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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 4228419" data-attributes="member: 58386"><p>Let me try to explain it this way Dano. Here's an example of what goes on at Ground. Talked to a BA of a contractor at my station today. He and the others have been told by the company to expect numerous and highly unpredictable volume spikes at levels that are double and then some of their normal seasonal volume. He said to me: " We told them that right now we can't even find enough people to deliver a normal day's volume as it is so where in the hell are we going to find the people to handle this avalanche"? Well, you see Dano, that's a contractor problem that requires a contractor solution. When it comes to forward planning and marketing strategy's contractors have no say whatsoever, always the last to know and always the most directly impacted.</p><p></p><p>You see Dano, I knew that growth at whatever cost as long as it came at someone else's expense was their sole objective. What's happening to the contractor's at my station is exactly what I knew was going to happen . They can't compete for the best workers. Too labor intensive, pay's too low and the installation of cameras tracking and second guessing every move would cost them plenty of interested applicants. </p><p></p><p>I was no longer willing to put anymore money at risk under the dumb assumption that there would always be somebody walking through that door physically able and psychologically willing to go out there and deliver top of the scale performance for bottom of the scale money and do it on a continuous 6 day a week basis for an extended period of time. </p><p></p><p>While in the metro areas they'll be able to find those transient type workers for awhile but out in the rural areas very few if any remain and many of them can't stay clean and sober.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 4228419, member: 58386"] Let me try to explain it this way Dano. Here's an example of what goes on at Ground. Talked to a BA of a contractor at my station today. He and the others have been told by the company to expect numerous and highly unpredictable volume spikes at levels that are double and then some of their normal seasonal volume. He said to me: " We told them that right now we can't even find enough people to deliver a normal day's volume as it is so where in the hell are we going to find the people to handle this avalanche"? Well, you see Dano, that's a contractor problem that requires a contractor solution. When it comes to forward planning and marketing strategy's contractors have no say whatsoever, always the last to know and always the most directly impacted. You see Dano, I knew that growth at whatever cost as long as it came at someone else's expense was their sole objective. What's happening to the contractor's at my station is exactly what I knew was going to happen . They can't compete for the best workers. Too labor intensive, pay's too low and the installation of cameras tracking and second guessing every move would cost them plenty of interested applicants. I was no longer willing to put anymore money at risk under the dumb assumption that there would always be somebody walking through that door physically able and psychologically willing to go out there and deliver top of the scale performance for bottom of the scale money and do it on a continuous 6 day a week basis for an extended period of time. While in the metro areas they'll be able to find those transient type workers for awhile but out in the rural areas very few if any remain and many of them can't stay clean and sober. [/QUOTE]
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