The company I work for (LTL Carrier) gave us our annual May raise. $1.25 this year.
With everything going on in the world I'm just happy to be working, so the raise is welcomed.
Yet quite a few senior drivers and many of the newbies are having a fit about it. Most are saying it's not enough or we deserve better.
I've been with this company for just over 20 years now. When I started here it was $16 something.
Took me twenty years to break over $36 an hour.
I think there was six years we did not get anything raise wise. And most of the crew was ok with that, they were working. But now nothing but complaining about a buck and a quarter raise.
Most of these guys have maybe 5-8 years in the industry, I just breached 37 years in it. When I started driving in LTL the non union outfits were $5-6 an hour at best, the unions at the time were paying $12 an hour. Times have changed wage wise.
I just don't understand the complaints about a raise, the company treats us good, lots of perks and decent benefits. Since Captain Tripp's the LTL industry has been struggling to recover from all the setbacks and low freight volume. Our company mustered through it and made and are still making a profit.
Still all the complaints I've heard this last week, WOW! I just don't get it? Maybe it's just me?
Just an old guy talking! Need more coffee I guess?