Originally Posted by hairoftheblkdog

I love hearing "CB wisdom". You're kidding yourself if you think solevent companies aren't gunning for YRC. We're coming and we're coming hard. I've worked for two, non-union carriers, one stronger then the other but both very strong carriers and I know for a fact that by the end of this week, we're going to know what we need to do and say to get every bit of business we can from YRC. Some of you I've read have talked about other carriers being picky about what they pick up. Well NO *'*** SH#*!!!! We don't want YRC trash or anybody elses. How do you think claims ratios work exactly??? How do you think we pay for your trucks and the coffee machine you like to stand around??? Yeah....I know...everybody thinks their company must be doing well because their trailers are full. No; what we want is profile freight. I'll tell you the objective and you can go back to your drivers meetings with this info. We're going to pick you of your profile freight, leave you the bones and wrestle you into discounting the ever loving sh** out of the crap freight because it's all you got left. I'm sorry boys...the games chess not checkers. Our job as sales people isn't harmony and peace and this brotherly trucker love crap. My only purpose every morning is to get out on the street by 7:30 and figure out how I'm going to help my company shut someone down. THAT'S IT. Now I'm sorry to here YRC drivers talking about their absent sales people....but that's the game folks. If you've got a salesmen sitting on his/her ***** all day then I suggest you find other work. Plain and simple folks...because what's going to happen is driver layoffs. One of the first things I do with a new hire is a ride along and I talk to him about what it is I do exactly. I tell him/her to think of some questions for me and we'll review them. If you can't talk straight to your sales people I suggest you spend a little less time in this chat room and a little more time looking for a carrier that knows what they are doing. My terminal has 13.4% market share and we've been open 11 months. It ain't pretty but it's true. As a salesmen I carry the lively hood of you and everyone in your family out on the road with me everyday. When Dave Miller CEO at Con-Way said his expectation was the Account Executive would be with the terminal manager to explain to a driver(s) of their layoff...he freaking meant it!!! I'm telling you now....inactive salespeople + terminal management allowing it = a really really bad day for you. Trust me.

Originally Posted by hooddock

13.4% market share,100% @sshole!

Originally Posted by wild deuce

I heard this is your 27th job since you was 30 years old and you're now working for your 80 year old dad who gave you his business because you're his only child and your mom said he had to do it.

Originally Posted by larry retired

Churchill went out of business like almost every other company following deregulation. Just a little side-note. We were all told following deregulation that the opportunity for many more trucking companies would be the result. First of all, hundreds of trucking companies failed. The new companies created were individuals who bought a truck and hit the highways. They're all pretty much gone by now. What's left are independents contracting out to larger concerns. Not exactly what they had in mind. The LTL industry is down to a handful. The ultimate result was one more industry controlled by a very few. This isn't the American way, but it is, unfortunately, the way of the times.

Anyway, I had friends at Churchill and lots of other carriers who are gone now. I have a fellow steward friend who came from Churchill who is now at Roadway. He has been through this with about five companies now. His terminal is closing with the merger and he will be transferring to Denver. I haven't seen him for a while, but I am sure he is thrilled. I'm kidding. But the thing I don't understand about your comment is why you blame the union for your father's situation. They didn't want deregulation and they couldn't do anything about the fact that his company went out of business.

Originally Posted by hairoftheblkdog

I love hearing "CB wisdom". You're kidding yourself if you think solevent companies aren't gunning for YRC. We're coming and we're coming hard. I've worked for two, non-union carriers, one stronger then the other but both very strong carriers and I know for a fact that by the end of this week, we're going to know what we need to do and say to get every bit of business we can from YRC. Some of you I've read have talked about other carriers being picky about what they pick up. Well NO *'*** SH#*!!!! We don't want YRC trash or anybody elses. How do you think claims ratios work exactly??? How do you think we pay for your trucks and the coffee machine you like to stand around??? Yeah....I know...everybody thinks their company must be doing well because their trailers are full. No; what we want is profile freight. I'll tell you the objective and you can go back to your drivers meetings with this info. We're going to pick you of your profile freight, leave you the bones and wrestle you into discounting the ever loving sh** out of the crap freight because it's all you got left. I'm sorry boys...the games chess not checkers. Our job as sales people isn't harmony and peace and this brotherly trucker love crap. My only purpose every morning is to get out on the street by 7:30 and figure out how I'm going to help my company shut someone down. THAT'S IT. Now I'm sorry to here YRC drivers talking about their absent sales people....but that's the game folks. If you've got a salesmen sitting on his/her ***** all day then I suggest you find other work. Plain and simple folks...because what's going to happen is driver layoffs. One of the first things I do with a new hire is a ride along and I talk to him about what it is I do exactly. I tell him/her to think of some questions for me and we'll review them. If you can't talk straight to your sales people I suggest you spend a little less time in this chat room and a little more time looking for a carrier that knows what they are doing. My terminal has 13.4% market share and we've been open 11 months. It ain't pretty but it's true. As a salesmen I carry the lively hood of you and everyone in your family out on the road with me everyday. When Dave Miller CEO at Con-Way said his expectation was the Account Executive would be with the terminal manager to explain to a driver(s) of their layoff...he freaking meant it!!! I'm telling you now....inactive salespeople + terminal management allowing it = a really really bad day for you. Trust me.

Originally Posted by ROADY

Jimmy G is exactly right on the money. We need to service our customers, and that means delivering their freight on time and picking up their freight on the day it is called in. Unfortunately this is not happening because, at least my manager says they are told how many men to put to work everyday by a computer message every morning. Gee, i wish that computer could understand that when you double up p&d runs you either can't make all of your deliveries or don't have enough room for pick ups. When you don't have enough manpower on the street, you cannot service your customers properly. When you don't service your customers properly, you lose them. When you lose your customers, you go out of buisness. Oh what do i know, i am only in the freight buisness 37 years, and anyway computers know everything!!!!!