The company, the industry, knows what the problem is, driver shortage... now and even more in the future. I love it, those most infected with CLS have posted for years regarding our company and the fact that "they didn't hire in to be a dock worker". And "why would a driver come here to just load freight five days a week?". So the outlook for recruiting, retaining drivers for LTL is very, very negative. Not because of your villains in Ann Arbor, but because of the industry. So the company communicates the anticipated change in operating model, drivers drive and dock workers work the dock. Read it for yourself,
Driver Turnover Rate Rises in Second Quarter | Transport Topics Online | Trucking, Freight Transportation and Logistics News . So there is no magical switch that get's thrown for this change, it doesn't happen over night. At the end of the day the economy and our customers will decide on the needed staffing to get the job done.