Holland | Frieght over flow

Fill the trucks, dog whistle the driver and get em off the property.

Keep loading trucks until you are either out of freight to ship or out of trucks to load.

Either way thats quitting time for the day. The rest of it can wait for tomorrow.
 
Maybe they should have done something to Retain Employees they had from Quitting or Retiring early !
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Hiring the right people.

Let's see, this old bastard will have your precious load in NYC or Joisey overnight. When your future existance as a company or keeping that account depends on it. Not some wet behind ears babe from trucking school at 18.

Salary Hike Gamification.

Been there done that. DM Bowman had the Tripmaster recorder in the cab, pulled at end of every day. Idle time and speed paid up to 60 more dollars every friday. That meant turning off engine at every stop light. Thank god for air starters. It cost them several starters and tows a year in electric form.

Peer to Peer?

HA.

Health and Wellness.

Yer not sick. You lazy sumbum. Be empty by noon. Get going yer late whining on that phone to me.

Open Door Policy.

Backed by a firing and shown the gate to the street or bus station. Then told do not come back here.

Employee Orientation.

Hours of being told that you are a part of family. When something does happen the first week of trucking, you find from your bosses that you are now the bastard children that the father did not have "With that woman" in the company frame work.

Rewarding and Recognzing.

Company Pets. They get the newest and latest. Everyone else get handed oldest rusting iron as punishment for whining. (They left out me, who wants that old iron)

Training program.

I dont want to hear your complaining, is NOT THAT ICY. I got it there back in the 50's YOU get going.

Providing incentatives.

Here is a nice trip to the whorehouse and casino. Here is 300 extra dollars for your Christmas Comcheck. Call me in 5 days from there for your next load home.

Allowing work from home.

Aw you broke your damn leg. be here 5 am to shuffle trailers in that yard goat tomorrow. (Never mind that the goat is a 60's era dual stick mack B61.)
 
Maybe they should have done something to Retain Employees they had from Quitting or Retiring early !
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They need a lot of no call/no shows before the merger here in MI. TM tom is hoping to not pay any unemployment before he brings in the yellow crew to straighten out the mess.
 
I was hoping that the Holland guys would help straighten out our mess when you take up residence over here.
I hate to be difficult but isnt it the holland 5th wheels usually loose?

If I offended anyone its not intended. Some 5th wheels are loose by design. Its one of my pet peeves having one that slams back and forth.
 
I hate to be difficult but isnt it the holland 5th wheels usually loose?

If I offended anyone its not intended. Some 5th wheels are loose by design. Its one of my pet peeves having one that slams back and forth.
I was hoping that the Holland guys would help straighten out our mess when you take up residence over here.
There was just a smidgen of sarcasm in my reply. Breakroom rumor is Easter will be the merge of lists. Not sure which terminal we'll be at. I don't even recognize our place anymore. 2100 bills in the hole, maybe 70 inbound storage trailers (that's a guess) Bottom guys are seeing the handwriting on the wall and leaving, Same for dock only. And you're right about our 5th wheels. Seems to only be on the freightliners although a few plasticbuilts have had the problem. Maintenance is of the opinion we don't know how to hook up. Nothing wrong with the 5th wheels. Another problem is the lack of equipment. No trailers to load. Regional HQ says we have more than enough trailers, we aren't using them correctly.
Every day is a new set of problems, My own theory (and I've been wrong before) is they're trying to leave such a bad taste in the customers mouth about the Holland name that when it goes away we'll see more new Yellow equipment than we know what do with. Just a theory but who knows. It'll really be interesting what the merged list brings
 
Breakroom rumor is Easter will be the merge of lists. Not sure which terminal we'll be at.
I don't have any inside knowledge that Holland is moving in with YRC. I have heard in the past that Yellow owns the YRC terminal and Estes owns the Holland terminal, that's what I'm basing my opinion on.
 
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