After 25yrs I too have decided to quit. I can't take the long hours, the worn out old equipment, the lack of manpower, the low wages, the loss of pension, bad management, and the lack of pride at YRC. It's an embarrassment when you show up at a customers dock.
I'm not proud to call myself a Teamster anymore either. They have robbed us blind over the years.
I'm sick of being taken advantage of!
Everyone has their own situation but for me a job at the non-union competition is more lucrative, less stressful and most of all less hours. Many guys at my barn runs out of hours in the city almost daily. 12-14 hrs a day is ridiculous. They won't hire anyone and work conditions continue to deteriorate.
There's nothing left! We have held out hope all these years that things are going to turn around and yrc will get back on their feet. Wake Up people!! They are trying to kill us literally. The 15% will never come back. The pension is nearly dry. The state of the equip is so bad that it's impossible to replace it at this point.
They hav used me long enough. It's time to be happy driving a truck again.
Good bye yrc and good luck to all of you that are stuck w no possible way out.