This is one of my favorite YouTubes.
Insurance I think is dependent on where you live. It's useless up by me. Good luck getting a hold of anyone there.
Web site? Someone want to point me to it because in several years here, I've never found it. And I've looked!
Freight is slow at all the carriers right now, and the big boys have lowered rates to stay busy, so our volume has tanked, aside from Amazon.
We run '15 Freightliners by us, but maintenance has been abysmal. 2 oil changes in the 157k miles since we got it. Plus, last oil change, when my Linehaul slip seat picked it up, it was making a nasty clunk from the transmission as you drive down the road. Basically, he and I were told to run it until it blows. To Eaton's credit, the thing keeps trucking along day and night. Whatever is is internal, but seems to be holding.
The current wave of getting rid of central dispatch and moving to local is causing some fantastic fights between local and corporate. Can't wait until this is all over.
Truthfully, the biggest reason I'm still here is because with the seniority I have, I always work. Anyplace else that would be an improvement wants me to start as a casual right now, and that won't fly with a family to feed.
You seem to misread things, I do not get mad when someone doesn't post. What tickles me about you is how you pose as a driver but are most likely a manager. I like how you degrade your English and grammar as time goes on to try and make yourself sound like driver when in reality what you are doing is displaying what you think of drivers. You obviously view drivers as a group who are notoriously incapable of speaking and writing intelligible English and you are trying to make yourself fit in. Like Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor in that prison scene in 'Stir Crazy'. I do not feel insulted that you view us in that manner, all you do is reinforce my opinion of how managers in this business view drivers. You obviously think we're a bunch of illiterate imbeciles. Furthermore, what you are doing reflects poorly on your company. You should take cruise around these boards a while and see who is posting here and how they carry themselves. To my knowledge none of the other companies, none of the respectable companies have managers here acting like you.I have been on vacation. I did not know you would be so mad when I don't post. I am new to the boards and did not kno I would cause so much fuss by makin a positive post for my job.
These boards are tools. They can be as useful and educational as you make them. Any time you post is an opportunity to shape the conversation.Mark S - This is why I've limited my involvmnet on this board, anytime we post anything positive about our company these guys jump on board to dispel anything good about Central or swear up and down we must be mgmt. I thought this would be more educated discussions but the only thing that goes on here is childs play. if I post "man I love my new pete" someone will post a snarky remark about Central followed by the same 10 guys over and over posting "Yeah yeah Matty Sucks, hahahaha LOL" or "have you seen that video". Not worth my time right now.
Also I think you are forgetting that some of us worked there. I worked there for 2 years and that was prior to the purchase of Vitran. I experienced it first hand. Horrible insurance, terminals that need to be condemned, shop that doesn't have adequate supplies or enough mechanics, no OT till 55 and treated like a dog. The only thing that is consistent at CT is change. I've always said that. You think things are good now, wait 6 months it will change. Back to dock work, you're new Pete will break down and will sit for 6 months before getting fixed. You don't realize how bad it is untill you leave and work for a real LTL company. Centralized rep is horrible, and new Petes won't change that.
Well, as a bonus, central dispatch is sort of going away. Local managers are doing dispatch in most centers.
Well, I say that, except the leftovers keep taking back control and overriding stuff just to **** the locals off. Luckily, those dipshits are all on the way out the door over there except a couple who are going to be doing large terminals only.
The rest, well, business as usual. Maybe even worse right now while we go through whatever "restructuring " they've got going on.
Truthfully, not holding my breath.
Mark S - This is why I've limited my involvmnet on this board, anytime we post anything positive about our company these guys jump on board to dispel anything good about Central or swear up and down we must be mgmt. I thought this would be more educated discussions but the only thing that goes on here is childs play. if I post "man I love my new pete" someone will post a snarky remark about Central followed by the same 10 guys over and over posting "Yeah yeah Matty Sucks, hahahaha LOL" or "have you seen that video". Not worth my time right now.
These boards are tools. They can be as useful and educational as you make them. Any time you post is an opportunity to shape the conversation.
There have been multiple times in this thread where someone has asked for proof of some of the great things you and others talked about ( like healthcare websites )
You can get upset and "limit your involvement" but remember Central Transport has a long record of negative bs ( a lot of it posted on here ) and your testimony alone ( if you are a real driver ) won't change Central Transport's reputation overnight. It took years to get this bad and it will take years of doing the right thing to fix.
I have a question for the CT drivers defending the company and speaking out about the positive changes. I admit that I started seeing shiny new trucks, even here in Canada, like Freightliner Cascadias with LED headlights. It's kinda surprised me, to be honest, that suddenly CT is turning itself upside down and inside out. Their latest ads out of Toronto suggest they're actually paying above average for the region.
So tell me, from an objective point of view, what changes you're seeing and if you'd recommend giving CT a chance to a newcomer. I'm genuinely curious because it does legitimately look like they are trying to dig themselves out of their bottom feeder reputation.
If your proud to work there that's all that matters. Maybe Matty and his son have changed. I will give them the benefit of a doubt. The next few years will tell. As they say, the proof is in the pudding.The Cascadias were purchased a couple years ago and now the company has also been putting money into buying the 2017 Petes. I know at my terminal we had our yard completely redone and new cement put in, the parking lot was freshly done too, and our wages have been increased twice in the last 3 years. I know this company has had a bad rep across the board but I have seen a lot of positives since I started with the company and believe the company is going to prove themselves to be stronger than much of the competition in the end. Central is by no means free of issues as no employer will ever be but I do believe it is a great place to work new or old in the business. I have seen 5 of my fellow drivers quit here in the last few months and all but one have come back asking to get their job back. It is easy to look at a company and judge them on what others say happened years ago but this company has come far and I am proud to work here.
If your proud to work there that's all that matters. Maybe Matty and his son have changed. I will give them the benefit of a doubt. The next few years will tell. As they say, the proof is in the pudding.