Who's The Worst Of Them ALL to work for?

Truck drivers are disposible, at least in the eyes of most companies. This is especially true of those companies listed on NASDAQ.

Privately-run companies can be a ##### to work for at times, too, though, but nearly as much as those who are Wall Street's darlings.

 

and they wonder why there is a shortage of drivers

 

Does anyone have anthing good or bad to say about FFE out of TX

 

I was once told that drivers were a dime a dozen, and then the boss pulled out a 20... He wanted to get 2400 of them to see if he could find one or 2 that could really do the job...

 

Exactly. I'm amazed that with the driver shortage going on, somehow the market isn't responding with much better conditions (money, home time, whatever) for drivers. Instead, companies seem to be attempting to see how hard they can screw their drivers before they quit to go somewhere else.

 

The man in charge of ATF in Vincent ,Alabama can't even turn on a computer or even add with his fingers and toes .Don't depend on him reading a map .My kids can dipatch my loads better than he can but of course they can read . How this man can be a free agent connected with Greatwide I'll never know but I hope they find out what a sorry piece of work their glorified salesman is .

 

Workingman, I've run into that myself. People who don't have two brain cells to rub together get great jobs because they "know somebody". But I guess this is the way of the world. I guess it pays to have a father-in-law, or, as in Utah, an elder (priest/preacher), who will take of those who come begging.

 

You could be right on the rejects, but I don't think that accounts for such a steady hold on the turnover rate for the last several years. I looked it up and it seems that it's been over 100% for quite a while. Even for smaller carriers.

 

In Utah, they're "bishops" or "stake presidents," usually. lol