RE: Why Don't Nobody Shoot Straight No More?
I have never worked for massive companies and the rules seem very different in smaller ones, at the very least you know where you stand in regards to the lean times , a private owner has no choice but to communicate.
I like that you mention the devil you know because that has always been my reason for staying even if I feel I have outgrown a place or I have the chance for a better opportunity.
Them not being able to just say whether you have a place or not is bullshit and they have no right to have a hissy fit if you even think about leaving, companies need to realise that employees have no obligation towards them apart from doing the work they are paid for to the best of their abilities. When working for a big company I don't think it is a viable option to feel you owe them anything beyond doing your work.
Personally, I have had to say no to a wage increase since given my work and the small company it is I can't expect my boss to pay me that much, the exact opposite I feel is true for bigger companies.
They need to maintain the employees that work and should be paying them just above what one would think is required or a company like that will end up having 100 peoples salaries to pay each person doing the bare minimum and making the company look bad instead of 20 people doing their best and making the company look good.
Or not one of those idiots really know what is going on and just keeping everyone placated until the lean times so they have an excuse to ask them to leave. Regardless if you get an option that pays more - take it , and get a proper contract in place paperwork rules in life. Sell yourself to get your worth at a point a person realises that others will never realise their worth and therefore we need to remind the buggers a bit.
P.S. I think #Ulogs might just suit you perfectly seems like you have a lot happening and an interesting job looking at that truck in the snow there.
That is a logging truck from pixabay. I have yet to flop one, although I did slide a tanker full of crude off a muddy road once. I stopped as soon as I saw how slippery it was and as I was getting out to put my chains on the whole truck slid sideways and almost flipped. I had to get another driver to come out and suck the load off of me, then he had to offload the oil from my tanks and give me a tug. After that, he had to pull me out of the ditch.
Our company isn't terribly huge, but there's probably 100 employees between all the branches. Ours only has five including the foreman. I think it goes to 8 or 9 in the winter.
I used to work in the oilfield and got paid a lot more because of the sheer volume of hours. We used to work seven days a week and at least twelve hours a day. Sometimes for months at a time. Then you might get a day or two off, or possibly a month. You never knew until they called.
Now that I have a family, I am quite happy to have a regular schedule and time to garden or maybe write a post or two. Working 80-90 hours a week doesn't give you much time for things like writing or eating. The other thing that was good about it was that if an employee was a piece of shit worker he would get run off but here they are protected by the union and probably cost the union and the company a ton more money than a good employee that just goes to work and does their job.
They also should take into account how much training has to go into a new hire and the cost of damage while they are in the first season or so of plowing. I still don't have it down pat, but I have spent 20 years working on every kind of road we have in Canada. From the mountains to the ice roads. I've learned a few things in that time that should be worth a little more than some green guy that recently got their license, which is a lot of the people that get hired.
The funny thing is that when I lived in Ontario, I could never have got this job because of the competition, nepotism, and the fact that nobody quits a job like this back there. Here, because there are far fewer truckers than trucks, you can't even give these jobs away. Nobody will work for 40 hours a week when they can get 80. Which is fine by me.
I have never like the corporate feel of a company, which is why I've always tried to work for mom and pop companies. They always treated me better, but like you said, "lean times".
The moment I read the notification I was like wtf, I think the talk of the winter had me convinced that is one of your trucks - regardless of the cite at the bottom 🙈
I would not want to be in your position now, by the sound of it yes you have a great job but they don't want to give you the security and instead that money on newbies which makes no sense. I don't get how they can't just think logically for one second.
If you do get another job it seems those corps might pay more but will surely have you doing more hours also which this far in your career is something you just don't need.
I can only say best of luck, and maybe you get the security or a better job with reasonable ours even if it is a few more.