So...have I mentioned how awesome my husband is? I have one more reason to be proud of him because Mr. Hot Shot just got promoted at UPS this weekend!
Matt got hired on at UPS Freight last October (or September? hm) as a driver. He was quickly promoted to a supervisor after management saw him work and heard about him through the grapevine. The only downside to that was that he had to start on as a part-time supervisor. Technically, a part-time supervisor can work no more than 30 hours per week...well that wasn't so great. They quickly realized they needed him there more so his bosses kept fudging and finding ways around the rules to get him more hours. A couple months in, corporate put an end to that and said they needed to limit him to 30. Ok, fine. We will follow the rules.
In the beginning of March, they started training Matt for a position that one guy does full-time and that only Matt's boss knew how to perform. It had to do with the planning of all of the routes for all of the drivers at UPS. Matt's boss ended up being promoted and was being transferred to another terminal so that left only one person to do the plan. SO what did they do? They chose Matt to train on the plan so that he could be back-up if they needed him. This is how it was the whole time. He was called "part-time" getting limited hours and a moderate hourly wage for doing the same, if not more, work than the full-time supervisors.
In February, he took a test that could qualify him for a full-time position. Everyone there wanted him on full-time, but a position had to open up first. They had some issues with his first test so we had to wait around for him to be able to finish. Once he passed this test, he could continue on with the process.
On Friday, Matt asked if he could take me out to dinner because he had good news. I was hoping and praying it was that he had heard back from his test. Once we got to the restaurant he says, "Well, I don't really have good news. I was just really hungry and didn't feel like making anything at home." Ha! Oh that comedian of mine. He went on to tell me that everything had started happening really fast at work that past week and he had found out he had passed his test and then had been interviewing with regional managers, HR, and corporate all week long for a full-time position. He was hoping he could wait out to tell me until Friday and then know by then if he had the position. Well, everything didn't get pushed through fast enough so he didn't have as big of news for me as he'd hoped. He was thinking maybe next week he'd hear the good news.
We went to a wedding in Tennessee this weekend for Matt's cousin. We were walking into O'Charley's on Saturday afternoon to grab a bite before the ceremony and he got a phone call from his boss. He told Matt everything had gone through, they wanted to hire him on as a full-time supervisor, and he would start Monday on the in-bound shift! YAY!
We are so excited and relieved that everything turned out the way it did. It was so hard to be patient, but I am so glad it all worked out. I am one proud wife :).
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