RAISE!!! Make it count R&L!!!

[leftlanecruiser]

Do you ever wonder why it is all about the paper work now? Why is everyone pushed so hard to get off the yard on time or risk getting wrote up? We have been moving freight for over 40 years,and have done a pretty good job of it. Safety and morale have taken a back seat to how it LOOKS on paper. Have you ever asked yourself why all the concern with how it LOOKS on paper? The answer is performance bonus. The bigger question is who is getting them? TM's have always gotten them if their terminal is productive. I think that Zimmerman is trying to squeeze every dollar that he can out of the company while he can. I do not think that he will be here 10 years from now,I hope I am. He is trying to get what he can-while he can. I would love to see the contract that he signed when came over here,I bet that it would explain alot of what's been going on.

[Skeet]

Did I get a Cola? No! Did you get a Cola? No! Are you still working as hard for R+L? Yes! Is R+L Still in Biz? Yes!. Have we Grown in the last 4yrs? Yes! Why have we grown? Maybe because we paid for it as R+L Drivers,Dock workers, CS, Shop, and Sales. We made the monwy and they kept the COLA to grow. Hey R+L maybe it's time to water the seeds that made you grow. Without the Sales we get no new freight, without the CS we shrink because they put out so many fires from lost damaged freight, the Dock workers who get it loaded, To the Shop who keep the fleet running. R+L Get of your hands and dip into the bank and give us a little dip. Hard to look at the kids,grandkids and family and tell them the price of everything is up but are pay. So it's hot dogs three times a week then two times a week.

[tagalong37]

They never slow down only things the did was our pay if they didn't make any money why would they buy terminal ,use trucks ,rebuilds engine for the use junks, buy other truck company and not just one I heard from team driver that a roby said they made more money then they ever made in company history and that was 2 or 3 years ago The driver r doing more they r sale rep to ask or beg from one more shipment I don't see sale rep drive a truck

[goinbroke]

we got a raise, was posted on the board yesterday.

[shadowr434]

we got a raise, was posted on the board yesterday.

Yup,but they didnt make it count. LOL

[pop]

did we? his post started 2/12/11

[Scooter305]

At least YOU got a raise (small as it was). We were told that they were going to faze us out. That we would be getting jobs with ABCO, no idea on pay, and now we find out we have to go through the rehire process. To GM has been demoted to Operations Manager, the Operations Manager was demoted to a dispatcher (he quit, and so did hes driver manager wife).
We don't know if we are even going to have jobs!
No, I am not an R&L driver, but one of the "red headed stepchildren" (or as one poster called us "the outsiders") from Spirit Express (which was bought by R&L Jan 09).