It must be bad!

Maybe they realized that O/O's are the wave of the future....CHANGE......

 

There were all sorts of rumors going around about my hubbys company BMT and last week in the newsletter the owner addressed them. As of the publish date there are no plans to layoff anyone and so far for 09 the number of vehicles to deliver is the same. The first couple of weeks are always solw in Jan. but as far as Iknow they are still doing training/orientation in Greer.

 

The hiring freezes are long overdue. My miles have been dropping for months, and it was very frustrating to watch students being hired when there isn't enough work to go around already.

I have sympathy for the working folk being laid off (I've been there), but coming into trucking isn't going to help anybody. You're better off on unemployment compensation.

 

think its bad now just wait, the first half of 09 is going to make all of 08 look fantastic.

 

The companies that I know of personally are barely keeping their doors open, not hiring and laying off.

The big guys like Schneider are looking for o/ops and experienced drivers. Last I was told, is that the Schneider school is closed at least until next year. No date to open back up has been set to the best of my knowledge.

I see a push at Schneider for more o/ops over company guys. I don't know what the company drivers at Schneider are doing in regards to numbers, but us o/ops are running 99-100% on time with few if any issues. And we don't cost near the money as a company driver. I would look for more opportunities on the o/op side with these mega carriers in the very near future.

And fewer opportunities for newbies across the board. And I wouldn't worry about the Mexicans either.

Mike

 

They don't worry either, they're set, courtesy of the libs in SAC......

 

Got my license here in toronto, canada with Humber College, at the end of November they had a career fair with sceinder national, at that time they told us that they were not hiring right now, apply after January. They said usually they close for xmas for 2 weeks, this year they were closing for roughly 4 weeks. At that time they would evaluate if they were going to need new drivers. They said with the rapid changes in the economy they could not perdict if they needed new drivers.
A job fair without any jobs.

 

Now hold on there one second... the last time I heard the word change we got obama...