TCD to HUB
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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TCD---Temporary Cover Driver---means that you drive when needed and work in the hub when you are not.
Or not.
Right on! Who the hell wants to work inside? I never did! Ask management for a DSSRSA Form. ("Declaration of Snowflake Status Requiring Special Accommodation"). You'll be set up with a TV and back rubs in the break room during your hub shift.
Not trying to ruffle any feathers, but the hub pay sucks. I have a small business, and I can make much more than what I make stuffing boxes in trucks. I enjoy the driving and delivering, but not working in the hub at all. Especially for 10$ or so an hour. Just want to know if it is possible not to get canned for not going to hub, when not working as a TCD.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Why not do both? Work the preload and then run your business.
You're a good sport. The answer is nope. But I will say this: If your small business does pretty well, and you've got a decent family life, do not ever go permanent FT. The best gig somebody at UPS can ask for is a PT bid air driver slot with their own business on the side. Pulls you out of preload (or whatever sort you're on) and a part time air exception driver can fill in on your air bid route as needed if you want to TCD between June and January.
Seriously, I cannot recommend this route enough.
Well, it is an hour drive there and back. Loading is killing my shoulders for some reason. I am in my 40's. I am only running my biz, until I am a full time driver, making good money. I have put in my time loading this year, and was a seasonal driver last year. Tired of the light pay, and shoulder killing work. I told them when I was hired, I am not coming here to load trucks, but to deliver. Anyhow, just curious if I can just do TCD, until I become full time?
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
What’s your small business
burrheadd
KING Of GIFS
If an inside sort is killing your shoulder, FT will kill you fully. TCD is one thing. Delivering blown out trucks year round is another.
Is your official base classification a PT inside worker? If it is, then no. Only way is to TCD as an off streeter and be called back in as an outside FT hire. FT always ends up being too much for those guys.
I delivered seasonal last peak, put in 60 hours a week or so, shoulders were good. I enjoyed it, no shoulder pain. I think it is the volume of boxes I have to load on truck that is getting my shoulders. As a driver, it is far less. I believe I am a PT inside worker. Pretty flexible so far, but really just want to drive and deliver.
oldngray
nowhere special
Mary Kay
Faceplanted
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Don't worry. If your hub uses pvd you prob won't even work peak. Why pay you 28hr plus gas for the package car when they can pay some scab 18.75hr?
This is one of my biggest issues with pvds. They are taking away work from seasonal and tcd drivers
This is one of my biggest issues with pvds. They are taking away work from seasonal and tcd drivers
Alright! Just remember that time when uncle Box Ox tried to save you!
I worked seasonal last year, and my shoulders were fine. Put in 60 hours a week. Stuffing truc
This year I have seen ads for folks with their own vehicles to deliver. I don't think the Union will be happy about that.
Union won't do
. And the FT driver job might not be nearly as appealing when you go FT one or more contracts worth of concessions down the road.
