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Good luck with the contract. If the 52cpm rate in your chart is for triples, you guys definitely deserve far more than that. One question - is that rate for both doubles and triples? I always heard companies here pay a premium for pulling triples (Ohio Turnpike).

 

YRC/Reddaway at most will give maybe 3cpm. I don’t see them trying to be competitive in pay. YRC lost money recently in a good market. The pay cut has been a decade. They are wanting inexperienced drivers not experienced drivers. Becoming more Swift like in the LTL world. I don’t see them ever paying above .60cpm. OTR guys make .50cpm is what they are staying competitive with not other LTL’s. Why I don’t understand why older drivers keep trying to hold on there. If you want to get fair wage your best bet is to leave and go to a well ran managed company that won’t lose money. I worked for Reddaway for 5 years so I know what’s going on.

 

I've been on here for the better part of six years. Not once have I ever made a personal attack against any other member on here .

If you read the context of my comment, I merely stated that you are promoting an outside source to support a third party platform (aka union). If I remember right, discussions concerning unions have a separate section on this page so it prevents bickering and conflict.

You have a right to say whatever you want but it is disappointing that you would question my intelligence because I disagree with your placement of this thread. Cause ultimately, this is what it comes down to.

But seeing how we are on the topic, i am not going to disrespect you. Nor will I question your intelligence. I will merely engage in your ideas.

Let's start of why I hate Reddaway. It has nothing to do with the company. I work for a POS terminal that fired their only competent manager three years ago. He wasn't great, but he kept all the hours balanced and everyone happy. The guy that he was replaced with was just a senior driver. A racist bitter old man that used his position to micromanage our terminal into a hostile and resentful workplace. I literally urinate into this guy's fuel tank before I leave work each night.

The TM is ok with how things are going.. He is even ok with our turnover rate going from 15% to 95%. Hell, less people that work there will boost profits. There is nothing a union can do to fix this type of work environment. Not when your terminal only employs 5 people. Union won't touch it. It's not worth their time.

Pay and benefits are not bad. I make $20/hour the first 8 and $30/hour after that until I can't legally work anymore. Our health care benefits are worth an additional $12/hour. If you put everything together, we are paid $75k a year if you include benefits. Median wage for my area is $45k/year. I think in terms of compensation Reddaway is more than fair.

I am a free market capitalist. I am a firm believer that if you aren't happy with your workplace or it's compensation, you are free to leave and find work elsewhere. In my case, that is what I am doing.

It is absolutely unethical and immoral for a third party entity to come down on a private organization, and hold their labour pool hostage by demanding this and that. If I am a business owner, I should be able to set the terms of employment, and not be dictated by an outside group on how I should set my compensation criteria.

My terminal is sitting right at a $0.06 to a dollar profit margin. After all the bills are paid we generate maybe $80k in profits each year... It's financially suicidal to assume you can boost sales by cutting more into profits by increasing wages.

 

2.7 stars. Is that out of 3? Most places have a 5 star rating system. Be a shame if they rank 2.7 / 5

 

Shocked that Reddaway came in last. I knew they aren't the best one to get on board with... But I figured they would at least be ahead of XPO and Saia.