Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
I know what the language says. I also know if you read further down in the paragraph, it says "Vacancy bids, which are available to be bid electronically, shall be posted for a minimum of fourteen (14) days."
All I'll say is look at the publish date, open date and close date of any Vacancy Bid during the time you've been here...then do the same for any Realignment/Displacement Bid.
A. FYI: System bid postings for last 2-3 years not available anywhere incl IPA website library.
B. I know what the vacancy window language says too. Wouldn’t it have been easier to explain the discrepancy between 28 vs 14 day requirements? (For those interested, see footnote). My argument is that there’s more than 14 days at play here, in general. Heads up notices on upcoming system bids are
typically made by the company. For example, CPIL announced 24-102 vacancy bid a few days ahead of posting and I’m sure I had close to a week on my bid for upgrade.
The company also isn’t going to start calling new hires for a class 2 weeks out while issuing a simultaneous vacancy bid. Training dept needs more time to coordinate schedules, classroom, sim, and IP availability, then there’s background checks, hotel bookings, urine tests, people needing 2 week notices, etc. Sorry man, no way they are going to do things that quick nor would they be even capable if they wanted to.
One way or another, folk are gunna know about a class at least 4 weeks prior to its start date and that is my point here.
Footnote:
The entire system bid (= vacancy bid + training bid) is what’s open for a minimum of 28 days. The vacancy portion is open for a minimum of 14 days.