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<blockquote data-quote="ComfortablyNumb" data-source="post: 5723731" data-attributes="member: 107605"><p>Actually, first time ever being laid off.</p><p></p><p>First started in 1998 doing preload. Went into package, never laid off. Then feeder, never sent down to package. Left UPS in 2007 to move out of state. After a few years I self-retired and drove seasonal feeder for a few years. When my health insurance went through the roof because of the (Un)Affordable Health Care Act, I came back to part-time work for the benefits in 2017. Landed a part-time air driver gig. I was told I was being laid off a week after the contract was ratified because the company was looking to save money.</p><p></p><p>The amusing thing is that the only other part-timer with more seniority than me is the other air driver, who is getting around 7 hours air driving and comes in early to work the preload for a total of 11 hours a day. Meanwhile, all the other part-timers with less seniority are not on layoff.</p><p></p><p>I learned last week that the other PT air driver is doing my pickups, unless there is an OCA in the opposite direction. When I told the supervisor it sounds like my job has been eliminated, he said no, they are just running one air route. That must be management logic.</p><p></p><p>There may be more to it. I'm turned 65 last year and was going to retire this year. When I went to apply for retirement in February, I was told that I could keep working and draw my pension, and that if I get 750 hours in this year my pension will go up. The Benefits Trust took to September to approve my retirement and start paying me. (In case anyone is wondering, I did get a retro check back to Jan. 1) This may be an attempt to frustrate me and get me to just hang it up.</p><p></p><p>And FWIW, I work in a small center that is hours away from any other UPS facility. It's a completely different world than the large hub I worked in before.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ComfortablyNumb, post: 5723731, member: 107605"] Actually, first time ever being laid off. First started in 1998 doing preload. Went into package, never laid off. Then feeder, never sent down to package. Left UPS in 2007 to move out of state. After a few years I self-retired and drove seasonal feeder for a few years. When my health insurance went through the roof because of the (Un)Affordable Health Care Act, I came back to part-time work for the benefits in 2017. Landed a part-time air driver gig. I was told I was being laid off a week after the contract was ratified because the company was looking to save money. The amusing thing is that the only other part-timer with more seniority than me is the other air driver, who is getting around 7 hours air driving and comes in early to work the preload for a total of 11 hours a day. Meanwhile, all the other part-timers with less seniority are not on layoff. I learned last week that the other PT air driver is doing my pickups, unless there is an OCA in the opposite direction. When I told the supervisor it sounds like my job has been eliminated, he said no, they are just running one air route. That must be management logic. There may be more to it. I'm turned 65 last year and was going to retire this year. When I went to apply for retirement in February, I was told that I could keep working and draw my pension, and that if I get 750 hours in this year my pension will go up. The Benefits Trust took to September to approve my retirement and start paying me. (In case anyone is wondering, I did get a retro check back to Jan. 1) This may be an attempt to frustrate me and get me to just hang it up. And FWIW, I work in a small center that is hours away from any other UPS facility. It's a completely different world than the large hub I worked in before. [/QUOTE]
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