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<blockquote data-quote="trplnkl" data-source="post: 306184" data-attributes="member: 13254"><p>To begin to give you the answer I must define what a cover driver is in my neck of the woods. A cover driver is a P/Ter that has a P/T job in preload, unload etc. Originally their main function was to cover for drivers calling in for sickness and worker's comp. Not for vacation coverage, not for planned days off, just illness/injury. Then the company started fudging on the language to allow them to cover of any other reason. The reason the company wanted P/T cover drivers was to cut down on the number of friend/T "swing drivers" that they had to maintain to make sure they had enough personnel to get all the routes on the road. The P/Ter doesn't make as much per hour, their benefits are not as expensive and it is easier to move them from a route back to preload and visa versa.</p><p> The contract states how many friend/T drivers must be maintained based on how many routes are on road on average. I'm not sure as to the numbers of how they figure the average ( I'm pretty sure it's not a by day average). TIeguy or UPS Lifer could probably shed more light on that part.</p><p></p><p> I take it from your post ( I truly hate reading between the lines) that you are a new friend/T driver making less than P/T cover drivers that have been doing it longer. The full time driver trumps a P/Ter's seniority.</p><p> Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trplnkl, post: 306184, member: 13254"] To begin to give you the answer I must define what a cover driver is in my neck of the woods. A cover driver is a P/Ter that has a P/T job in preload, unload etc. Originally their main function was to cover for drivers calling in for sickness and worker's comp. Not for vacation coverage, not for planned days off, just illness/injury. Then the company started fudging on the language to allow them to cover of any other reason. The reason the company wanted P/T cover drivers was to cut down on the number of friend/T "swing drivers" that they had to maintain to make sure they had enough personnel to get all the routes on the road. The P/Ter doesn't make as much per hour, their benefits are not as expensive and it is easier to move them from a route back to preload and visa versa. The contract states how many friend/T drivers must be maintained based on how many routes are on road on average. I'm not sure as to the numbers of how they figure the average ( I'm pretty sure it's not a by day average). TIeguy or UPS Lifer could probably shed more light on that part. I take it from your post ( I truly hate reading between the lines) that you are a new friend/T driver making less than P/T cover drivers that have been doing it longer. The full time driver trumps a P/Ter's seniority. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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