Don't knock them until you know the full story. Before Fred bought Watkins they had some bad policies in place. The punishment for turning in a log that was wrong was the removal of a digit. It took some guys 3 tries before they got the logging down.
If you walk a mile in someone's shoes you end up a mile away from them.
Well, I guess it's okay then, my bad.
Differences in policies are going to an interesting topic in the future. Just yesterday, I was almost late leaving the yard, because I had to be given a, "coaching session" which is the first step toward a write up, all over a trailer that I dropped Monday night, (you know, the day I got flipped off while driving across Arkansas..., that's still pretty f'd up) because the driver that hooked to it, on his way to the next point of the said trailer's destination, had to go through the shop, which in turn made him late leaving on his cut time, (I hate it when that happens..., no :
:, I really do) the reason given for the late departure was, "there were lights missing on trailers". Central E-mailed the C.M., (he's not one of my biggest fans) who then E-mailed the Road Driver Operations Manager, and told him to straighten me out for not doing a proper post trip inspection, who then E-mailed the AM Linehaul Dispatcher to 10-5 the instructions given to him..., long and short of the whole thing, I asked for him to tell me that I was derelict in my duties, and hand the write-up over, so that I could sign it, and get on my way. He informed me that, it was only a, "coaching session", and I could leave. Just for the record, I actually do a pre, and post trip inspection on my equipment, and I didn't find any, "missing lights" on the equipment in question, so I got wondering about what the problem was. I called a friend, told him about it, he said that he had the other driver's phone number, and would call and ask. When he called me back, I wasn't surprised to hear that he had a blown fuse in the tractor, and the shop had to replace it, and had no other problems with the equipment the rest of the night. The moral of the story is, cover your asses, watch your backs, and pay attention during the next few months. Did I mention, tensions are high?