Where does that load out of Mt. Top?Now that Fed Ex has dumped 1,400 accounts is ABF seeing any of it? The only account i seen so far at my terminal is Johnson & Johnson. Fed Ex took it off us a few months ago when we were getting 1 or 2 pups a day now its 2-5 vans a day....
TobyhannaWhere does that load out of Mt. Top?
Everydayissat ABF has always hauled trash freight, they just figure out how to profit from it.Tobyhanna
Actually the j&j freight is decent….Everydayissat ABF has always hauled trash freight, they just figure out how to profit from it.
It could be decent freight we lost due to Fed Ex giving big discounts….Why would we want someone else's undesirable freight? Perhaps ABF should be doing the same and dumping the high labor freight.
That’s all we haul! LOLWhy would we want someone else's undesirable freight? Perhaps ABF should be doing the same and dumping the high labor freight.
There will be many more "new hands" over the next five or so years as the senior workforce here starts retiring. They better get busy with some sort of incentive pay to retain the experience they currently have or this place will only get worse.We can't handle the freight we have now. Constantly waiting for the dock to get trailers loaded. Lots of new hands. Including the Tm.
Exactly. We have had a lot of guys retire in the last couple of years. I'm sure there are more just waiting.There will be many more "new hands" over the next five or so years as the senior workforce here starts retiring. They better get busy with some sort of incentive pay to retain the experience they currently have or this place will only get worse.
Did they retire of find work elsewhere?No new freight at our terminal. Lost 3 guys last 4 months never replaced them and still slow enough guys just working 8.
I had no idea that it was slow anywhere right now. Here at the Rock, you can get early call and shift extension overtime pretty much every day in the dock, city, hostle classifications as well as 6th/7th day offer.No new freight at our terminal. Lost 3 guys last 4 months never replaced them and still slow enough guys just working 8.
We work a guy Sunday (double time) to start the inbound, 3 guys come in at 4am Monday with nothing to do…. Can’t make this up….I had no idea that it was slow anywhere right now. Here at the Rock, you can get early call and shift extension overtime pretty much every day in the dock, city, hostle classifications as well as 6th/7th day offer.
Oh, we've got our share of stupid scheduling as well. But we are so covered up with freight most days, common sense takes a back seat. A lot of days, our casuals get overtime as well (and sometimes forced overtime).We work a guy Sunday (double time) to start the inbound, 3 guys come in at 4am Monday with nothing to do…. Can’t make this up….
Casuals what’s that? Last guy on the list is in by 8….Oh, we've got our share of stupid scheduling as well. But we are so covered up with freight most days, common sense takes a back seat. A lot of days, our casuals get overtime as well (and sometimes forced overtime).
A casual is a part time employee. Guaranteed 4 hours when called in, but they usually get 8 hours. Most are college students. It is Article 41, section 2 of the Southern Region Supplement. The good ones usually get a chance to go to a driving school at ABF's expense to become full time. We have at least a dozen that have done this over the last three to four years.Casuals what’s that? Last guy on the list is in by 8….
Chino slacks and boat shoes.Casuals what’s that? Last guy on the list is in by 8….
I’m joking, we can’t find anyone….A casual is a part time employee. Guaranteed 4 hours when called in, but they usually get 8 hours. Most are college students. It is Article 41, section 2 of the Southern Region Supplement. The good ones usually get a chance to go to a driving school at ABF's expense to become full time. We have at least a dozen that have done this over the last three to four years.