I have no idea what our volume is like right now as I have been out since Aug 1 on a work injury. I have heard through the grapevine that it's crazy right now and they are cutting rtes as much as possible. We have a new center sup (O.R.) and he's pulling his hair out trying to get rtes out and drivers back in all to no avail as the DM is not letting him do his job. I feel for the guy.
Right now, the cutbacks are hitting the entire company. I have some friends in from Atlanta and Reno Nevada and could not believe the things I was hearing. The Business Development manager is based out of Reno and also has all the territory for the Sacramento area.
Here are just a few of the "edicts".
All air travel is suspended
No overnight stays allowed
Account Executives are given a certain mileage allowance per day and cannot exceed that allowance.
When you have a huge territory to cover this basically hog ties your ability to drum up new business. This goes against the very nature of what it takes to make a business successful.
If our Business Development Team is going through this type of scrutiny and cost reduction initiatives, you can imagine the pressure that is being put on on-road teams and drivers! WOW!