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FedEx Freight | President for a day.

Guardrail

Guardrail

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If you could be Fred for the day, what would you change?

I would start by not placing so much faith in spread sheets. Just because a bean counter says this is the most efficiant and economical way to do it, doesn't mean it is the best way to do it.

A happy employee who loves comming to work will be a lot more productive and have the company's back compared to one who wonders if he'll have a job next week.
 
Every supervisor will spend at minimum one week a year on the road with a driver. I would spend most of my year visiting terminals and listening to drivers, dock workers, mechanics and anyone else who had an idea on how to run things.
 
I would try to do something to make working here fun again,or whatever it takes to lighten the place up. What,I dont know......I would come up with a more masculin uniform option.I would have preshifts concerning the condition of the LTL industry. I would try to have an individual bonus program of some sort,even if it was just a little something for going above and beyond one time.I would squash the idea of every new van ordered having a liftgate.All new tractors would have rubber airlines.
 
I would create an employee advisory committee that would meet electronically (skype, go to meeting, etc.) once a month to address the health of the company and to relay any issues employees might have.

Information discussed would be available to any current employee via a searchable database.
 
Guardrail said:
I would create an employee advisory committee that would meet electronically (skype, go to meeting, etc.) once a month to address the health of the company and to relay any issues employees might have.

Information discussed would be available to any current employee via a searchable database.
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I think Dayton Freight had something like that,great idea!
 
The point system for being Off or sick would be fixed. With a Dr's note no points. It would still put a stop to the people who called in on long weekends or every Monday and Friday. Also make sure everyone got at least 2 weeks of their vacation then the extra weeks could be used. I'd like to carry more than one week from year to year. That way I could go on a cruise in Jan and not wait till I had two weeks saved up.

Listen to my people on the road. They are smart. A lot of talent out here behind the steering wheels everyday and night. They would say more if they felt someone really gave a pot to **** in. Do you think anyone reads this?????

We have nothing to do but think while we drive.

I think the uniforms are masculine. I know my husband looks cute in his but the polo's are HOT in 100+ heat. Wink Wink ROFLMBO.
 
It would take MUCH longer than a single day. Surprise visits to SC's where I wander the docks and break rooms first. Maybe making sure the SCM is out of the SC that day. Scuttling Snapshot. Bring back full time dockworkers and dedicated loaders. Dispense with PT, bring back a real line haul. Sell all the dissolving P trailers. Let our shops actually do maintenance. Bring back set checks. Have sets hooked for line and local.

Spend money to make money.
 
Aren't Estes drivers complaining that they no longer get paid to hook sets. That the hostlers have to do it. Company decided why pay drivers what they are paying them to do anyway. I thought I read that on their boards some time back.
 
worthless said:
The point system for being Off or sick would be fixed. With a Dr's note no points.
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I've suggested this before because the present system of penalizing us for refusing to drive a commercial vehicle when ill or fatigued is in direct violation of the law.

Do you think anyone reads this?????
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Yes, I do. That's why I started this thread. ;)
 
Guardrail said:
I would offer to let drivers see the day in the life of a supervisor. I doubt their job is as cherry as we all think.
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I don't think it is either. All we have is a part time dispatch and at 730 in the morning he looks sometime like he wants to pull his hair out or find that bottle of Jack. I vote for the Jack. Maybe I'll buy him a bottle.
 
One thing that would happen first, no more combo drivers getting kick outs until ALL shuttle drivers are given the chance first. You want to make road runs, make the leap to the road board. All drivers would be treated the same no matter if they come in from a former National terminal or a Freight terminal. ENOUGH of this!
 
I see it's not just me that enjoys the scraps whenever a city driver turns down a road run. That's awesome to be on the " road " board and hear " all 0330 CDSA's to road dispatch " hopefully they call my name so I can go in and give the them directions and show them how to log.
 
Guardrail said:
I would offer to let drivers see the day in the life of a supervisor. I doubt their job is as cherry as we all think.
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When I worked the dock I filled in for red shirts almost became one. They have a tough job. They get yelled at for everything no matter what it's always their fault.
 
I would introduce a program where service centers had "partners". These partners would be interrelated into a network. There would be certain metrics associated in the network that would be shared. On time, claims, etc. No more passing problems to the next dock. Attach a bonus program to the successful achievement of these goals again.
 
If I were Fred, granted I don't work here anymore, however I would go back to the AF and Viking principals, back in that day the company wasn't so terrified of its employees that they had to rule with fear, back then the employees were engaged and loved thier jobs and would break their backs for the company...they were loyal and most of us would have to be dragged out by our heels before we quit. Heck I might go back into freight if it were like that again...dare I say...
 
Since it is only for a day and their is little that I could do that would make a impact, I would simply give myself a $5 million dollar bonus and enjoy the good life back amongest the rank and file.
 
Guardrail said:
I've suggested this before because the present system of penalizing us for refusing to drive a commercial vehicle when ill or fatigued is in direct violation of the law.



Yes, I do. That's why I started this thread. ;)
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No they Don't!
 
No more trip numbers. Your run ID would be your trip number. I'm CDS002. and so on. You would no longer be paid off logs unless you had extra pay coming. My run is 482 miles, a D/H, and a fuel. Thats it. Thats what I will be paid unless I have delay time or such. If an extraboard fills in all they have to do is change the run number in the computer. This way if they lose your log sheet ( which we know NEVER happens) you'll still get paid.

If your SC has 50 runs then you get ie: CDS001-CDS050. If you have 5 extra boards then you get CDS801-CDS805. If your run is cancelled then you move to one of the extraboard numbers.
Then instead of having a bunch of people in payroll trying to decipher our hand writing, all they would have to do is match run ID with driver and click ok. Saves time with half the person power.
 
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