Aug 6, 2023 · If your bid is denied, nine times out of 10 it means that the shift was bid on by somebody else first. When I used to work in the front end, one of my managers told me that whomever bids on the shift first will get it. Sometimes, I would bid on shifts and get denied for it because it was outside of my availability.

Aug 8, 2023 · Always do the shift bid. I was debating doing it but I wanted to stay for my sup. She ended up demoting from sup to CSR so it worked out better for both of us when I did bid.

Every year at my (45m) job we have a "shift bid" in which we put in for whatever shift we want, numbering them from most to least wanted. We have both 10 and 12 hour shifts as well as day and night shifts available. Shifts are awarded based on seniority. I've opted for the 10 hours shifts the past couple of years for various reasons.

Feb 2, 2020 · Having worked at three different airports, shift bids can be varying in length depending on the airport. For example when I worked in Orlando it was a 6 month bid but previous years they had a year long bid and for a time they had 3 month bids because of the flight changes for seasonal flights.

Jan 4, 2024 · Shift bid TSO [Question/Post] Is the shift bid date the same for every airport? If so, when is it?

Nov 18, 2021 · Recently I had a newbie whining to/at me about the shift bid process, they don’t even have uniforms yet. He had the audacity to ask me why I hadn’t promoted since I’m one of the most senior TSO’s. I told him I don’t want to, I’m OK where I …

Aug 17, 2022 · The bid gets posted ahead of time and going down the list mech's will drop by the posted bid and choose their shift from availability. When their time is is near they should be contacted (usually phone) and choose their shift. If they miss their spot then they are floating until contact is made or the bid is over.

Dec 4, 2016 · In many industries with shift bid systems, the union sets the rules - the general labor law approach is that workers are fungible (interchangeable) from management's perspective - that is, it doesn't matter which worker covers a shift as long as someone works it. Generally therefore unions get the right choose how scheduling for covering shifts ...

Aug 3, 2020 · Shift bidding is weird - Alternative options to the knee jerk reaction above is to work it out among yourselves. Get those shift swaps in so you work the hours and days you and your co-workers want to work.

Feb 5, 2021 · If you are unhappy with your schedule, depending on your seniority and the availability of when you get to bid, you get to choose your new schedule. For example if you currently work AM, three thirty to noon, and have RDO on Monday and Tuesday, but you want to work PM shift and have Tuesday and Wednesday you would try to bid for that schedule ...