LTL management perspective - toxic environment with few oppurtunities to advance within the company
Pros
Weekly paycheck, medical benefits are competitive, Paid Time Off (PTO), pay is competitive for managers (but huge pay inequality for Supervisors who often are compensated less than the employees they manage).
Cons
Extremely toxic corporate environment. Senior mangement talks of servant leadership but actually gives orders, everyone else is expected to follow them. Everyone, in any position, is replaceable. Extremely long hours with little support for middle managers. Metric Goals are often unrealistic as they are reduced by 3-6% yearly. P&L statements were released monthly instead of daily or weekly. Common to hear tenure managers at the class 1 through operations managers position leaving the company monthly. There is an experience drain occurring right now, as the experience managers are leaving the company for better opportunities and better environment. Most no longer agree with the direction the company is taking, and promotions from within are almost non-existant. Current LTL president would rather hire from outside than promote within to save on moving cost, and the higher salaries. It is much cheaper to hire someone from outside the company than to promote within, but these new hires lack the experience, knowledge of the corporate culture and willingness to learn the jobs of those whom they lead. This creates ineffective leaders, poor mentors, and anger among the salaried staff as promotions from within are becoming very rare.