Upslifer, I agree with most of what you say. Most of the time, and people will always complain, while it is a great paying job, and most of us dont complain to our customers, we do complain to our brothers and sisters. In my opinion it is better than sharing it with your spouse/or whatever.
I remember sheeting pkgs, frozen pens and wet paper. I remember as an air driver, delivering out of my Pinto. I remember 6 digit shipper numbers. I remember when "NDA" came . But I also remember having sups who could help, and not have their hands tied, by what has been called micromanagement. I was a preload sup pt, and I basically ran the place on the preload. Not at all tooting my own horn, just the way it was. If a driver was having a problem, and I couldnt understand what he was saying, I went and looked and tried to figure it out, sometimes/most times on unpaid time, because it mattered to me, that I was doing my job. The dispatch was my baby, and I took it seriously. When I left, people cared, gave me a party, and all that stuff. If a guy I knew was a whiner cried, I didnt take it the same as one who I knew was just frustrated, and probably had a real problem. If volume dicatated another load be put in, I was allowed to do it. Not now.
Pkgs are heavier, there are more time commitments, pkgs are bigger, while never easy, it has gotten harder in other ways, and easier in some.
And as for Impacted, I dont care, I wish they knew it was me, because my complaints fall on no ears, as all they do is get us out the door and deal with it at 5pm, another shift, mostly Oms people who handle it all. Some nights there isnt even a ft mgmt person there, what will happen when someone God Forbid has a tier 3?
yes it is work, yes we complain, but lately, we have real complaints when the numbers have been screwed for yrs, havent had time studies in years, and after a day you bust your arse, and you just know the next day someone is going to say "what happened out there you were late", I just actually wish they would listen for 2 minutes what happened. They are told to slam us, but never ask how it can be fixed, so we can have a good work life, please our customers, and have family life. Its a job, but I see some people sacrificing their home life for a job. It doesnt have to be that way.
I tend to try and not complain when I see GM people who had to leave or work for 1/2 of what they used to make, but because of all of our hard work, we didnt lose 38 million. The answer is not, "if you dont like it leave" either. Thats not something anyone with substance should say to a person who truly cares about the service that made this company great.
WEll I could rant longer but its 9:30 pm, and Im cooking my dinner. I just thought I would lay out a few of my thoughts about the browncafe, how it helps me and how good it is to vent, and yes remember the good old days. Amen