Supposed to be addressing wage issue and pay
Scale
why dont you just go there and fill out a app?and talk to the tm there.Thank you fellas for all your information. It has been very informative.
As far as the company goes. Do you guys see this "fed-ex" guy making things more positive? I.E. There is a future at this place and room to grow? To be able to move up the board and have some stability? That is what I am looking for. I know all about mergers, buy outs, and cut backs from my years at Coca-Cola. I also know that things take time. Fed-Ex is a pretty stable and profitable company. And to see somone that helped establish that move to a company to build it up seems promising.
For line-haul, do they have multiple start times? And I assume that its mileage plus hourly when you are on the dock. Is there hourly for drop/hook/fuel?
If there is equipment issues (trailer lights, tractor problems, etc) are there on-site repair or go to a penske or ryder to get it fixed?
Paper Logs or E-Logs
Thanks for the effort in answering my questions. As you can tell, im as green as they come for LTL. Just looking out for my future..
Thanks
I've been at Vitran for 15 months now. I don't think its a bad gig. I show up, I work 10-14 hrs., then I go home. Pretty simple gig if you ask me.
of course, linehaul gets pampered with new trucks and nice hotels, but soon linehaul drivers will be working the dock unloading trailers. if you worked city, it's a whole different story. get the garbage equipment with no a/c, garbage deliveries, dispatcher alerting on the nextel and heavy traffic.I've been at Vitran for 15 months now. I don't think its a bad gig. I show up, I work 10-14 hrs., then I go home. Pretty simple gig if you ask me.
I guess that every terminal is different. I've been working the dock since day 1. Freezing in the winter, and hot in the summer. Some days were over 110 degrees on the dock under the tin roof. 2 to 3 hours a night, sometimes 3.5 hours. Then I do my run and if they ask for help in the a.m. I do that as well. I don't mind doing what is needed, thats just what I do. No increase in pay since day one, no time off either, but I've never cried with any other position I've held in the past, why do it now? I take the truck I'm told to take. for the 1st year it was mac's with plenty wrong with them, then a freightliner every once in a while, and now for the most part it's the internationals. I'd don't make these calls, nor do I try to infullence them.
flip flop, you sound like you might be management fishing for responses. don't know how much more you can find out on this website, I think everyone has told you how they feel good bad or otherwise. you could talk to a thousand employees and get five thousand different opinions of the company, for some this is a company they hope to retire from, for others it is only a job until they can find something better.