Ups seasonal to casual

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  1. authentic251

    authentic251 Light Load Member

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    How long will you have to do package car until having an opportunity to go to feeders?
     
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  3. JPenn

    JPenn Road Train Member

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    I expect I could go to feeders now, but it'd be on a seasonal basis. There is more demand where I am for package car, it seems, and I am not going in as a seasonal worker. I plan to reevaluate my position after I make top rate on package car.
     
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  4. LtlAnonymous

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    Good plan. If you top out on package car rate, you stay there when you move to feeders. And trust me, if they find out you have a CDL, that move to feeders could happen sooner than you think.
     
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    That's kind of what I was hoping for. Thanks for the encouragement.
     
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  6. LtlAnonymous

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    You got this. Go get yourself a career.
     
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  7. Air Cooled

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    Nothing against feeders. If anything I envy y’all. However, I’d think twice about leaving package car. I work 7-430 and deliver to a lot of doctor and dentist offices etc. Women LOVE the delivery guys. One of the many benefits since I left the night driving.
     
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  8. LtlAnonymous

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    A lot of guys find it really hard to leave package car. It is really tough to find anything resembling a daytime schedule on feeders. The work is far more physical, but the schedule is nice.

    And yes. The uniform is a thing. Lol
     
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  9. JPenn

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    Well, my on-car training starts this coming week, so we'll see where that goes. Can't be much worse than hand-unloading 3000 cases floor-stacked in a drop-frame dry van (previous driving gig).

    Now, the uniform... There has got to be a set of shorts with a cargo pocket, longer inseam, or both. These Twinhill things they pass off as shorts are borderline indecent.
     
  10. LtlAnonymous

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    There are longer shorts. Ask about them. Haha
     
  11. authentic251

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    You guys still using twin hill at your hub? Thought they moved on from them.
     
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