Pros
R&L Carriers offers a comparible wage to other fleets. If you are looking for a real challenge in the LTL business then R&L is it.
Cons
Where do I start? Ok.....just a couple points. Just how far can you mentally beat down a man? Pretty far. At one point 401k's were stripped. Personal days gone. Pay frozen. Yeah I know, bad economy. However RL continued to make a profit through it all & continues to do so. Don't get me wrong, I want my company to make a profit. That's a good thing but you also need to eventually bring back your laborers back into the fold. That's not happening. You remember the first thing we got back as a way of saying "thanks for the hard work"? PRIDE POINTS. Really? Really? I can now accumulate "points" to purchase RL gear. That's embarrasing. I would rather have something nicer like a "jelly bean of the month club membership". Now were talking. Its just plain demoralizing. Last I checked I couldn't redeem my pride points for groceries at the store. Ever try to pay a utility bill with those points? I tried once......it failed. So instead of qualifying for bonuses or drawings or ANYTHING we get pride points? WOW. Last point to make- We are currently being FORCED to use our 3 personal......excuse me.....RL days. We cannot hold them and use them at our leisure. We have to burn them now because my terminal hired extra drivers during the slow months & now we are overstaffed. Brilliant. Hey...well at least I can get a nice 3-day weekend so I can plan something with my family. WRONG. Forced days are scheduled for Tues/Wed/Thurs.....Sorry. In closure: I could go on & on. I'm probably not telling you anything new but my co-workers and I are utterly frustrated. No communication. Same problems every day. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over & over and expecting a different result. Hmmm.......on that note.....I"M OUT.