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Unfortunately, if at your barn 9 year guys are not running steady, I would say yes. But dang, that's awful. Holy cow.soooo is 9 years considered low seniority?
Unfortunately, if at your barn 9 year guys are not running steady, I would say yes. But dang, that's awful. Holy cow.soooo is 9 years considered low seniority?
Wow.I'm number 9 out of 11 linehaul, and I'm workin' on 12 years! If it weren't for cc days, I'd be sitting several days a week!!
Bottom line...if we want this company and our jobs to survive,(and know that you do),then it is imperative that we do the best that we can individually and to come along side the new guys and encourage them to learn from us to do the very best that they can do.
Teaching new or less experienced drivers requires them to be willing to be taught.
Unfortunately, if at your barn 9 year guys are not running steady, I would say yes. But dang, that's awful. Holy cow.
It's been like this for years. I'm ok with having a night off or working my dock, sometimes I run off the dock if someone is over. We don't make six figures running linehaul and I'm not greedy, so it's all good.Wow.
And those guys will eventually run out of cc days. You might want to hope for the best, but plan for the worst.
We are dead. Really dead. It'll be eight for me in October. Barely running. Thank God for guys taking cc days. And I am in a big barn. Some nights we won't get 30 LH runs. Used to be 40 steady. It's been very tough. Every FAC we go to there are a bunch of drivers, that didn't get runs, working the dock. At least they are making an effort to keep us all working.
I'm number 9 out of 11 linehaul, and I'm workin' on 12 years! If it weren't for cc days, I'd be sitting several days a week!!
I have seen DSR"s with several years experience not take the time to handle the freight correctly. When you have to deliver tore up crap and have to do all the apologizeing on behalf of the company, you have a different prospective on handling freight.
Teaching new or less experienced drivers requires them to be willing to be taught.
How true TF.. I won't even present a damaged shipment to a consignee w/o first stopping along the road before I get there and trying to fix it w/ tape, shrink wrap,etc. Usually a consignee will notice damages but if it appears to have been fixed up...they'll more often than not let it go. I too hate groveling before customers w/ trashed up freight just cause some other non- customer facing dsr is too lazy to take care of the shipments that he handles or is too hurried to stop and fix a shipment up. It just infuriates me.
I'm number 9 out of 11 linehaul, and I'm workin' on 12 years! If it weren't for cc days, I'd be sitting several days a week!!
Or, if I wanted to be in the city, I could have a great start time of 10:00 with the guys that have been here for two years! I'm too old to jump, unless it gets real bad. Now that my kids are in high school, im training my to work more! Maybe I'll get to retire before I die?!Man that's pitiful!
If I worked at your barn, I think that would put me after Kip somewhere? Running any fac I wanted. I live in between our two service centers and picked the wrong one when I started. It is what it is.WOW !!! that is some kinda slowwwwwwwwwwwwwww
I have seen DSR"s with several years experience not take the time to handle the freight correctly. When you have to deliver tore up crap and have to do all the apologizeing on behalf of the company, you have a different prospective on handling freight.
That article has a positive spin on it. But I could write an article twice as long that is loaded with the negative issues that has come along with these foreign drivers. Accepting lower wages and benefits, the lack of understanding of how our roadways work, poor communication, etc. etc.
Not to mention that due to these low wage earners truck stop waitresses' pay has dropped, the good ones have gone away and now service there sucks.That article has a positive spin on it. But I could write an article twice as long that is loaded with the negative issues that has come along with these foreign drivers. Accepting lower wages and benefits, the lack of understanding of how our roadways work, poor communication, etc. etc.
I can't vouch for what has happened at the truck stops, but that makes perfect sense. Low wages hurts more than just the person that is earning them.Not to mention that due to these low wage earners truck stop waitresses' pay has dropped, the good ones have gone away and now service there sucks.