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SCRABBLE said:
Our linehaul manager is driving directly to the driving school with our safety guy in a nice shiny Volvo and a brand new shiny pup to beg greenhorns right out of school to come work for us. A sad reality. The company has made their bed. Do you want some pimply faced 21 year old with 3 months under his belt driving next to your wife and kids at 60 mph dragging 70,000 lbs in a snowstorm? This is the company we have become all in the name of the mighty dollar. Sad.
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I was driving a union truck at 19, around upstate NY during snowstorms and never killed anybodies wife or kids...just sayin. (didn't have pimples though, and that was 27yrs ago)
 
They will drive all the experience away and think they are saving money because the driver replacing me starts at 15.79 an hour, 5.30 an hour in savings. The union might get the 750 dollar initiation fee, everyone wins, right? This is what has become of two once proud operations.
 
Oh boy is this great! It's like watching stork lead the band down the alley. Old sell out guys probably never imagined they might ruin their pensions by voting to make this job 2nd tier. Pathetic on so many levels.
 
HappyYRC said:
They will drive all the experience away and think they are saving money because the driver replacing me starts at 15.79 an hour, 5.30 an hour in savings. The union might get the 750 dollar initiation fee, everyone wins, right? This is what has become of two once proud operations.
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In the end, YRC will lose many of the experienced drivers and many of the dedicated dock workers, but all they care about is saving money and getting people to work for as little as possible. In the eyes of senior management, that`s all that matters. If they can keep a work force working for as little as possible they consider themselves a success in their job. Moving freight is secondary. By now most people have to realize that the union is more of a political organization posing as a labor organization. If YRC paid their employees minimum wage with no benefits I think that would be fine with Hoffa as long as YRC stays in business and the union collects their dues. It seems that the whole world turns around the almighty dollar and the need for power today. I have never seen so little pride and comradery in either the company or the union as there is today.
 
i agree with you, I'm 20 years at Holland and 50 yrs old. want to leave also, but after you get to top pay at a new job and you pay for your medical you will be making the same money you are now and in my case with 3 weeks less vacation. I'm not trying to rain on your parade just pointing out the reality if the situation
HappyYRC said:
I've worked for Yellow, now YRC for 19 years. I'm leaving for Duie Pyle. I've been pushed to the edge and I decided to jump. The arrogance of that letter in February sealed the deal for me. Non-union companies are starting pay around what we make now. I'm taking a $1.00 an hour pay cut for 1year. After two years I will get top rate, probably around 24.00. Know what I'll be making after 2 more years at YRC, 21.06 same as now. I'm 50 and looking at working another 12 - 14 years now is the time to go. If I was within 5 years of retirement I would ride it out. I don't fault anyone who stays, I just can't. I hope to road test this week, training in a couple weeks and start by May 1st.
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sharpshooter said:
I was driving a union truck at 19, around upstate NY during snowstorms and never killed anybodies wife or kids...just sayin. (didn't have pimples though, and that was 27yrs ago)
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Agree.....you have to start somewhere. I was just trying to point out the disentegration of our experienced work force.
 
Just a thought, why not let retired teamster drivers work as casuals, including linehaul,without jepordizing their pensions. I know of one local that allows this with rules concerning hours allowed and contrubutions to pension ect. Would this help reduce the driver shortage.
 
sharpshooter said:
I was driving a union truck at 19, around upstate NY during snowstorms and never killed anybodies wife or kids...just sayin. (didn't have pimples though, and that was 27yrs ago)
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20 somethings are much different today. Most of them are coddled, big babies, living in their parents basement. I worked after school at a small trucking company fueling tractors and putting them away in the garage before I was 16, that kind of thing wouldn't happen today.
 
baba said:
Just a thought, why not let retired teamster drivers work as casuals, including linehaul,without jepordizing their pensions. I know of one local that allows this with rules concerning hours allowed and contrubutions to pension ect. Would this help reduce the driver shortage.
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Oh no you don't, I'm not coming back!
 
All the hassles and the costs associated with a Hazmat endorsed CDL, makes it not very appealing for a retiree...plus sleep studies if your neck is too big, short medical cards for blood pressure etc...I'd rather drive a courtesy van for a car dealer when retired..lol
 
this is the direction the country going. something for nothing. Im in this business over 30 yrs. its all I know, seen many good people come and go. The people they hire are clueless and dont care to learn or listen. Its just a paycheck till the next job. I feel bad for my kids and every other young person in this country. its only going to get worse unless we all try to change it.
 
SuperCourse said:
20 somethings are much different today. Most of them are coddled, big babies, living in their parents basement. I worked after school at a small trucking company fueling tractors and putting them away in the garage before I was 16, that kind of thing wouldn't happen today.
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hey..It's hard to do any work when your smartphone is dinging every few minutes, girlfriends sending selfies etc..lol
 
yellow11 said:
There is a HUGE shortage of drivers in the trucking industry. Young folks seem to be avoiding the industry and I for one cannot blame them. Pay is only one aspect with poor working conditions and long irregular hours not helping out. I cannot even imagine how bad the turnover is in the historically poor paying truckload sector.
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Shortage of drivers for depressed wages and long hours.We used to have a nice pension and higher wages and a well run program.Most people won't come to a financially unsound company.

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sharpshooter said:
All the hassles and the costs associated with a Hazmat endorsed CDL, makes it not very appealing for a retiree...plus sleep studies if your neck is too big, short medical cards for blood pressure etc...I'd rather drive a courtesy van for a car dealer when retired..lol
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I'll come back if I can be no.2 in seniority again and just deliver to Home Depot.
 
bigtruk_us said:
Shortage of drivers for depressed wages and long hours.We used to have a nice pension and higher wages and a well run program.Most people won't come to a financially unsound company.
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There are too many ways to still enjoy life without having to work these days. That's what's wrong in my opinion.
 
mud said:
I'll come back if I can be no.2 in seniority again and just deliver to Home Depot.
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My dad was #1 part-timer where he works (union) and the last contract they did exactly that. Now guys can retire and keep their seniority for part-time, so my dad went from #1 to running the hostler....so he's leaving in a couple months I guess
 
HappyYRC said:
I've worked for Yellow, now YRC for 19 years. I'm leaving for Duie Pyle. I've been pushed to the edge and I decided to jump. The arrogance of that letter in February sealed the deal for me. Non-union companies are starting pay around what we make now. I'm taking a $1.00 an hour pay cut for 1year. After two years I will get top rate, probably around 24.00. Know what I'll be making after 2 more years at YRC, 21.06 same as now. I'm 50 and looking at working another 12 - 14 years now is the time to go. If I was within 5 years of retirement I would ride it out. I don't fault anyone who stays, I just can't. I hope to road test this week, training in a couple weeks and start by May 1st.
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Best of luck to you. I am able to retire today if I want to, so I can't see the point of jumping now at age 60. I've been with Yellow (now YRC) for 22 years. It has always been a company whose management is afflicted with bovine fecal impaction, but the last five years they have demonstrated just how incompetent they really are. One of the comrades spelled it out well: they couldn't handle a one-pump gas station in a one-car town.
All the best to you!
 
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bigtruk_us said:
Shortage of drivers for depressed wages and long hours.We used to have a nice pension and higher wages and a well run program.Most people won't come to a financially unsound company.

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It is called deregulation.
 
yellow11 said:
There is a HUGE shortage of drivers in the trucking industry. Young folks seem to be avoiding the industry and I for one cannot blame them. Pay is only one aspect with poor working conditions and long irregular hours not helping out. I cannot even imagine how bad the turnover is in the historically poor paying truckload sector.
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The turnover rates I read are 200 %. for OTR Truckload. The problem in the entire Industry is these newbies today with pins in their eyebrows, hooks in their noses, and those donut holes in their ears, are not going to sit and wait for a call to work the dock or drive at night, weekends or Holidays. If it paid $35.00 per hr., with a brand new Fork Lift and 2014 Pete Flat Top Low Rider w/ full Chrome Package. they still wouldn't show up, Candy Crush Saga is way more important to Gen X,Y,Z. than earning a living so they could move out of their Parents basements.
 
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