WERNER Enterprises To Lay Off 500
Discussion in 'Werner' started by AfterShock, Mar 20, 2008.
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They can't lay off drivers. Don't they know there is a driver shortage??
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I done a bit more on this, since APX was brought up into the fray.
What i found.
APX, owes Werner 7.2 million dollars. That was the SEC filing that Werner submitted.
This story is old, 2006 to be exact.
The original article, shows the business model of Werner. The elimination of many "long & medium" hauls, by breaking freight lanes into regional lanes. Shifting drivers to areas needed, not laying them off. It could easily be misunderstood though. If you didn't get all the info.
Strange how things get retold.
Sidenote: Werner's stock sucks....period LMAO -
I wish they would quit sending me recruiting post cards if they're laying people off. I was interested in Werner for about 30 seconds until I came to this site and researched them. Thanks for the info, by the way.
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Thank God. Hopefully the other big companies will follow suit. This would be the first step in getting driver pay to increase as a result of large companies not falling all over each other to compete for those cheap loads.
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Or, it could cause the Big truck truckin' companies to fill their seats with Mexican drivers who will consider 20 cents per mile a fortune.
They'll claim they're protecting the consumers from higher prices, -- but truth be known, they'll really only be concerned with increased profits for themselves, as they continue to send their Big truck truck drivers into hot climates with no idling laws to sit for days in an oven waiting for another cheap freight load.
Big truck manufactures have gone the extra mile to make their Big trucks safer and more comfortable, only to have desk drivers enact new laws, rules and regulations to circumvent all their research and improvements.
DRIVERS!
Get plenty of rest to be safer Big truck truck drivers -- but don't expect to sleep in comfort (like the desk drivers do).
And QUIT using those noisy Jake Brakes on long downhill grades -- it wakes us up and we don't appreciate that (you're being safe at our expense).
Perhaps there wouldn't be a shortage of Big truck truck drivers if those who continue to pass these stupid laws didn't have a shortage of common sense.
NO BIG TRUCK TRUCK PARKING!
Pick up and drop your loads -- then get the hail outta here. You just get in OUR way, clogging up the highways when we're trying to take the kids to soccer practice or to the beach and lakes for our much needed vacation relaxation, -- while Big trucks use the Interstate System (which was developed with commerce uppermost in the minds of the developers) as Big truck truck routes. And we don't appreciate that.
Not to mention, when we make mistakes (78% of the time) on the highways, y'all run us over and kill us. There oughta be a law against that -- Killer Trucks.
Awwww Shux!
Where's all the stuff I want at the Super Market?!!!!
WhAT!
The Big delivery truck is LATE?!!!
Those _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ !!!!
They're ruining our lives!!!
Meanwhile, the delivery Big truck sits at an intersection just outside of town -- looking north, south, east and west, only to see signs reading:
NOT A DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTE
NO BIG TRUCKS ALLOWED
As the Big truck truck drivers run out of hours trying to figure a way to do their job without disrupting J.Q. Public's lifestyle, Johnny Lawman informs them:
YOU CAN'T PARK HERE, DRIVER. MOVE IT OR I'LL HAVE YOUR BIG TRUCK TOWED AWAY AND IMPOUNDED ..... AND TAKE YOU TO JAIL.
Who do you think you are? Somebody important? You won't get away with that attitude with ME. I'M the LAW.
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Werner doesn't have to lay anybody off, they have about 30 wrecks a week in the winter and they just let those drivers sit around for 30 days without pay and then fire them.
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Aftershock you are so right -
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