Vacation time

[Overpaid Union Thug]

Regardless if there are enough drivers or not, if you have been paid out for vacation your route goes up for bid for the week.

That is new language for us. That, and new language that says there is a two hour penalty for getting taken off a bid route, could theoretically eliminate the problem.

 

[BlackCat]

That is new language for us. That, and new language that says there is a two hour penalty for getting taken off a bid route, could theoretically eliminate the problem.

Should have assumed that it was local language.

We RARELY have that problem here. Once it gets discovered by a swing driver, the bid driver normally goes home instead of swinging.

 

[BlackCat]

there is a two hour penalty for getting taken off a bid route

I assume that mean VOLUNTARILY taken off a route because for all intents and purposes, it is YOUR route for the week.

 

[Overpaid Union Thug]

I assume that mean VOLUNTARILY taken off a route because for all intents and purposes, it is YOUR route for the week.

We have never bid the routes that way. That language is new to us. We’ve always had unassigned drivers select daily.

Everyone in my center at some point while being an unassigned driver have been “instructed” to run a different route than we chose. The only recourse was to file on the difference in pay between our hours worked and of the driver that was given our route. But that only worked if they clocked out after the grievant.

But now we’ll have the two hour penalty so that’s good. That should also apply when some clown decides to, and is permitted to, work a scheduled vacation. Unless they select as an unassigned driver.

I’ve gotten into more than a few verbal battles with the usual suspects over this and their spoiled, god complex, self righteous attitude was palpable each time. They honestly think that their super seniority entitles them to violate the contract. It was so sweet when a couple of us drivers in the lower third of the seniority list (at the time) shut that * down. The looks on their faces when they realized that they weren’t special after all was priceless.They occasionally slip one by when we are short on drivers. I mean it is, in fact, hard to keep all the pests out of the barn. LOL.

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

A couple younger drivers actually had the balls to ask me not to take my vacation in June and July.


LMAO

How did that work for them?

 

[numberonedriver]

You ever think that the older guys have put their time in with the company and don't want to work when it's hot as hell?

 

[zubenelgenubi]

You ever think that the older guys have put their time in with the company and don't want to work when it's hot as hell?

 

[brostalss]

I took as many of my vacations in June July and August as I could.
I loved hearing lower seniority guys with kids complain about it.
Seniority is awesome except when you don't have it

One year in Package I took about as many Fridays off as I could in the summer. Holiday weeks were already four day work weeks. Along with vacation weeks I worked 15 weeks straight of only four day work weeks. It was awesome.

 

[Netsua 3:16]

Morals have nothing to do with it.
All that matters is me.
I didn't make decisions about vacation weeks thinking about the feelings of others.
They don't matter.
UPS is Morally Bankrupt from the top down.
They preach ethics and lie to your face at the same time.
I didn't give a damn about any of my coworkers.
I couldn't care less about them or their feelings.
All that mattered was me.
It is called Seniority....awesome when you have it. Sucks when you don't.
Your feelings are not my problem.

I bet you're fun at parties. Hey wanna go play 9 sometime? J/K

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

I bet you're fun at parties. Hey wanna go play 9 sometime? J/K

Yawn

 

[Wally]

The summer weeks that were all taken by higher seniority employees who are old and don't have kids on summer break anymore.

Just for that, I'm hogging July and August! Enjoy you October summer vacation!

 

[Dr.Brownz]

How did that work for them?

Well I'm on Vaca for the next 4 weeks straight so not very good