr. Being a cover driver basically means that you will occasionally get a phone call early in the morning, usually between 6:30-7:30am, to come in. Sometimes you might be told day day before. Sometime our On Car Sup will tell me to just come in the next day or the rest of the week and not worry about waiting on the call. You will be trained on a "training route" in the beginning and then eventually a couple of other routes. Sometimes you will run "junk". Junk consists of stops that have been taken off other routes and/or bulk stops. Sometimes you will only work like half a day and you will have to work on your regular shift. </p><p></p><p>If you are on preload it gets a bit trickier. DOT Regulations make it difficult to use cover drivers that work on Preload so sometimes you will be removed from Preload if they think they will be using you allot. During the months of Oct, Nov, Dec you might not work on Preload at all. Reload (small center version of twilight) is the best shift to be on as a cover driver. If you drive then you don't have to work that night. Being on preload is a hassle because you will come in at 3am and bust your but until 8:30am and then you'll have to run a route all day. Some people like that though. </p><p></p><p>Being a cover driver isn't bad. I made just over $40,000.00 last year cover driving and working on reload so I can't complain. I used to work in a factory full-time and at UPS to get by. On the days I don't get called in it almost feels like a day off. I find that it's best to enjoy those days while they last because full-time drivers have to wait until the weekends to have any free time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Overpaid Union Thug, post: 163796, member: 198"] I'm a part-time cover driver so I can help. Whenever you work you'll make 85% of the current top driver pay. Right now that is $23.11/hr. Being a cover driver basically means that you will occasionally get a phone call early in the morning, usually between 6:30-7:30am, to come in. Sometimes you might be told day day before. Sometime our On Car Sup will tell me to just come in the next day or the rest of the week and not worry about waiting on the call. You will be trained on a "training route" in the beginning and then eventually a couple of other routes. Sometimes you will run "junk". Junk consists of stops that have been taken off other routes and/or bulk stops. Sometimes you will only work like half a day and you will have to work on your regular shift. If you are on preload it gets a bit trickier. DOT Regulations make it difficult to use cover drivers that work on Preload so sometimes you will be removed from Preload if they think they will be using you allot. During the months of Oct, Nov, Dec you might not work on Preload at all. Reload (small center version of twilight) is the best shift to be on as a cover driver. If you drive then you don't have to work that night. Being on preload is a hassle because you will come in at 3am and bust your but until 8:30am and then you'll have to run a route all day. Some people like that though. Being a cover driver isn't bad. I made just over $40,000.00 last year cover driving and working on reload so I can't complain. I used to work in a factory full-time and at UPS to get by. On the days I don't get called in it almost feels like a day off. I find that it's best to enjoy those days while they last because full-time drivers have to wait until the weekends to have any free time. [/QUOTE]
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