New Director takes over in the Northeast. Wants to fix the bottom line to look like a hero. For the better part of the fiscal year, (excluding peak season) overtime is limited. From what I understand they thought at one point they could make it a 10 hour rule, but quickly found out it was not feasible right now. This has been passed down and force fed to incompetent management who in some ways are also subjected to torture, reprisal, and deception.
On a lighter note. A long time RTD employee who is always at the station explained to me how his training back in 1991 had him in Arkansas for a few weeks learning how to drive a tractor trailer. Something the company took very seriously. He told me now, for every 10 Joe's they get off the street, 2 or 3 pass the training that consists of driving around a large parking lot near the airport. Turnover is atrocious, and accidents are at an all time high. He said one new jack managed to not only slice his trailer basically in half, but also sliced the 3 AMJ cans in half as well. This employee was not fired, instead relegated to yard duty. But the best part of the story is when FedEx and the Police were doing the paperwork for the accident, the driver was not wearing his uniform, instead he was in a FILA track suit!