SAIA | DriveCam ... By Lytx

They have relaxed the rules a bit in regards to backing without your seatbelt on and a few other things. I will say some of the policies are a bit rigid but ultimately they are designed for the safety of us and the public. Will they relax them more is hard to say but if we continue to have turnover that is directly related to the cameras and that starts to cause service failures and losing accounts they may have to look at it. Those decisions are way above my pay grade. There is a fine line here and SAIA must find it. You can't compromise safety but at the same time you can't start losing customers either because you can't find drivers. HR needs to be straight up with new hires about these cameras. Why? Because in my mind it's better for them not to accept the job in the first place than for us to spend the money training them and watch them walk away once they realize the realities of the cameras. I have no problem with the cameras because I know how to work with them. I know my camera like the back of my hand. Each truck is different in regards to sensitivity. I always cover my ass. ALWAYS! This is SAIA's ballgame. You must play by their rules or risk the consequences. My hope is they will dial them back a little more as far as petty things like taking a drink. But things like stop signs and red lights and cell phone usage. HELL NO!! You break the rules. You lose your job.

Wow that was a big gulp of cool aid guess 25 years of not putting a scratch on nothing doesn't qualify me to talk on the cb. BTW they already lost a 50 k a month account in North Carolina due to not having enough help to service it this week maybe that's a start
 
If it's really that bad over there that they would rather you delay freight to have a 30 min conversation with the wife then you fellas need to put a stop to it I say everyone of your drivers should take a sick day on any given day and get the point across
 
Just too much of a disconnect between managers and Drivers. Philosophy is completely out of whack. I suspect that is the main culprit and the root of most problems. A change in corporate culture is long overdue.
 
Absolutely!!!!!! nothing like going into a hostile work environment and being scared for your job. (sarcasm RAT)
Nothing is hostile unless you refuse to follow company policies. What's the company to do Joe, set policies and let guys ignore them? There comes a time when enough is enough and let me say that works both ways. BTW, Joe I've never been afraid of losing a job. It's human nature to fear certain things but losing a job isn't one of them for me. Like I said before it works both ways. If they don't want me they replace me. If I don't want them I replace them. Jobs are too plentiful these days to concern myself about finding another one. A man's work history and driving record in good shape allows him to pretty much go anywhere. When fear consumes a man he's pretty much worthless in my opinion.
 
Can't do anything but laugh anymore. I sit every night waiting for trailers that use to be done HOURS before I arrived. At least 80% of the freight is already 1-2 days late by the time it makes it back to the terminal now. They are working these hubs seven days a week and still can't get caught up.

They have started using Swift and other outside carriers to move freight that otherwise wouldn't make it. Congrats Saia.
In HST last night seen 3 Arnold, 2 Covenant trucks, and 5 rail containers last night...
 
In HST last night seen 3 Arnold, 2 Covenant trucks, and 5 rail containers last night...
Exactly the same in Atlanta nightly I see 3-4 swifts landstar covenant quest Pam plus all those containers coming and going looks like we're at the port. To me letting all these outside carriers haul our freight is kinda like standing back and watching someone else screw your wife.
 
Exactly the same in Atlanta nightly I see 3-4 swifts landstar covenant quest Pam plus all those containers coming and going looks like we're at the port. To me letting all these outside carriers haul our freight is kinda like standing back and watching someone else screw your wife.
You would stand back and watch that happen? I'd be in jail. I get the comparison, but seems a bit off lol
 
You would stand back and watch that happen? I'd be in jail. I get the comparison, but seems a bit off lol
I get what he's saying too but your right he's way off. I say who really cares. Those things are not in our control. As long as the company keeps giving us raises and not increasing our healthcare premiums and keeps matching our 401K to 6% who really cares. This company is making money big time. If they what to spend money on purchase transportation that's their right. Geez, some guys are just never satisfied. I say lets do our job as truck drivers and not concern ourselves with things we can't control.
 
I get what he's saying too but your right he's way off. I say who really cares. Those things are not in our control. As long as the company keeps giving us raises and not increasing our healthcare premiums and keeps matching our 401K to 6% who really cares. This company is making money big time. If they what to spend money on purchase transportation that's their right. Geez, some guys are just never satisfied. I say lets do our job as truck drivers and not concern ourselves with things we can't control.
Maybe anybody that gets cut or has to take a shorter run will care about how much sub service is in the system.
 
Maybe anybody that gets cut or has to take a shorter run will care about how much sub service is in the system.
Not likely. The only reason we are using PT so much is because we have a driver shortage. When winter sets in and things slow down they will be cut before our guys. Most LTL companies use purchase transportation when they are overwhelmed with freight. The freight has to move and you do what needs to be done to service the customers.
 
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Not likely. The only reason we are using PT so much is because we have a driver shortage. When winter sets in and things slow down they will be cut before our guys. Most LTL companies use purchase transportation when they are overwhelmed with freight. The freight has to move and you do what needs to be done to service the customers.
Conway and FedEx use purchase all the time and they're #1 and #2 in the business.

I'm sure it is because of supply and demand of drivers for the meantime.
 
Conway and FedEx use purchase all the time and they're #1 and #2 in the business.

I'm sure it is because of supply and demand of drivers for the meantime.

Got friends at R&L, Averitt and UPS Freight that all have the same problems. They will cut extraboard drivers and run the loads on PT just to save money.
 
Got friends at R&L, Averitt and UPS Freight that all have the same problems. They will cut extraboard drivers and run the loads on PT just to save money.
Oh yeah, I forgot about UPSF. purchase is a huuuuuuge problem for their drivers.

At Conway, they loved using the rail to get from so. Cal into the Chicagoland area because it was so cheap. It would almost always fail service though
 
Oh yeah, I forgot about UPSF. purchase is a huuuuuuge problem for their drivers.

At Conway, they loved using the rail to get from so. Cal into the Chicagoland area because it was so cheap. It would almost always fail service though

They do the same thing here at Saia in CGO. Almost every container they unload is 100% late freight. They use to use outside companies to pull doubles out of here too, but did away with most of that a year or so ago because they could never get the damn freight there in time.
 
I will say some of the policies are a bit rigid but ultimately they are designed for the safety of us and the public. Will they relax them more is hard to say but if we continue to have turnover that is directly related to the cameras and that starts to cause service failures and losing accounts they may have to look at it.
A bit rigid? That's an understatement. If it weren't for modern technology, these in-cab cameras wouldn't exist and you wouldn't be able to spied upon. Saia via Drivecam, has crimialized something that most drivers did with impunity. The notion of losing one's job over such things as have been discussed earlier in this thread, with little to no thought of driver service rank, productivity, or attitude is appalling. Why would I want to trust a company like Saia, which so overtly broadcasts that they don't trust me? I've had a camera in my face for as long as we've had them in our tractors at XPO and I agree with another individual here, it's not the camera, it's the policy. Your company needs to get over itself and experience service failures because of it's heavy handed nature so as to learn from it's mistake.
 
Sorry to barge in on your thread here, but sweet Jesus, runawaytrain? Can you say company man? Your corporate office must be giving you the red koolaid by the bucket to moisten your mouth from all your bootlicking.
I'm the Redracer3136 of SAIA. We drink from the same bucket I'm told. Only difference is he works at FedEx and I work at SAIA. You guys don't bother me or him. We do what we do for a reason. Some call it loyalty and others call it ass kissing. Personally I don't give a ::shit::.
 
Sorry to barge in on your thread here, but sweet Jesus, runawaytrain? Can you say company man? Your corporate office must be giving you the red koolaid by the bucket to moisten your mouth from all your bootlicking.

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