Trying to figure out how big a compliment this is.
I was with the same outfit for 5 years. About the same time, a bunch of us got tired of the BS, questionable pay, and the growing schism between the drivers (who were doing about 85% of the actual WORK) and the office personnel (who seemed to have a 'wander in at 9, leave at 5, put off whatever isn't done until next day' attitude).
Everything from repair orders to loadouts were being left to the drivers to manage and we were putting in 16+ hour days. So we all started pursuing other options. (I for one was losing a lot of friends and I didn't want to be the last guy there.) So in the course of about 4 months 2/3rds of the drivers left the company.
Management didn't seem too concerned.
Until I heard from somebody who stayed, that MY replacement split a trailer in half. (knocked over a street light and it 'karate chopped' the trailer in half! LOL) and a guy covering one of my clients (and old hand from my time there,) said he had no idea why I'd done that run as long as I did (25 stops up the east coast over 4 days including 6 stops in Manhattan) .
Now I hear some of the guys they brought up from the Carolinas refuse to go to NYC, so my old dispatcher called me over the weekend and said, "The old man wants you back, and he wants to talk numbers with you."
Now, it'd be nice if the Boss man called me personally and I'm in a position when I've already got a good new job. But it does raise the possibility, just how much is he willing to pay to get me back?
Just rough numbers here but I've taken a job that's 40% more in base rate and is strictly Drop & Hook. So I'd need a raise of about 50-60% above what I was making before because the old job was very physical and I was doing a lot of the loading & unloading myself. (is that not unreasonable?) Plus I understand that the boss had a very good year on the backs of the drivers that were working there last year. (Top 20 to Top 5 of the North American Van Line operators nationwide) So it's not like I'm drawing blood from a stone.
Just wanted to hear a few opinions. (and brag.)
Anyone ever been 'courted' back to a previous employer?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Infosaur, May 19, 2015.
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