Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

Welcome to the Purple Planet, bro!

 

Congrats road_runner!!! Happy trails!

 

I think he'd need a six pack or some scotch once he finds he's got more open spots

 

Yes you will make 3 more dollars a hour but they aren't as laid back as Reddaway/YRC

 

Stay where you are at

 

Congrats on the job offer! If you get along with everyone there personally I would stay. But if there is major strife then maybe it's time to go. Like ACH1130 says Reddaway YRC is way more laid back. FXF is write up happy, sometimes they'll ask you to move or no work. That might have been when it was bad though 08-09. But I talked to a linehaul guy couple months back he was saying they wanted him to move to Bum F Egypt. He was like screw that! Terminal to terminal might be different though. Seems like they play a lot of games here though maybe not there. I put FXF a step below CWF as in a military work environment IMO. Goodluck.

 

"Stingy about OT pay?" They pay after 40, which is better than some LTL outfits(OT after 60? Get real).

The 'write-up happy' thing happened for a brief time, and now that's gone; FXF threw that stuff in high range reverse when they saw the Teamsters truck outside one of their barns. Radman's correct to a point--seems like every barn is different. I do know that I've never seen any sort of management horror story at any of the yards here in AZ, but as always, YMMV. I would never consider FXF below CWF in any sense...at least we don't have cameras in our trucks and we make a whole lot more. Not to mention, there won't be any pressure to run illegal in any way. And it should tell you something that we don't have positions that we're unable to fill.