LongTimeComing
Air Ops Pro
Aren't most senior drivers already making more than on-roads anyway?
I know of the West coast District MGR retirement --Who retired in the East --District Managers ?
I know of the West coast District MGR retirement --Who retired in the East --District Managers ?
Bill Soumis (North Atlantic) was one, and .. the other name escapes me - I have the email at work.
Thank you. Does seem strange in a 20 District system --no replacements for three Districts announced----it is the end of January.
The scuttlebutt around 07/20 has been we won't be with 43rd street anymore - not many seem too upset by the prospect. Then again, in a year people might be begging to go back to NY.
central cali, new jersey & gulf south districts will be absorbed into other districts.
I do agree 100% that ops experience is important and helps in understanding the other person's job. However, many staff jobs are not their to support ops any more or less then ops is their to support staff. We are all their to support the customer in one fashion or another. It may be in cost cutting to have as low rates as possible while still being profitable, it may be in going out and winning new customers or keeping existing customers, it may be in hiring people to staff our operations. It may be to pay our electric and fuel bills etc. We wouldn't be as efficient or possibly even stay in business if we didn't have each of the functions doing their job.Problem is some staff forget their function is to support ops, and without ops experience they lack some understanding.
Longtimecoming... I know a lot of people who have similar opinions as you do. For some reason, we seem to foster the us against them attitude. It's a good thing when it's us (UPS) vs them (FDX) or them (DHL) or them (USPS) etc. But when it's us (ops mgrs) vs them (staff mgrs).. why??? Some people's career path is operations, some are staff, some like myself have done both.
Personally, I liked it when we had all mgmt go driving (and not just for 30 days). I think it gave everyone a better appreciation of our drivers and more importantly, our customers.
Just like we need our service providers and we need our feeder drivers and we need our hub ops folks and we need our mechanics. We also need sales, we need finance, we need IE, we need LP, we need our IT folks... They are all vital to having a well run company.
I've done a lot of jobs both in ops and in staff. Not one job was "easy". Some may be easier then others, some I did better then others. Some I had more aptitude for then others. But they all required time and effort and sweat.