So I'm out of personal days but am I allowed to take unpaid days due to illness or lack of childcare due to the teachers rotating strikes?
If so, any ramifications?
If so, any ramifications?
Feb 29th, 2020 8:47 am
Feb 29th, 2020 10:21 am
Just like how nothing else is consistent in this company....it all depends on your own depot/ staffing.PavementPounder wrote: ↑ So I'm out of personal days but am I allowed to take unpaid days due to illness or lack of childcare due to the teachers rotating strikes?
If so, any ramifications?
Feb 29th, 2020 10:51 am
Feb 29th, 2020 11:46 am
I'm a year and a half in and love it. Sure, some things I would change if I could, but overall this job is fun and beneficial to my health. Having the defined benefit pension is a nice touch too.postmancal wrote: ↑ Hi,
I'm just completing my LC training and reading all the messages on this site is depressing. Is there nothing good people can say about working at CPC or is it really that bad or is it that "happy" people never say anything and we just hear from the rest?
Feb 29th, 2020 12:59 pm
postmancal wrote: ↑ Hi,
I'm just completing my LC training and reading all the messages on this site is depressing. Is there nothing good people can say about working at CPC or is it really that bad or is it that "happy" people never say anything and we just hear from the rest?
Feb 29th, 2020 1:18 pm
Feb 29th, 2020 1:44 pm
Negativity caused by union whiners who moan as if we have the hardest, most dangerous job on the planet are best ignored.postmancal wrote: ↑ Hi,
I'm just completing my LC training and reading all the messages on this site is depressing. Is there nothing good people can say about working at CPC or is it really that bad or is it that "happy" people never say anything and we just hear from the rest?
Feb 29th, 2020 1:56 pm
Yes, you can sign up for online reimbursement through great west life. (groupnet)tedfromaccounting wrote: ↑ How the hell do i get my prescription glasses/eye exam bill reimbursed? Is it not possible to do online?
Feb 29th, 2020 1:56 pm
The optician might have a way to apply for it online, mine does.tedfromaccounting wrote: ↑ How the hell do i get my prescription glasses/eye exam bill reimbursed? Is it not possible to do online?
Feb 29th, 2020 2:06 pm
Feb 29th, 2020 4:39 pm
How long do you think the ample OT will last?mikebc wrote: ↑ Best job I've ever had. Initially I took a pay cut but I'm solidly middle class income now and some guys in my station pull down 90k.
If you can survive the bullshit of being bounced, benched and given insane workloads then the job gets significantly better after 2 years. At $20/hr it absolutely sucks. Starting in March will be rough because there won't be much work for you until June. However, you'll be covering walks for a week by December which is far less stressful than floating (doing daily coverages) through Christmas. Due to the way seniority is assigned you could be right on the call out bubble but not get a call all week. As soon as someone above you moved up you'll get a call every day, then a station assignment for a week, then a month, then forever.
For your first few months just keep your head above water, do what you can then bring the rest back. If a supervisor gives you a full walk you're not expected to finish it as a new hire. If you can, great, but it's okay if you don't. Ask for help, ask questions to your co-workers (and us) and just focus on the light at the end of the tunnel. Just keep in mind everyone started at the bottom, most still remember how tough it was (and they have made the onboarding process much, much easier on you guys to combat the high turnover rates just a few years ago).
Feb 29th, 2020 4:54 pm
Feb 29th, 2020 5:14 pm
Mmm that makes sense. I never thought about it like that.mikebc wrote: ↑ Honestly, no I don't think it will dry up. As they keep making our jobs more "efficient" it continues to pack our days closer to the 480 that the want. As soon as anything above regular volume comes down the pipe there's no way stations can cope because they're staffed on bar charts, not staffer intuition. A staffer can't bring in extra terms because they think Monday will be heavy, the union will shit a brick sideways.
If anything, more opportunities will arise because the senior guys taking overtime only take it because they have a 5 hour walk. As they push routes closer to 8 there is no way those guys are working in the dark, working past their 8, etc. They're also getting older, they're moving inside, they just don't want to do OT anymore as days get longer. So it works out well for us "younger" employees who don't care about working 10-12 hours because we can't afford houses or kids anyway, so why not work?
As far as CP trying to eliminate OT, I don't think management would push for it either. They absolutely want to limit own route 15.08 but 17.04 is a free for all. Is it cheaper to have a term (sitting in station) overstaffed on standby just in case, or to have me instead? That term costs ~$300 to sit there, maybe humping XX all day (working on the assumption that an average employee costs the employer wage x 2 to factor for benefits, pension, vacation, allowances, etc.) That term can reliably do 2 sections, maybe 3 on a Friday, it's luck of the draw how effective any given term will be. Or they get me, who sits on standby for free, and only costs them ~$40/hr and can handle 5-7 sections. Employees who do OT are treated like gods in a chaotic station, supervisors would trade 5 average carriers for someone who runs OT everyday, if their station eliminates OT then they know that carrier will go elsewhere. I really don't think they want that.
Feb 29th, 2020 5:21 pm
A few weeks ago, our staffing supervisor was given a firm directive to reduce OT as much as possible. He had been lenient previously, taking off splits, helping with massive amounts of parcels etc but it's been a lot less equal opp recently. The guys that suck it all up are crying and of course fighting about it lol.
Feb 29th, 2020 5:26 pm
Mar 1st, 2020 10:28 am
postmancal wrote: ↑ Hi,
I'm just completing my LC training and reading all the messages on this site is depressing. Is there nothing good people can say about working at CPC or is it really that bad or is it that "happy" people never say anything and we just hear from the rest?
Mar 1st, 2020 11:29 am
Mar 1st, 2020 11:48 am
Mar 1st, 2020 12:23 pm
postmancal wrote: ↑ Hi,
I'm just completing my LC training and reading all the messages on this site is depressing. Is there nothing good people can say about working at CPC or is it really that bad or is it that "happy" people never say anything and we just hear from the rest?
Mar 1st, 2020 2:52 pm
Until you get fulltime, then you start at the bottom again and are bounced around until you are able to get assigned to a depot....where you will likely be last to pick assignments again.ashbridge12 wrote: ↑
But what others have said here is generally true.
Be prepared for 2-3 years of being tossed around and plenty of sh*t assignments, and not a great pay rate. But if you stick with it, things do improve after that.
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