yep........ all counts. Post away. I thought that this was a good job but when sombody with 15 years and a good record just says he had enuf.... really is hard to imagine since we have nothing to fall back on but driving down the highwayDoes involuntarily quit count? LOL....
Sometimes the old timers don't like change. We have had lots of change in the last 12 to 24 months. I know of one involuntary no name or barn number sorry protecting the guilty err innocent whomever he/she might be. I will say it didn't surprise me !
I think it has a lot to do with just what you said.."Not liking change"...For the better,yes...For the reason of a couple of whinning tiddy babies,no..But, ya take the good,with the bad...I think it has lot to with the guys being out here so long..I've been in this business for 33 years,this passed March...I know I'm a pup,compared to some..But I've seen this business go from bad,to worse to good,to great and back again..I've been union,and non-union..It's bad all over...You leave here and go somewhere else,it may look different,but after a while,it gets to be not so different...Every 10 years this business changes...Either deal with it,fight for better things,or quit...Those are your basic choices...I know I'm near to the end of my time here,but things are rough all over..
To those who have chosen to move on,good luck...To those who decide to stay and make things better,good luck...I've learned, you can't let this business get inside you...Do your job..Provide for those who need you...And go home...Let the company "big shots" get the headaches and gray hair...Have a Happy Easter....
Oh...To answer your question Mildew..I don't know anyone who has quit or gotten fired...HAGD...
Depends on the OD terminal you run out of,we have assigned tractors at my barn..If my POS truck doesn't stop breaking down every week I will be leaving . I hear at OD you dont drive the same bomb all of the time. Dont get me wrong I like it here but damn the lost time and miles. Otherwise why quit? BTW as this is an isolated issue, just ignore my rants.
two in my barn (couple of weeks ago) one utility who had only been here a couple of weeks and one p&d, been here < year. i've been here a little bit less than a year (xtraboard) and yes there's plenty of waiting, but overall i'm happy to be here.
For some reason, the waiting never bothered me. I don't think I'm normal though. lol
lol, that makes two of us mildew. yes it would be nice to get paid while we wait, but lets be real Estes wouldn't survive if they did
but everywhere i go i always hear drivers complaining about something, then again people always find something to complain about
Our utility guys get to spend 5 months out of the year at home. They don't seem to be too upset because they never bid on a scheduled run or extraboard.
Mildew,I've heard several times,from different people in the Estes family,that the rumor of "Company Seniority Bidding" is coming very,very soon...
I think it has a lot to do with just what you said.."Not liking change"...For the better,yes...For the reason of a couple of whinning tiddy babies,no..But, ya take the good,with the bad...I think it has lot to with the guys being out here so long..I've been in this business for 33 years,this passed March...I know I'm a pup,compared to some..But I've seen this business go from bad,to worse to good,to great and back again..I've been union,and non-union..It's bad all over...You leave here and go somewhere else,it may look different,but after a while,it gets to be not so different...Every 10 years this business changes...Either deal with it,fight for better things,or quit...Those are your basic choices...I know I'm near to the end of my time here,but things are rough all over...
To those who have chosen to move on,good luck...To those who decide to stay and make things better,good luck...I've learned, you can't let this business get inside you...Do your job..Provide for those who need you...And go home...Let the company "big shots" get the headaches and gray hair...Have a Happy Easter....
Oh...To answer your question Mildew..I don't know anyone who has quit or gotten fired...HAGD...