Streaker69
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Like I replied to Joe, all I can say to you guys is it will get better as you move up the seniority board.
We all started at the bottom and we all went through it...when I was low man in the city I would come in late, maybe make a swap out or two, then hit the dock. When I transferred to the road it was a 91 mile shuttle run and pound the patio until winter where I found myself on the extra board lucky to work 1 or 2 nights a week...and that was 20-25 years ago. Freight comes and goes and some years are better than others but that’s the LTL business and it’s not going to change. I would suggest you stick it out but the choice is yours to make...
That's what I keep hearing, but things are changing now. I'm ok doing whatever work has to be done until I move up. I get that's its a long game and seniorty trumps all. We're losing freight to competitors moving into the area that are cheaper and don't damage freight. Nobody is held accountable. Everybody is friends outside of work and on Facebook and they all hang out. So, since they're friends, that guy can ignore that "do not stack" sticker and just put 700lbs of alternators on top of it. Take a pallet of something fragile and ram into the trailer because why open another one. It's the problem of the guy delivering it. Nobody seems to understand that this stuff belongs to somebody. There's a business depending on this freight and all they care about is high and tight and the weight of the trailer. There's no point if it all gets refused because it's damaged.
I'll get kicked out because I'm not buddies with supervisor while the pt dock guy gets a full 6. The not buddy pt dock guys get kicked out after 3 hours.