Hi C Area,
I am sorry to say, I lied to you in one of my last emails. The B area was continuing to collaborate on guides and a schedule, but it should be completed today and the facility should be on track to start bidding tomorrow late morning/early afternoon. The plan is for us to have the AL bidding begin with Chris Johnson and the line selection will continue where we left off.
If you have not attended an MOU briefing, PLEASE make every effort to attend one tomorrow (Thursday). If you are unable to attend one, the MOUs should be uploaded on BidATC and you can review them there. If you have any questions about them, please let me know.
Our Schedule - I am hearing there is confusion about some of the shifts. Please reach out to me if you have a specific question, but I will try to address them the best I can here.
Management had concerns with overlap in the mornings between the day and mid shifts. They proposed a 2230NF shift for the mid (which is a core shift for the facility). We are circumventing this by having 1 shift M-F be a 0530NF. There is no need for one on Sunday mornings, and I tried keeping the need for these shifts at a minimum, hence they also are not on Saturday mornings. You can absolutely still flex on a 0600.
Because we weren’t able to continue the bid on paper, the schedules will be what they will be in BidATC. There is no way to change them once we enter them, so if you have a specific request or shift that you would like to change, you may make that request once we’re done with bidding and we put out the paper request forms in the area.
If you are thinking you might bid one of the 5-4-9 lines, please let me know. The stipulations for the these shifts are a bit lengthy. This way we can make sure you are fully aware of them before bidding the line. I sent them in a previous email, but if you would like to look at them again, please reach out. Sun/Mon line 5 and Thurs/Fri line 5 are the 5-4-9 lines.
Be aware of the time periods that will reduce down from 3 to 1 for bid leave slots. Amy sent out an email with these dates, so if that time is important to you, bid it the first round. Here they are again if you need them:
4/21-5/4
11/3-11/16
5/13-17
Since there are only 3 bid slots per day, there will be no reallocating leave, as there is nowhere to move it. 3 is the max we can have per day, so keep this in mind when selecting your leave. The exception to this are where there are 4 leave slots (7/4, 11/28, 12/25, 1/1). You can still request these holidays off when WebScheduler opens for requests for the year after we are done bidding. I will let you know when this will happen.
Go online to the BidATC website and make sure your information is correct and that you can sign in. https://bid.natca.org/zse
If you have any issues getting into BidATC, let me know as soon as possible. Make sure to read the notes on the lines, as well.
On another note, C-Cret Santa instructions and surveys are in the area, so please feel free to fill one out and put it in the “Completed Survey” envelope. The instructions are next to the envelope by the tree. Let me know if you have questions about this.
Thanks for all you do, and happy bidding!
Crumbley
360-635-8244