So one of the linehaul guys who got the ax was fired because he would have to park it at the hub (instead of making it all the way back to his home terminal which would be ~100 more miles) and go to the hotel on several occasions. Not because he was running over hours. Not because he would "log off" vnomics and finish his run. Not because he was "taking naps" or stopping the truck for any other reason while he was dispatched.. He was getting delayed because he was waiting on freight almost every night which put him over his 14 and he wouldn't lie/cheat his vnomics to make it home. He was fired because he did what is inconvenient but legal and "by the book". That's foul. The strange thing is that there are other guys at his terminal that get an hour or two of sleep while they're dispatched every night and they're scott-free. I know this because I filled in on these runs while I was a system driver and I was beating some of these guys arrival times by hours over the course of their week long vacation. I guess cronyism pays..
I'm not saying it's like that company wide, but it is disheartening to see this going on so close to home. However, I personally find this mass termination deal unsettling. Certainly this is a highly coordinated company effort that took a significant amount of time to plan and execute and they sure as hell didn't inform anybody below management that this was coming. So much for that whole open door policy thing. Not to mention that if I fall out of favor for management for any reason anybody, including myself, could be on the chopping block too. I could see if they terminate an employee by going through the policy that is in the employee manual ie verbal warning, written warning, suspension, termination.. but is seems they are circumventing this at will.
I'm not saying it's like that company wide, but it is disheartening to see this going on so close to home. However, I personally find this mass termination deal unsettling. Certainly this is a highly coordinated company effort that took a significant amount of time to plan and execute and they sure as hell didn't inform anybody below management that this was coming. So much for that whole open door policy thing. Not to mention that if I fall out of favor for management for any reason anybody, including myself, could be on the chopping block too. I could see if they terminate an employee by going through the policy that is in the employee manual ie verbal warning, written warning, suspension, termination.. but is seems they are circumventing this at will.