XPO | Job Selection Process & Favoritism

Pretty crazy. We used to have a TM we called the terminator. It’s a different world.
Yes! I remember Tim, the terminator. In the end encounters with us he actually said he regretted introducing himself as the Terminator. We believe corporate came down on him.
 
Yes! I remember Tim, the terminator. In the end encounters with us he actually said he regretted introducing himself as the Terminator. We believe corporate came down on him.
He was promoted to head of truckload and decided to stay with CFI when they were purchased by Transforce International.
 
Yes! I remember Tim, the terminator. In the end encounters with us he actually said he regretted introducing himself as the Terminator. We believe corporate came down on him.
Your always going to have Tim the Terminators . Some people when given a position of authority can not handle it properly. We had one and lost a dozen guys fired in one year . Shame some good guys where caught up in that mess .
 
The old guys have one foot out the door and don't care to do anything. The young guys are to the point where they won't even attempt deliveries if they haven't been there before. Constantly taking out freight that says attempted. Or straight truck needed. Then you get there. Pull right into a dock and stand there and watch a guy on a forklift unload the freight. Leave out of there wondering why it was impossible. I could kinda understand residentials or whatever. But they won't even deliver the easy stuff. And then they wonder why the company is looking to sub out p&d routes ? Well, are you gonna do the work or not ? If not, what choice do you give them ? I shake my head every day. It's getting really tough to deal with. I really can't believe where we are, from where we were.
I hear ya, HS. I was dang near 60 when I retired, but still humped the lift gate freight on a regular basis. Without repeating the ‘story’ on my last few years at ABF Freight, I saw a LOT of laziness at my barn. Used to tick me off big time!
 
With the Job Selection Process (JSP) just around the corner has anyone else noticed the favoritism and complete disregard for seniority? It's by design that the system is rolled out every year as "A driver bids a start time not a route". Well let's take a closer look at this statement, it's XPO's ballgame and they control the entire ballgame. Local management can make ANY driver appear as though they are overly productive or not productive on the dock and in the P&D environment. Give a dockworker tasks outside of moving freight and BOOM, there goes his motor move numbers. Give a driver numerous handoff deliveries and once again BOOM, there goes the stop per hour numbers. So, the moral of this thread is that XPO puts their favorites :grouphug: where they want by FAVORITISM not by true production numbers. Runs are created to personalize them to a so called favorite. I've seen at multiple service centers where individuals are on routes for 10 years or more and I have asked why that is. The answer I get is, that driver knows that task better than anyone else. I'm pretty certain after a short period of time anyone can complete a given route or task efficiently if given that task. It's really not rocket science. My question is, how versatile to the company is that individual if that's all he does? Or should we determine that's all they want to do? Routes should be delegated out as they are created and by seniority. Let's fix this and strive for true production numbers, success for all of us, and for a profitable XPO.
Spot on 4 truth !!! couldn’t agree with you more. I worked with another carrier years ago that had a job selection process that not only included one’s start time but also the peddle area that came with it. No favoritism allowed, you bid your time and corresponding area that came with it according to your seniority. Not so now a days, not at xpo nor was it ever like that at ccx or con-way freight. Instead all we have is whinny dsr’s who pout if they are taken off their precious and favorite routes. And you’d think that the world coming unglued if they had to peddle an area that had a lift gate or they didn’t know. Good grief... I’m retired now so I could care less what management delegates p&d runs. All I can say is that they were totally inconsistent with implementing their own rules, their certainly was and will continue to be unfair favoritism in the job selection process concerning who gets to peddle what area.
 
At our barn runs are 'unofficially' attached to start times. So at 7:30 you have ABC, MNO, and XYZ runs.

You bid 7:30 and knock a guy off, you get one of those runs.

At 8:00 we have 5 people and 5 runs. If you move into an 8 o'clock start, you'll get one of those 5 runs.

Within each group there is preference to seniority on who gets which specific run.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a run change between start times to follow a guy or because someone requested it from a different start time.

Dont really see much favoritism or anything like that. Guess I'm lucky.
 
Spot on 4 truth !!! couldn’t agree with you more. I worked with another carrier years ago that had a job selection process that not only included one’s start time but also the peddle area that came with it. No favoritism allowed, you bid your time and corresponding area that came with it according to your seniority. Not so now a days, not at xpo nor was it ever like that at ccx or con-way freight. Instead all we have is whinny dsr’s who pout if they are taken off their precious and favorite routes. And you’d think that the world coming unglued if they had to peddle an area that had a lift gate or they didn’t know. Good grief... I’m retired now so I could care less what management delegates p&d runs. All I can say is that they were totally inconsistent with implementing their own rules, their certainly was and will continue to be unfair favoritism in the job selection process concerning who gets to peddle what area.
Yep...I saw the very same thing when I worked there. I always thought that JSP thing was a little skewed anyway. Honestly, are there REALLY 96 start times (4 per hour)?
 
Anybody hear about xbh doing a pilot program 4 ten hour days. Myth just confirmed this. They're doing it now.

If this is accurate then why in the world wouldn't this be on the generic across the company Job Selection Bid Sheet that drivers fill out? If it's a so called "Pilot Program" to a particular service center how is that not selective? Is the process already tainted?
 
If this is accurate then why in the world wouldn't this be on the generic across the company Job Selection Bid Sheet that drivers fill out? If it's a so called "Pilot Program" to a particular service center how is that not selective? Is the process already tainted?
Mt tm called the xbp tm and talked to him about the 4 days 40 hours three days off I sat there and listened just in case they do it at my terminal
 
Mt tm called the xbp tm and talked to him about the 4 days 40 hours three days off I sat there and listened just in case they do it at my terminal
Who makes the decision on switching to the 4-day-a-week format? The drivers are asked? The Director of Operations? The TM? Who decides what day of the week you have off?

For example , the FedEx Freight terminal that does the 4-day-a-week format nearby has the day of the week off based on seniority. With high seniority drivers offered work on their off day ( overtime )
 
If this is accurate then why in the world wouldn't this be on the generic across the company Job Selection Bid Sheet that drivers fill out? If it's a so called "Pilot Program" to a particular service center how is that not selective? Is the process already tainted?

Because just like everything else. They make up the " rules " as they go. One terminal to the next " policy " is completely different.
 
Mt tm called the xbp tm and talked to him about the 4 days 40 hours three days off I sat there and listened just in case they do it at my terminal

Honestly. I am already working 10 hour plus days. So. Getting an extra day off. That would be pretty cool.
 
Who makes the decision on switching to the 4-day-a-week format? The drivers are asked? The Director of Operations? The TM? Who decides what day of the week you have off?

For example , the FedEx Freight terminal that does the 4-day-a-week format nearby has the day of the week off based on seniority. With high seniority drivers offered work on their off day ( overtime )

You would hope it would work like that. But this is XPO. They will mess it up.
 
Who makes the decision on switching to the 4-day-a-week format? The drivers are asked? The Director of Operations? The TM? Who decides what day of the week you have off?

For example , the FedEx Freight terminal that does the 4-day-a-week format nearby has the day of the week off based on seniority. With high seniority drivers offered work on their off day ( overtime )
I guess they asked 5 drivers in xbp by senoraty highest person got to pick mon or fri depending on you chose the next person chooses then the next three pick one day each Tues wed thurs. No ot 4 days 40 hours 10 hour days pilot program they let the drivers decide if they wanted to try it
 
I guess they asked 5 drivers in xbp by senoraty highest person got to pick mon or fri depending on you chose the next person chooses then the next three pick one day each Tues wed thurs. No ot 4 days 40 hours 10 hour days pilot program they let the drivers decide if they wanted to try it
would they get OT if they worked past 10hrs or 40hrs for the week
 
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