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Re: UP kicking Coach America to the curb
Author: Shannon
Date: 11-23-2009 - 19:08
Joe,
I only drove part time for RB. I do not think you could live on what they pay even full time. They took care of me and I had lots of great people to work with. I am not saying thats the way it is at every yard but it was that way at the BNSF in Fresno.
Joe Magruder Wrote:
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> I assume that the only really variable costs in
> providing this type of transportation are labor
> costs. The contractor doesn't control scheduling
> because the vans have to be available when crews
> need to travel. The prices of the vans and the
> fuel they use are fixed by others. So, the only
> way to be the low bidder is to pay lower wages and
> accept a lower profit. The lower the wages, the
> less selective an employer can be about whom
> he/she hires... Is this a job that I would take,
> or that you would take, at this wage?
I only drove part time for RB. I do not think you could live on what they pay even full time. They took care of me and I had lots of great people to work with. I am not saying thats the way it is at every yard but it was that way at the BNSF in Fresno.
Joe Magruder Wrote:
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> I assume that the only really variable costs in
> providing this type of transportation are labor
> costs. The contractor doesn't control scheduling
> because the vans have to be available when crews
> need to travel. The prices of the vans and the
> fuel they use are fixed by others. So, the only
> way to be the low bidder is to pay lower wages and
> accept a lower profit. The lower the wages, the
> less selective an employer can be about whom
> he/she hires... Is this a job that I would take,
> or that you would take, at this wage?
