I`m getting old. I forget, are we supposed to show support here or push people under a bus? Just in case I`ll post two things for BBAG. Please choose what one works for you.
1) Hey,Way to go! Congrats on making driver especially with all the stuff you got to learn nowadays. Be careful and save your knees/shoulders.
2) Jeez rookie. Watch were your going. Who taught you how to back up a vehicle, Stevie Wonder? Don`t run on route,you`ll make the old guys look bad.
Did you read the post where he says unloaders should be paid 28.50 and drivers 8.50 because driving is like taking a nap? He is more confident in his position with the company than I am and I have been doing it for almost 23 years.
And as far as making the old guys look bad , I am in the same shape now as I was when I was in college. I don't care how fast someone else can do the job. I don't even look at my times, I work at a pace I feel is fair and try to provide service to my customers.
If that means waiting at the door to help the elderly widow put her box in the house I will.
The reason, I believe drivers are paid well is because we are trusted. Trust comes from proving yourself over time. The company trusts us unsupervised with the pkgs and in our contacts with the customers.
They also trust us to make safe decisions on the roads in sometimes really bad weather.
By the time a part-timer starts driving at my center, the company has a pretty good idea what they are getting. And I do what I can to help them.
BBAG says he should drive because he tells every suit he sees. Talk is very cheap in my opinion.