Ok. I get it. I just took his quote "Angered even further from the sale" as meaning that the resentment has grown since the sale. But ya, he was probably reflecting more on the past. Sounds like the frustration cup had runeth over before the sale though.
Thanks for the best wishes...they're really appreciated. I guess the reason why so many of us keep on staying here after all the abuse over the years is because we just have given up resisting it and accept it as normal. Don't all LTL's treat their people like this?...is the thinking, so why try to go somewhere else and start at the bottom. Also we stay because we hope somehow someway that there might be a change for the better, e.g. a new and better leader, a 3rd party helper, whatever... but it just hasn't happened. Maybe this new guy, Mr.Jacobs, will lead us into the promised land of greatness again. Who knows??? I just hope and pray that XPO doesn't become another Con-way...but I'm afraid that it's already headed in that direction. Help me here w/ this old familiar saying as to whether it applies to us, "If you've seen one(LTL), you've seen them all"
: . Now they are just overwhelmed with it. So mad that they wish for the worst.
back in the good ol days we worked a 12 hr log!!! the good ol days died when they sent mr.detter packing. now we night line haulers with a 500 mile run can plan on a 13 1/2 hr night every night thanks in part to these sub-standard trailers we're waiting on every night. i'm still waiting for this "more love for the drivers" from mr jacobs ,has anyone seen this "love" yet
I know someone will complain about my post, but I have to ask, you state "greatness again" I am wondering when you consider Conway was a great company? I have been in the ltl racket for a little over thirty years and actually have more years non union than union, but not by much. I have been out of work several times over those years and filled out many applications over the years. Even though there has always been a Conway terminal in a city about 20 miles from my house, I have never stopped there. I have had two buddies go to Conway over the years and between working split shifts when starting out and then having a job once you were there for a while that consisted of taking your set down to a suburb of Chicago, breaking the set, working the dock, building your set again and driving three hours home. That just never sounded like a job I was interested in, so am I missing something, is there something Great that my buddies never told me about?
Mr. Detter got a bunch of willing people to help him build a successful trucking company, filled his pockets and then left, don't B/S yourselves!
well we used to have icp bonuses ranging from 3k-5k, 100% health coverage, 12 hr workdays, a pension plan, the trucks have gotten better since the ford days but at least when you got one it was usually yours till it was time for your new truck.we had a truck with 1.6 mill miles! best truck in fleet of that year.now i get to trade every year from one truck to the same year truck and its trashed,i work 13+hrs a day because we're always waiting on these joke 3rd party carriers,there are only two things this company did right post gerry detter better trucks and we don't run in the garbage weather anymore.also x-mas party's don't exist anymore ,common sense dispatching,the drivers care factor,yes at one time you were proud to wear those god awful brown and white uniforms now it's just a paycheck
my pockets were also filled as well! now i'm looking at two guys above me on nights because they hardly get 40hrs a week on p&dMr. Detter got a bunch of willing people to help him build a successful trucking company, filled his pockets and then left, don't B/S yourselves!
Sounds like a job....I guess everyone has a little different idea of what the term Great means.
Vote with your feet. If management cannot hear you , see you , or care about you or your responsibilities as a part of this company - they cannot ignore the loss of valuable employees due to mismanagement. Lack of concern and disinterest in improvement of the situation which has systemic , chronic issues which never seem to get resolved entirely.
