economy - and - prospects...
Posted 12.07.2008 at 03.11 AM by latanea
wow...
what a year...
I have been hashing over in my mind whether or not it is as bad as people say out there...
I performed a little experiment the past 2 weeks...
I sent my resume into one of those mill websites that then for-wards it off to a gazillion companies.
1. curious
2. if things get much worse - I may need a temporary job (lay offs at YRC are going deep this year)
well the results do not look good...
not many companies are hiring - and the ones that are pay less than half of what I make now...
(ouch)
The end of the story is that I have many offers - but all of them involve going back OTR - or running a B.S. regional style.
Dunno folks - I know that it would have to get a lot worse for it to be considered a "depression" - but in many areas - we are already preparing for such an event.
(remember that the crash of 1929 was not really felt by all until 1933)
so things could get a lot worse...
what a year...
I have been hashing over in my mind whether or not it is as bad as people say out there...
I performed a little experiment the past 2 weeks...
I sent my resume into one of those mill websites that then for-wards it off to a gazillion companies.
1. curious
2. if things get much worse - I may need a temporary job (lay offs at YRC are going deep this year)
well the results do not look good...
not many companies are hiring - and the ones that are pay less than half of what I make now...
(ouch)
The end of the story is that I have many offers - but all of them involve going back OTR - or running a B.S. regional style.
Dunno folks - I know that it would have to get a lot worse for it to be considered a "depression" - but in many areas - we are already preparing for such an event.
(remember that the crash of 1929 was not really felt by all until 1933)
so things could get a lot worse...
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 |  Having been in LTL for many many years I understand what a crunch the LTL industry is going thru. The Yellow/Roadway thing takes my breath away everytime I think about it. What do you think is going to happen? Safe to assume you're a linehaul driver? Are you still working? Yellow's terminal is Columbus is incredible to look at, just about empty. Don't know what the Roadway terminal looks like. My husband retired long ago, but I stayed in the business until I got such a good offer from a TL carrier that I had to take it. My last LTL carrier was APA Transport, I loved that company. Good luck. |
Posted 01.08.2009 at 07.35 PM by luvtheroad  |
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