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Layoffs hit the Estes Springfield Ma. Terminal won't be the last
This is the wrong time of year for layoffs. Were they dock or drivers? Why do they keep hiring ? I feel like I am having to compete for miles that are getting hard to come by in some areas. Hopefully it passes soon.wilkathow said:Layoffs hit the Estes Springfield Ma. Terminal won't be the last
i don't think they're going to hire more people to stop from paying overtime. if they hired someone they would have to pay full rate. i'm not sure the starting rate but it has to be around 16 or 17 an hour. you do the math and tell me what makes more sense. at full rate the guy on overtime would only be getting an extra 10 bucks an hour or so. plus they would have to pay all the benefits on the other employee.(insurance, workers comp,etc, etc).10 speed said:if estes is paying overtime they are going to hire more driver"s to keep from paying out all the overtime. fredex did the same thing when they seen are p&d driver"s getting overtime they started hiring more driver"s to keep from having them get the overtime pay. it don"t make sense to us but them college student"s they have in corporate make the decision"s you know how that goes they been in the trucking business 2 months but they know it all because they are college grads........
in kc they are just not replacin some guys that got canned in the city. 17.95 startin pay. i agree it would cost way more to hire guys than pay a couple of hours of ot. 5 hours a max a week isnt really anything.nightowl said:i don't think they're going to hire more people to stop from paying overtime. if they hired someone they would have to pay full rate. i'm not sure the starting rate but it has to be around 16 or 17 an hour. you do the math and tell me what makes more sense. at full rate the guy on overtime would only be getting an extra 10 bucks an hour or so. plus they would have to pay all the benefits on the other employee.(insurance, workers comp,etc, etc).
All's quiet. And slow. Anyone else got real slow freight? Scary ain't it?
Bid runs too? I've heard of individual nights and slow down of extraboard but bid runs means both ways slow. Yeah, Home Depot is not only going to hurt but is hurting very hard in a lot of terminals. What's up? Who knows. Management must feel they have something solid to be doing this, but do they really realize what they're doing to families. Then again, do they really care!REAL slow, cancelling bid runs left and right.
wait till the effect of losing home depot will have....