Layoffs are coming!
I get called almost every Tuesday and asked if I want the day off. Since the middle of November I have only worked six whole weeks.( I'm not complaining.) I run over 3200 a week, I guess that I'm getting old and lazy. I will work when I have to but right now it just feels good.
Sorry Chicken Little, but even if it were to get to that point, FedEx traditionally starves their employees out rather than concede to an unemployment claim
Before I left, my center was barely moving any freight at all. I was moving maybe 3 bills to TOL and returning with 9. I was recycling the same empty 4 days out of every week
I agree buttercup. I always HATED to be the guy who opened the swing doors on those trailers. CRASH....BOOM...BAH!!!Working the HUB at CLT (Charlotte NC ) at night on my shuttle run there seems to be no real let up. You may catch an early night once in a while but the levels are steady to busy. Rail vans / cans keep the propane draining. I have noticed the "liberal time off policy" has kicked us in the short hairs 'specially on Fridays. Last week I back stripped pups just to load on to purchase trailers (PIGS) that were 'Called in" because there were not enough drivers available to cover the bids. When you get PIGS that have no means to deck or segregate the freight, that's where the dollar damages add up.
Actually the stock market is going great guns under this idiot in the W/H wouldn't you say? The CEO'S are making more and more every year while you guys aren't doing as good .Southeast area is slow. Uncertainty of the economy is fueling a slowdown in GDP and Imports IMO. I don't see it improving until the current idiot figurehead leaves the WH.