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<blockquote data-quote="TooTechie" data-source="post: 1375424" data-attributes="member: 28388"><p>I didn't sugarcoat it because you have a family and you'd be a fool to throw away a steady gig for a temp job that contractually cannot continue past mid January.</p><p></p><p>I'll expand on my previous post and give you some background to help you understand. Normally there would be virtually no chance of getting hired off the street, especially without showing you can perform well as a casual (temp) driver, but as I mentioned before the list of part time guys who signed up to go full time driving is nearly depleted in many areas of the country right now which is unheard of. We have actually been hiring off the street for permanent positions in some areas which we haven't seen in decades. </p><p></p><p>I worked as a part timer waiting to go driving and I was so torn when I got the call offering me to go driving as a casual. I was working a full time job during the day and working part time inside at night getting like 3 hours sleep and had been doing it for a few years. I was essentially at the same decision point you are, except I was working two jobs at the time and had been sleep deprived for so long. </p><p></p><p>I made the hard decision and the right decision and turned down the casual offer (this was summer time). I got a second call again offering me a casual spot late fall as they were gearing up for peak season which I again turned down, but told them I would love to go full time. I finally got a third call right after Christmas of that year telling me my time waiting on the permanent list was up and they offered me full time permanent. I had just got a promotion and raise at my day job and the ability to work from home and truly <strong>loved</strong> my job, but after getting input from people here on BC and weighing the pros and cons I quit my day job and went full time driving.</p><p></p><p>It was scary as hell because HR told me that in that year so far they had put 13 drivers on the road casual and perm and only kept 2 of them so I was gambling or I should say betting on myself to pass driving school, make seniority (30 working days) by being able to hit their performance metrics and do all this while not getting in a single accident which instantly disqualifies you...Game Over. </p><p></p><p>That being said, make sure HR knows you are an experienced motivated hard working driver and would jump at the chance to go driving in a full time permanent capacity, watch ups.com and other job sites like indeed.com for UPS job notifications in case HR doesn't reach out to you. Be proactive and if you see anything that looks like a permanent driving job, get with HR...but pass on the casual driving job for the good of your family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TooTechie, post: 1375424, member: 28388"] I didn't sugarcoat it because you have a family and you'd be a fool to throw away a steady gig for a temp job that contractually cannot continue past mid January. I'll expand on my previous post and give you some background to help you understand. Normally there would be virtually no chance of getting hired off the street, especially without showing you can perform well as a casual (temp) driver, but as I mentioned before the list of part time guys who signed up to go full time driving is nearly depleted in many areas of the country right now which is unheard of. We have actually been hiring off the street for permanent positions in some areas which we haven't seen in decades. I worked as a part timer waiting to go driving and I was so torn when I got the call offering me to go driving as a casual. I was working a full time job during the day and working part time inside at night getting like 3 hours sleep and had been doing it for a few years. I was essentially at the same decision point you are, except I was working two jobs at the time and had been sleep deprived for so long. I made the hard decision and the right decision and turned down the casual offer (this was summer time). I got a second call again offering me a casual spot late fall as they were gearing up for peak season which I again turned down, but told them I would love to go full time. I finally got a third call right after Christmas of that year telling me my time waiting on the permanent list was up and they offered me full time permanent. I had just got a promotion and raise at my day job and the ability to work from home and truly [B]loved[/B] my job, but after getting input from people here on BC and weighing the pros and cons I quit my day job and went full time driving. It was scary as hell because HR told me that in that year so far they had put 13 drivers on the road casual and perm and only kept 2 of them so I was gambling or I should say betting on myself to pass driving school, make seniority (30 working days) by being able to hit their performance metrics and do all this while not getting in a single accident which instantly disqualifies you...Game Over. That being said, make sure HR knows you are an experienced motivated hard working driver and would jump at the chance to go driving in a full time permanent capacity, watch ups.com and other job sites like indeed.com for UPS job notifications in case HR doesn't reach out to you. Be proactive and if you see anything that looks like a permanent driving job, get with HR...but pass on the casual driving job for the good of your family. [/QUOTE]
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