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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 5587893" data-attributes="member: 58386"><p>On point. You can only devalue your labor and economize your operations to a certain level and not feel the impact of it. </p><p></p><p>Yesterday, Saturday around 3:30 PM Ground pulls into my next door neighbor and in an unusual manner he pulls up to within about 3 feet of the front door. The driver slowly climbs out of the cab and I could plainly see was struggling to move an average size box. So I went over to help him</p><p>As it turned out the guy was in his early fifties. He explained to me that he spent more than 20 years on the gas rigs and his hips and lower body were totally shot. He told me that he took this job believing that it would be similar to Express work with letters jewelry boxes etc. only to discover it was the complete opposite. That morning he had to load transport pull off and stack 4 new skid steer tires mounted on weighted rims. They are ungodly heavy because they're designed to create the required low center of gravity and bottom heavy design needed to balance the load. This is the guy's daily work experience. He told me that his contractor requires at least 120 stops per day due to the high mileage accelerated wear out bad rural roads have on his trucks. No surprise there, they're smelter bait in 3 years and this contractor has his own truck shop.</p><p></p><p> Later this summer he's having both hip joints replaced. With no health insurance benefits I don't know how he's going to pay his bill</p><p></p><p>The issue is two fold. First the guy clearly belongs on disability. He's in no condition to be out there doing this. The job is a joint killer and with his already shot he's suffering inhumanely. Secondly, it's a clear testament to how it is becoming increasingly impossible to get anybody to take the job for the ball busting work and low pay .</p><p></p><p>He also went on to say that managers and contractors at the terminal have absolutely no idea as to how they are going to load air box onto Ground routes and still get them out the door by 8AM . And to no one's surprise they are being offered zero guidance or directives on how they're supposed accomplish that little feat. It's an impossible situation and many contractors will have to decide accordingly .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 5587893, member: 58386"] On point. You can only devalue your labor and economize your operations to a certain level and not feel the impact of it. Yesterday, Saturday around 3:30 PM Ground pulls into my next door neighbor and in an unusual manner he pulls up to within about 3 feet of the front door. The driver slowly climbs out of the cab and I could plainly see was struggling to move an average size box. So I went over to help him As it turned out the guy was in his early fifties. He explained to me that he spent more than 20 years on the gas rigs and his hips and lower body were totally shot. He told me that he took this job believing that it would be similar to Express work with letters jewelry boxes etc. only to discover it was the complete opposite. That morning he had to load transport pull off and stack 4 new skid steer tires mounted on weighted rims. They are ungodly heavy because they're designed to create the required low center of gravity and bottom heavy design needed to balance the load. This is the guy's daily work experience. He told me that his contractor requires at least 120 stops per day due to the high mileage accelerated wear out bad rural roads have on his trucks. No surprise there, they're smelter bait in 3 years and this contractor has his own truck shop. Later this summer he's having both hip joints replaced. With no health insurance benefits I don't know how he's going to pay his bill The issue is two fold. First the guy clearly belongs on disability. He's in no condition to be out there doing this. The job is a joint killer and with his already shot he's suffering inhumanely. Secondly, it's a clear testament to how it is becoming increasingly impossible to get anybody to take the job for the ball busting work and low pay . He also went on to say that managers and contractors at the terminal have absolutely no idea as to how they are going to load air box onto Ground routes and still get them out the door by 8AM . And to no one's surprise they are being offered zero guidance or directives on how they're supposed accomplish that little feat. It's an impossible situation and many contractors will have to decide accordingly . [/QUOTE]
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