Songremainsthesame
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It's not about whether or not the company values its younger employees as all work is assigned by seniority. If the company worried about making sure everyone worked as much or as little as they wanted, they wouldn't be able to service our customers as well. The company puts men in tractors when and where they're needed, it's about making service.
How about this, several other LTL companies in my area start giving drivers 4-day work weeks when freight slows down. They post early in the week what day you're off, and if you're a senior driver they give you a choice of what day you want to take off. Senior drivers can usually pick Mondays or Fridays off, the work gets distributed to where everyone makes enough to live on while it's slow, and when it speeds up then it's balls to the wall again. I've talked to several Southeastern drivers and this is how they manage their man hours when it's slow. Then they always have the option of calling you if they're particularly busy on your day off and you have the option of coming in and working. I definitely wouldn't mind that, because they give you a heads up on what day you're off, and it still doesn't screw with having weekends off. Sounds like a good plan to me.
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