The writing is on the wall. In big, bold letters. But I’ll ride it out. Maybe we’ll get bought out by a decent company. Or shut down and we can be free to go find other jobs. Either way, XPO is swirling around the drain as we speak
I hope not ( I really do hope that tales of XPO's demise are overly exaggerated )
But if there was a thread that focused strictly on all of the stupid , idiotic , dumbass , senseless , backwards , foolish sh!t that the upper management/ownership comes up with , it would break the internet.
In one region XPO spends $20k a month to fix SafeStack in the trailers. But when you ask the person in charge how many trailers are getting fixed for $20k , it's unknown. Who buys something and doesn't know how much they are getting for how much they spend? Gas in your car. Burgers from McDonald's. Tide. Underwear.
Heard a dockworker say that management is watching their hours real close. Making SURE that they don't hit O/T. And if they call off , drivers are forced to fill in for them - but only on outbound not inbound. Soooo it's okay if drivers ( who are paid more ) fill in for dockworkers while on O/T , but it's not okay for P&D drivers come in early on inbound to get butts in seats and freight in trailers? O/T is O/T , who cares when it comes ( if the inbound gets done earlier , drivers leave earlier , peddle earlier , help outbound earlier , linehaul leaves earlier , etc. )...circle of life.
At FAC's I hear that a version of the same thing is occurring: dockworkers are not available for FAC work because the priority is to move them to the inbound. When linehaul drivers get to FAC's it's shorthanded.
So , XPO is shooting itself in the foot by moving dockworkers to start times that it didn't have trouble filling , from the more difficult to fill times? If this is true , bravo XPO upper management , bravo.
It's totally ass-backwards. Inbound dockworkers won't break certain types of trailers past a certain point of the morning because they are stalling to leave difficult trailers ( racked and strapped ) for drivers. If you say something , you are told that dockworker XXX is getting some of the "best numbers" and "you are wrong"
Are there any people in management that aren't yes men? Anyone? Someone whose knees don't hurt? A person that doesn't have a torn rotator cuff from patting the upper management on the back? Spines. Balls. Does anyone have these and common sense to call out some of the sheer stupidity?
Apologies for the rant. This is for entertainment purposes only. ( Why? Because nothing will change for the better with this particular crew in charge )