I really wonder just how close the ugly part is away. Sometimes I feel not to far off.A whole lot of nothing here. Good luck everybody. We are getting close to the ugly part.
I really wonder just how close the ugly part is away. Sometimes I feel not to far off.A whole lot of nothing here. Good luck everybody. We are getting close to the ugly part.
They laid off I think six earlier in the year at my terminal, dock workers, not drivers. I don't think they were laid off for long. Things have been wierd this year for sure. Seems like we are busy one week and slow the next. I don't know what to think anymore. I think with the election coming up next year it's going to get worse.We were told driver lay offs.
Layoffs in the summer?? What the heck???Meeting this morning wanting volunteers to be laid off for 7 weeks. Can go get unemployment for 7 weeks but no use vacation/PTO. Anyone else have same meeting today? Thanks
No fac, a dark terminal. I believe there are other motives, as for drivers, we are the illegitimate bastards of the company, just here trying to rip it off at every turn.
I really wonder just how close the ugly part is away. Sometimes I feel not to far off.
They laid off I think six earlier in the year at my terminal, dock workers, not drivers. I don't think they were laid off for long. Things have been wierd this year for sure. Seems like we are busy one week and slow the next. I don't know what to think anymore. I think with the election coming up next year it's going to get worse.
Layoffs in the summer?? What the heck???
We just hired two drivers (still training them) and need a few more dock workers.
"People are leaving us for Central Transport"We can't keep any one. So it's hard for me to gauge anything. Just hired a new personnel supervisor. So hopefully that works out. And if we all have jobs come bid season. It will be chaos again, dealing with someone completely new trying to manage a bid for 115 drivers. If we even still have that many drivers. Of course. And they did send almost all of our rental vans back. But we have lost a bunch of customers. Please, stop tearing up freight. People are leaving us for Central Transport. Seriously. Not that we can do much about it with an e-deck system that's un-useable and no dunnage. But really. It's not even just damaging the freight any more. It's that we are destroying the freight. And showing up late all the time. Service failures. People calling in hounding the office staff wanting to know where we are and, oh.... it'll be there.... tomorrow.
But it's all good. Tony Brooks said we are going to be the number one trucking company !!!!
At my barn they just hired a bunch of dock hands then layed off driversThe election, and they economy. Eventually, this thing is going to collapse/correct. Liquidity is all messed up. They are using every tool in the arsenal. But it's not going to stop this from happening. 10 years of growth. It's a lot to reign in.
You bring up a good point though. At the terminals where drivers were let go, we they let go before dockhands ? Or are these locations without dockhands ?
You have no contract,What seniority, They can do as they please.Tenure and job classifications..Since I don’t have access to policies and procedures, I thought it was outside carriers, dock workers, class b drivers, then cdl drivers last?
Well , dockworkers are cheaper , I guess?At my barn they just hired a bunch of dock hands then layed off drivers
Yes, we have dock hands and the drivers were let go before them. No dock lay offs.The election, and they economy. Eventually, this thing is going to collapse/correct. Liquidity is all messed up. They are using every tool in the arsenal. But it's not going to stop this from happening. 10 years of growth. It's a lot to reign in.
You bring up a good point though. At the terminals where drivers were let go, we they let go before dockhands ? Or are these locations without dockhands ?
Is the bid process still the same? It was called JSP (job selection process). My first time filling it out, I was aghast that there were actually 48 start times (every 15 minutes of every hour)!! I said to our TM: “Are you honestly telling me there’s an 03:45 start time?”We can't keep any one. So it's hard for me to gauge anything. Just hired a new personnel supervisor. So hopefully that works out. And if we all have jobs come bid season. It will be chaos again, dealing with someone completely new trying to manage a bid for 115 drivers. If we even still have that many drivers. Of course. And they did send almost all of our rental vans back. But we have lost a bunch of customers. Please, stop tearing up freight. People are leaving us for Central Transport. Seriously. Not that we can do much about it with an e-deck system that's un-useable and no dunnage. But really. It's not even just damaging the freight any more. It's that we are destroying the freight. And showing up late all the time. Service failures. People calling in hounding the office staff wanting to know where we are and, oh.... it'll be there.... tomorrow.
But it's all good. Tony Brooks said we are going to be the number one trucking company !!!!
Dam you ,unions are bad. Don’t u know?You have no contract,What seniority, They can do as they please.Tenure and job classifications..
It’s cheap laborYes, we have dock hands and the drivers were let go before them. No dock lay offs.
Our dock hands work a split shift, both inbound and outbound.