For several weeks now, our terminal managers have been spamming our qualcomms every morning with messages regarding truck idle time and fuel efficiency, and how we (the drivers) are not meeting company goals.
This morning you sent your own message about how we aren't lining your already inflated wallet well enough, and that some drivers would be fired (in much nicer words) if their stats didn't improve.
The dolts who are running your company(into the ground) Jerry, fail to realize that the root problem your company faces is a lack of respect for drivers. You can bullshit us all you want with your phony banners and phony appreciation meals, but us drivers who have more brain cells than you give us credit for... we see right through it, as proven by your astronomical turnover rates.
I'm not sure what incentive your DM's have in continually ignoring breakdown/layover pay requests. Obviously it makes them look bad if they are dishing out a higher % than other DM's, but why is such a fundamental display of disrespect just part of normal operations?
Maybe it should be made clear to ALL DM's that layover/breakdown pay is to be paid IMMEDIATELY upon request when it is owed. Is that too much to ask for?
If you aren't going to pay as promised, why advertise it?
When I don't get my breakdown/layover pay, I am not a happy camper to say the least. Do you think i'm going to give any consideration to not idling your truck at questionable times to save YOU money when you won't even pay me the money that YOU owe me? Do you think we're all idiots, Jerry?
You're also asking us to cut down on our speed, which is just another way of asking us to cut our hourly rate for absolutely no incentive, and drive some of the slowest trucks on the road even slower.
Why don't you geniuses devise some clever type of fuel-saving bonus program?
Lets say a driver saves the company 3 cents per mile compared to a predetermined figure... maybe the driver would get a 1/2 cent or 3/4 cent bonus per mile. Is this too complicated? I guarantee if there was any incentive at all, you would instantly see results.
I have many more ideas for your company, Jerry, but I only get paid to drive this truck for now.