Our Dispatch supervisor is a man I have deeply respected for many years. He was my on car for 7 years , then went on to various other management positions. He has always maintained a high degree of integrity and professionalism,one of the old 'Partners' .He is only a couple of three years from retirement and has been the dispatch supervisor for the past year. He comes in at midnite,and leaves around 11 am- Noon. He started out trying to do add cuts that made sense,decent dispatches,and good routes. Our DM informed him that he would meet a certain stops-per-car every day or he'd find another job. Over the past few months the dispatches have gone to hell, over loaded ,etc ( ya'll know the story,we all live it) and he looks beaten and haggard. It SUX seeing such a good capable supervisor that was always full of fire ground down so badly.
I bumped into him a couple of weeks ago at Mcdonalds. our Grandchildren played together and he told me he was counting the days until retirement,he said the company wasnt the same and he hated and dreaded coming to work every day.
I wouldnt have that job for any amount of money