Why are most companies hush-hush about hiring freezes?

[bentstrider]

You go onto their websites, look at their equipment and see their ads in truckstop handouts touting that they still seek drivers.
But when you answer those ads, that's when you get the atypical bad-news that most of us have been getting when trying to get back into, or just plain get in to the saddle.

[Jumbo]

If they tell everybody that they have a hiring freeze nobody will apply.

[Jumbo]

I overheard our recruiter tell someone the other day on the phone that we would accept their application but we are not hiring as of this moment. They are still going through applications and checking backgrounds in case we do start hiring or need to fill a truck.

[LBF]

Catch and release, same as fishing. They categorize what they get, skim off the best right away, and have the good enough ones set aside for the day the boss yells in the door to get more help, NOW!!!

[bentstrider]

Well at least they could be a little more up front in those regards.
It could also stem from the fact that they're being like these stereotypical disaster movies and trying not to invoke a panic.

[Sealord]

'Cause the website was developed and ads were bought before the bottom dropped for moving freight? BOL

[chris1]

Weeding out the weak and under-performers.

[feederfred]

A lot of companies, both trucking related and non trucking companies are doing this. I really believe that, first of all, online job searching/hiring is a joke. Companies post openings that they don't have and have no intention of hiring anyone. Saia and Fed-Ex are good examples...they post job openings, yet when you go in person, they inform you that they have a freeze on and are NOT hiring. I have come to think that maybe firms are doing this to make their stockholders/investors think that they are a lot healthier financially than they really are. My own former company (UPS-the infamous "Big Brown") still posts job openings, yet I get the retiree newsletter every month citing 15,000 plus layoffs and more to come, and Brown constantly whining about how it has not made it's target financial goals this quarter...

[Orangetxguy]

A lot of companies, both trucking related and non trucking companies are doing this. I really believe that, first of all, online job searching/hiring is a joke. Companies post openings that they don't have and have no intention of hiring anyone. Saia and Fed-Ex are good examples...they post job openings, yet when you go in person, they inform you that they have a freeze on and are NOT hiring. I have come to think that maybe firms are doing this to make their stockholders/investors think that they are a lot healthier financially than they really are. My own former company (UPS-the infamous "Big Brown") still posts job openings, yet I get the retiree newsletter every month citing 15,000 plus layoffs and more to come, and Brown constantly whining about how it has not made it's target financial goals this quarter...

Don't you just love hearing the term; "Shareholder Value", when they are telling you that you just don't perform well enough, and "They" are going to have to make changes???


Do you suppose all the "Corporate Theives" of the last 15 years gave one moments consideration to "shareholder value" as they were lining their own pockets, squirrling away petty cash into offshore bank accounts, and awarding themselves massive stock options??

sorry....my bad!

[feederfred]

And as usual, you hit that nail squarely on the head....I totally agree...as always the "little guy" pays....

[bentstrider]

Typical.

Anywho, I've got another year for that "three years since accident" to be complete, so maybe that will lift up my chances somewhat.

Just too bad that that container guy I drove for closed up shop and took all of his equipment below the border.
All because I chose to remain mono-lingual.

[rapatorr]

Typical.

Anywho, I've got another year for that "three years since accident" to be complete, so maybe that will lift up my chances somewhat.

Just too bad that that container guy I drove for closed up shop and took all of his equipment below the border.
All because I chose to remain mono-lingual.

I thought this was America and it's official language was english , I'm sorry that happened man, I lost my job over a guy that would do it for half of what I was making, no joke

[Phantom433a]

Just too bad that that container guy I drove for closed up shop and took all of his equipment below the border.
All because I chose to remain mono-lingual.

Arizona passed a law that English was the LAWFULL language for the state.....too bad theres no teeth in it.

Our recruiter tells drivers that we are not hiring at this time, but will take their apps.

[ELGAUL]

plus the fact that all advertising dollars are 100% tax write off's.look at nascar sponser's,ya they are there to be seen on sunday,but there companies are not eating $20 million a year to sponsor a car either..

[geargrinder]

I thought this was America and it's official language was english , I'm sorry that happened man, I lost my job over a guy that would do it for half of what I was making, no joke

YRC Glenn Moore, Crete, Boyd Brothers, and Schneider continue to bombard Sirius/XM with innane advertisements.

[chris1]

plus the fact that all advertising dollars are 100% tax write off's.l

Spending the money for a deduction or paying a % in taxes and keeping the rest, i doubt it's for write off's.
Most have long term advertising contracts. Cheaper to continue than pay off and recieve nothing.

[jonp]

I think that it has more to do with the cost of taking those adds off of all of the trucks and also that advertising contracts are made months in advance so can't be broken without a penilty.

[Windwalker]

I'm expecting that more of us will lose our jobs that we already have. I"m seeing a further reduction in freight, so I don't expect it to simply stay at a hiring freeze. I'm expecting to see more downsizing. The ads for drivers is getting to be a joke.

[bentstrider]

I'm expecting that more of us will lose our jobs that we already have. I"m seeing a further reduction in freight, so I don't expect it to simply stay at a hiring freeze. I'm expecting to see more downsizing. The ads for drivers is getting to be a joke.

Makes you wonder when the Department of Labor will change their hiring outlook lists.
As much as I'm trying to get back into this field, I'm at odds over others due to the fact that everything else seems to be downsizing as well.
You know you're in trouble when you see laid off engineers and chemists applying to the low-brow security company you're working at.
Luckily, I've been doing this off and on since '03, so it's my experience in this field that put me ahead of them on the hour-buffet.
And just like trucking, these degree-holders end up leaving after a week due to the "monotony-level" of the job.
"Ah!!! It's too hot!! I hate being outside, my wife is going to kill me for being dirty!!"

Huh huh, marriage.