Our manager said if the trailers aren’t at least 90% loaded they will be sitting until that # or more is met ! One of our linehaul guys about 2 1/2 months ago came back with one and a empty and was pissed off cause there was a 60% load sitting there and they wouldn’t release it . I am quite sure we had pissed off customers over that deal from what I remember . Service the customer ! They pay our wages ! Oh , wait a minute this is XPO , it’s how much can we F the customer !
XPO | Who Is Running Linehaul?
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they are laying drivers off at a lot of terminals! But then rehiring dockworkers! Makes no sense! And yes they’re leaving freight behind for unknown proposes! When someone says just “shut up and drive the freight” it’s pitiful to me that people let good things die! And yes the company is going under. Hate to say it!
If and when they do lay off drivers, They are given the option to take a cut in pay and work the dock. For obvious reasons the drivers leave, therefore they need need to hire dockworkers.Once again I work in an area where we are slammed with freight, so I really don’t know what area you’re from. I figure you’re from a small isolated terminal??? As far as the company going under,we must work for different a XPO. FYI We do have slow periods and busy in this industry.Just saying
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I work at a medium sized barn and they played of several a few months ago and never replaced them with anyone. It's very common to not work guys and leave loads sit at our place or ever ar a Fac. And we have customers complain all the time about how bad our service is.
To anyone in linehaul and/or upper management - customers look up pro numbers ( those yellow stickers that drivers and customers place on the freight )
Customers ( the people that pay the bills ) can see where the freight is and how long it's been there by tracking the pro numbers.
Customers don't like their freight being trapped in a trailer in a yard not moving. Customers can take their business elsewhere if they aren't happy with the service ( or lack thereof ) that XPO provides.
Merry Christmas for the info XPO management.
Customers ( the people that pay the bills ) can see where the freight is and how long it's been there by tracking the pro numbers.
Customers don't like their freight being trapped in a trailer in a yard not moving. Customers can take their business elsewhere if they aren't happy with the service ( or lack thereof ) that XPO provides.
Merry Christmas for the info XPO management.
Because you are short staffed doesn’t mean you are slammed with freight , means xpo is **** poor at moving such freight, and companies like saia are growing ever more into the northeast, xpo is not a premier carrier, but they want to charge like one. It won’t be long and the ltl division will be all o/o or shut down , they have all ready sold off terminals and are sucking every penny out of this place they can, either way it can’t continue like this , they do not want to own trucks and have all the drivers, it will not end good for us.
We all know that each piece of freight that moves through our system has a “service due date”. I’m not saying it isn’t happening, but the only reason I leave freight behind at the fac is be the freight is not due to make service that day. We move a lot of two day freight that we leave behind if we can’t fit it, but that’s about it. Obviously we do go “over” sometimes, but generally the freight gets moved the day it gets picked up and delivered the day it is due. I think it’s a shame if that doesn’t happen because yes, without servicing our customer, we don’t have a job.
Last time we went over quartet results xpo was running at 94% on time, o.d. Was 99, saia was 98, shippers look at that to negotiate price, and weather to ship with you if service is a issue, 15yrs ago someone would be fired for that number, most of our customers remember, we had premium service, adding days to service date is a accounting scheme, if you don’t have service you only have price to negotiate with, as you can see with our equipment, terminals, etc. it will get worse for employees the longer xpo operates like this.
True that we used to be the best of the best. Charging a premium for our service, faster then everyone else. Too bad that’s not the case anymore. We no longer (and haven’t for a long time) have any advantage over our competition. With a few changes at the top, we could easily be on top again. Well, maybe not easily!
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Without a doubt one of the best posts I have read. I ask those same questions every time I come here.
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It's "slash and burn" Brooks and he's destroying our company with the blessing of his boss Brad Jacobs.
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There are loads that have been sitting in XKO closed out on Monday that did not move Thursday or Friday.
Did the holidays play any part in that? Please don’t be so ridiculous.
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Of course they were not going to move mon tues wed. DUH!. But they did not move Thursday or Friday..still sitting there.
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I can see reading comprehension is not your strong point.
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Often times the people that claim everyone else has chicken little syndrome, are the ones acting like an ostrich with its head in the ground. If they refuse to see it or accept it. It’s not there and it can’t hurt them.
We had at least two drivers leaving with sets going somewhere Saturday morning. I also anticipate more loads left behind this week with the holiday Wednesday, no linehaul Tuesday and bad weather across the country. I’m thinking New England will run full FAC’s this Saturday. Time will tell.
We had loads left in our yard because the via drivers did not have equipment.
I wish we could focus on the customer and not numbers. I mean, there should be zero excuses for not getting caught up (for linehaul) over the weekend. I get the city is not able to do much on the weekend, though we do Saturday deliveries every week. Plenty of warehouse work on the weekend.