An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

Really? I get a deduction for this every check.(I mistyped when I said unemployment, I meant only workers comp)




I also have a deduction for WA family leave insurance every check.

I spoke to my fleet manager today. He said he received a call on a Thursday saying 'WYLIE has eliminated his position, he had a choice of going back into a truck, becoming a fleet manager or leave the company". (Wylie, not SPD eliminated his job) He said he has to think about it. On Friday they called back and said "what's your decision, but if you choose going back to driving, you need to be in Arlington by Sunday"... who does that sound more like, Wylie or SPD? Frog soup is on the menu, and Wylie is the cook.

When discussing this retarp pay, Travis also alluded to changes are in the works to our pay policy to align it with Wylie's pay policy...We ARE becoming Wylie, it's only a matter of time.

no different than sitting a few miles from a customer over a weekend because they are only open Monday-Friday. And most reefer outfits pay detention for waiting, here you almost have to have a note from Christ himself before you make a dime of detention.

 

The reason that position is posted is because he has decided to go back to the truck and they need someone to take over the fleet manager position he was basically forced into. The job that was eliminated was the YouTube/social media position...he had to make an instantaneous decision about moving to another position, and since he wasn't prepared to immediately jump back in the truck on such short notice, he said he would try being a fleet manager, and got an abreviated crash course on how to do it, not the usual training period a fleet manager gets. And notice, the posting for the job is thru Wylie, not SPD...How much longer before the new SPD logo is removed and a Wylie logo is on the door...they may let our office be in charge of the Aerospace accounts, but I am betting that we won't be a separate company within Wylie, this company will just be a dedicated division of Wylie.

 

For me, it WAS about big miles, but after the last month, I have had a major change of heart. I informed my FM yesterday to expect a noticable reduction in productivity from me. I am not knocking my dick in the dirt to make Wylie management richer. And no more 9 or 10 weeks away from home. I will start getting home after 5 or 6. In fact, I told them that from now on, you want something fixed, pay a shop, no more freebies from me. Need a marker light changed, hire a mechanic...holes in another ratty arse tarp, find me a repair shop or buy new tarps. They make too much money on free labor. Well sorry boss, that's a mechanic's job, and they don't do stuff for free, why should I. Permits, $2/page at Love's thru their email system, no more using my printer. This hometime, all my electrical tools and supplies come out, my printer stays home...everything they got done for either free or on the cheap stops.