Freight levels are down? My eye they are

[kelsokid18]

Just got laid off and asked to leave the premises. I was told that "service and freight levels are down, the company needs to make hard cuts" and then got asked to "please clock out, do not return to the dock, we need to escort you out of the building"

Which, to me, in my current position, seems like a load of bollocks! There is no way I see service levels being down. It might be that I just wasted half a day to go to work and get canned, but I think some short pointy headed little excuse for a manager wanted my hide nailed to the wall.

 

[pickup]

Just got laid off and asked to leave the premises. I was told that "service and freight levels are down, the company needs to make hard cuts" and then got asked to "please clock out, do not return to the dock, we need to escort you out of the building"

Which, to me, in my current position, seems like a load of bollocks! There is no way I see service levels being down. It might be that I just wasted half a day to go to work and get canned, but I think some short pointy headed little excuse for a manager wanted my hide nailed to the wall.

I looked at your past 18 posts and can see that you said enough to identify yourself(in addition to your location near your avatar). In addition, you said one or two things that would piss off management.

Just a thought

 

[kelsokid18]

I looked at your past 18 posts and can see that you said enough to identify yourself(in addition to your location near your avatar). In addition, you said one or two things that would piss off management.

Just a thought

You're probably right. Oh well

 

[pickup]

You're probably right. Oh well

I wasn't being judgemental about it. Sorry about you being canned/layed off.

 

[kelsokid18]

I wasn't being judgemental about it. Sorry about you being canned/layed off.

No offense taken. I do realize that such is the nature of the economic times.

 

[City Driver]

you said you are laid off not fired, big difference

unless you are the bottom guy at your terminal u shouldnt be the only one laid off

they are suppose to call you back to work before hiring somebody off the street

 

[kelsokid18]

you said you are laid off not fired, big difference

unless you are the bottom guy at your terminal u shouldnt be the only one laid off

they are suppose to call you back to work before hiring somebody off the street

I wasn't bottom guy, there were 5 others below me. Am I right to involve the union? I made the call to my Steward and to my Business Agent.

 

[City Driver]

check with them and make sure the 5 guys below you are also laid off

you are talking like you got fired but said you got laid off