You know what. Here something for you guy's to think about.
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When i was taking care of the shop we would get stuff like this 4 time's in a month. That's from the driver's. They use put my name on them but i told them .The shop was ran by a team not just me. So to make sure everyone was included. So yeah I'm a berral full of happy monkey's.
How can they join a union. I heard on the news that Facebook was the best company to work for.
So why aren't you taking care of the shop now?
Because i refused to work for a bunch of punk ass bullies and i straight up told them that too. So i didn't take the permanent positon of lead. But i never stopped doing my job. Which was to make sure the driver's we're taken care off.Safety first. Right? That's why they always brought stuff to the shop.
By the way you don't have to take my word for it. I've said it before.. You can ask about it
This is an excellent article Fly. I'm going to post it on the union page to stay on topic.
I think the percentage of start time to flex is high than the union shop. Also if there is a layoff like UPS freight did early this year then bids are canceled and changed do to the amount of drivers working
The one thing that caught my eye..."650 dock workers hired". Wow, unfortunately for most of these people this is just a temporary way for them to make a few extra bucks. Most have no experience handling freight, and what little training they get here, doesn't help with the way freight is being handled. No doubt PT dock workers are needed, but it's clearly a revolving door. How about going back to using linehaul drivers who run 100 miles or less on the outbound dock?? Yeah I'm sure some places still utilize these people, but many service centers don't and won't let those who want to work their OB dock swipe in to do so. Seems to be a waste of experienced man power. Another waste of man power and time is live unloads at amazon....prior to our little falling out with them, we were able to drop trls, grap an empty and go. Now, we sit 2, 3 5 hrs waiting on them to unload ..., and it's no secret we're missing pickups or not getting freight delivered.....maybe work something out with them in regards to how many trls are spotted there? Way to many unproductive man hours lost at Amazon, and also at the numerous grocery store whses that require sort and seg. Nothing wrong with a little sort and seg...but when your at a place like that, with mulplite orders that break down into quadruple the skids, well....that is clearly wasted time. Maybe follow suit with most of our other LTL competitors..., refuse to do it, drop trls and let the shipper arrange the unloading. Yeah, I know it ties up trls, but it frees up drivers and tractors.....which leads to more freight getting delivered (On time) and less missed pickups. As far as overtime...., control it, use and provide it as needed....but most of all, pay it the "same" "system wide" for all full time employees.
Spot on. The issues you pointed out have always been there. What you point out as far as ways to save and improve come mainly from a drivers perspective. To address the issues that a driver points out would require those in charge to do something that is unheard of now: Listen. Learn. Cooporate.
I will agree with you we waste a lot of time and money at some places. I know we don't miss delivers or pickups due to Amazon. We build a trailer lately its been a pup then we call for an appointment. We only take accept appointments that are 1800hrs or later and at no time is any Amazon freight on a peddle route. We also have 3 grocery warehouses. I and other driver have sat there 3+ he's for one skid. The problem is no one has the balls to pull is out. I say give them 30mins past the appointment time then leave. I know that FedEx does not accept or deliver any freight to that grocery warehouse. We have had shippers call us and ask to pickup the freight at the FedEx dock and at least someone had the balls to say no. From what I hear FedEx don't put up with waiting around.
