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

supersnackbar · Feb 14, 2023

Having to wait until Tuesday morning to pick up has put me right into the next round of snow coming thru the NE, IA, MO border, and into the one after that in WA. Wednesday night into Thursday Percival is expecting 3-7", Lincoln is expecting 3-5", then, over the weekend Snoqualmie is expecting heavy snow, so it looks as though I will be taking the southern route to Kent with this 6000 lb load.

supersnackbar · Feb 14, 2023

I had considered transferring to COTC to get away from Wylie (and keep my health insurance going), but I noticed one thing that would prevent me from doing so....their website says this about their crash cameras

I can deal with the 65 mph trucks and outward facing cameras, but inward is a deal breaker. Plus, I read that Lonestar also has inward facing cameras. I wonder how long before all Daseke companies have them...

Rugerfan · Feb 14, 2023

COTC has had inward facing for quite awhile now.

Winnyf1 · Feb 14, 2023

From what I understand they don’t overdo the enforcement, at least according to one driver I know who works for them.

supersnackbar · Feb 14, 2023

Rugerfan said: ↑

COTC has had inward facing for quite awhile now.
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Back when I was at Moore, the COTC driver that ran glass off our yard had the same forward facing camera we had...but they didn't have PC.

Winnyf1 said: ↑

From what I understand they don’t overdo the enforcement, at least according to one driver I know who works for them.
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Still, if the company feels like they have to keep an eye on me while driving, it means they don't trust me...so I won't ever work for a company with inward facing cameras.

Winnyf1 · Feb 14, 2023

supersnackbar said: ↑

Still, if the company feels like they have to keep an eye on me while driving, it means they don't trust me...so I won't ever work for a company with inward facing cameras.
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Oh same, I was just passing this along…hopefully things there will stabilize for you.

drvrtech77 · Feb 14, 2023

supersnackbar said: ↑

Back when I was at Moore, the COTC driver that ran glass off our yard had the same forward facing camera we had...but they didn't have PC.

Still, if the company feels like they have to keep an eye on me while driving, it means they don't trust me...so I won't ever work for a company with inward facing cameras.
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I’ve always said if a company has to Constantly worry 24/7 about who’s driving their trucks that maybe that standards need to be raised… forward facing camera can actually see if the drivers penitentiary anyway, because if the driver drives off the road, and the camera showed nothing in front of them, then obviously, they weren’t paying attention to the road

HaglerFan · Feb 14, 2023

While I won't work for a company that uses them, I do understand the reasoning because of so many idiots on their phone while driving. I've seen God only knows how many drivers holding their device and texting while driving a semi.

RussianBearTruckeR · Feb 14, 2023

BeHereNow97 said: ↑

From my understanding, your concerns are:

1. The Director of Operations and his wife (the recruiting manager) are no longer with the company....the office is starting to thin out slowly...

2. Something about the name change and new logos concerns you

Correct?

This whole post is you being upset that it's not your parents generation anymore. I get it. You're around my parents age and you saw the privilege of employees in your parents generation being able to work at a single company, without taking a single entrepreneurial risk by starting their own business and without having to get a post high school education, who could simply show up at a job, punch in a 40 hour work week for 30 years, live a middle class lifestyle with a wife and 4+ kids, many times without the wife even working or just working part time. Companies at least made an effort to put on a show of actually caring about their employees and rewarding hard work and effort.

Those days are long gone.

Correct. The corporate big wig who fired the office people that you like was nothing personal. It was just business to him. And in return you need to be ready to dismiss any company that you work for without it bothering you in the least either.

You don't. The answer to your statement is that you do not be loyal and dedicated to any company you work for. They are not your friends or family. It's business. There is no more work 30 years and get the golden watch and retirement cake going away party on your 30 year anniversary.

You use a company as a means to an end, just like your company uses you as means to an end. Nothing more. Nothing less. You don't do a bad job or an unsafe job, but you don't kill yourself to go above and beyond either. I am so glad I figured that out at a young age, I have no doubt that it has and will continue to ADD years to my life by avoiding the stress of viewing the company as anything more than a means to an end.

I wouldn't be concerned about changes going on at the corporate level or with the office people, nor would I be concerned about logos or naming issues. I would just be concerend with if your actual day to day job and yearly salary is being impacted by any of this. Until that starts happening, why even worry about something that you have no control over?

And if you're really that concerned about two office people leaving the company and about the companies logo/name changes (which I don't think you should be), then just do a little research and have your backup plans ready to go. Then, don't give the state of affairs within your company a second thought until it actually starts to negatively impact you in your day to day job duties.
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RussianBearTruckeR · Feb 14, 2023

drvrtech77 said: ↑

Some of these upper management people literally think they’re smart, but many of them not all but many literally screw up everything they touch… Because they think they’re smarter than everybody on earth and like you stated it’s the opposite they’re not that smart
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I think the brilliant young man running hunt and is after crete is a very talented individual especially how he pops his collar a sign of executive status... after a bump in a seedy bathroom with a follow up pipe hit with Hunter! Do what works for you in the end

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