All,
Bidding day is finally here!! I am out of town but accessible if you need me. Otherwise you will have Angie, Amy, and Trevor to help you with the bidding process. Remember, they are the only ones that should be writing in the books. This way we can ensure that it gets done correctly. Amy is there today for the OJTI class and she is going to do her best to take bids throughout the day. If it is your turn to bid and you are having trouble finding someone to enter it in to the books, please let me know and I will do my best to help. I’m in FL right now (🤮) but I will do my best to make myself accessible.
A few notes on the BWS for 2019. After listening to and living through all of the feedback on last year’s schedule, I was able to make a few changes that I think will make you all happy. 1330NFs, 1530s, and 0630s are gone. Those are no longer assignable shifts. All mids except Sunday are 2300 mids as will. The agency does have the ability to assign a 2230 mid as it was one of their non-negotiable ancillary shifts but that shift is not part of our schedule so if they do assign it, they have to have a reason why. 1100s are also an ancillary that should only be used for coverage when people are on leave. 1000s and 1200s are no longer assignable shifts either. You can request to work any shift, but mgmt can only assign what is listed in the BWS.
You will see this as you get into the bidding but the AWS have conversion lines attached to them. This is only there because we cannot force someone to work an AWS. Those conversion lines will become available to be bid if the AWS lines go unselected and the bottom people in seniority are the only ones left to bid. I find this extremely unlikely to happen though because many of you have expressed interest in those AWS lines.
Here is the link you will need to access all of the bidding documents:
BID STUFF
The password for most things on the website is “zse”, the password specifically for the bid stuff is 2152.
Let me or any of the designees know if you have any questions.
Drew