A day in the life of a trucking executive

Scene setting: Monday morning - in the mega, mini and every trucking company meeting
Chief operating officer (COO) - "Do you have that computer printout of those randomly chosen drivers we want to dump on, lay over, give short miles to and generally rip off this week?"
Head of dispatch - "Yes sir. I've got it right here."
CEO - "Good. Get started screwing them again this week right away!"
Dispatcher- "Will do chief! Just like always."
Chief financial officer (CFO) - "But sir, doesn't doing that cost us a lot of money by running the overhead through the roof? You know we have to pay almost 8% of their FICA in matching funds. There is their 401(k) to match, health and workers comp insurance to pay for, paid vacations, and holiday pay. It also costs us a few thousand dollars to hire and then to have to pay that again to rehire someone to take their place? The cost of the equipment alone sitting idle costs us hundreds of dollars per day. We have to make payments on the equipment and pay for: insurance, taxes, registration not to mention maintenance and overhead."
CEO - "Sure it will cost us through the roof, but who cares?
CFO- "Sir, let me remind you that we are a trucking company that exists to serve our customers in order to make a profit. All of our salaries are paid by profits and we, which are those of us in this room, are 100% overhead. If we rip our drivers off, profits will fall for we will not be able to serve our customers. Remember your bonus is 100% based on customer satisfaction."
CEO -"I do not care about my salary. I just want to make sure those pesky drivers get screwed. I plan my whole week, heck my entire year just figuring out how to get 'em where it hurts."
CFO - "No margin, no mission. If you do that sir, the company will fold or the board will fire you and then you will not be able to support your family. Then you might have to become one of those drivers. You see, the longer we keep our drivers, the less our overhead. This increases our profits and enables us to grow, making this company better for everybody. Driver longevity is the key!"
CEO - "I do not care for anything except seeing that those drivers get dumped on in every conceivable way by dispatch, payroll, safety, security. Oh, and remind me to have someone call all of our customers and ask them to take all the time in the world loading and unloading our trucks. We also need some loads cancelled, trucks ordered not used, etc. That will get the drivers dander up. All of them: male, female, solos, teams, owner operators, and their pets! Remember, we are an equal opportunity company in making our drivers suffer."
Dispatcher - "We put them on hold for as long as we can, then we cut them off so they have to call back. Then, after they call back we promise them loads that don't exist to get them home on."
CEO - "Great, remind me to give you a raise. Hey, I have a great idea! Let's start a lease purchase program! We can set up a whole new division just designed to screw drivers! "
CFO - "That will cost us a ton!"
CEO - "But...it will enable us to rip off hundreds of more drivers. Let me ask you one thing. We are still making a profit, right?"
CFO - "Yes sir, a small but never the less, a profit."
CEO - "That what I thought. Meeting adjourned."
(COO leaves the room)
CFO to dispatcher in a hushed tone - "He still does not know does he?"
Dispatcher - "No, of course not. He has never figured out that all the things he plans and thinks we are doing to the drivers happens naturally every day. It does not matter if the company is large or small, reefer, van or flat, company driver or owner operator based, this is the world of trucking. We do not have the time for anything besides answering the phones, serving customers, taking care of the drivers and just doing our jobs to even imagine some of the stuff that just happens twenty four hours a day, seven days a week, three hundred and sixty five days a year. The COO actually thinks we have the time to sit around planning and executing this stuff. You aren't going to tell him are you?"
CFO - "Oh no! As long as he is happy and stays out of our hair. Anyway, I guess every man has to have a hobby. See you next Monday."