Just to say …my phone friend worked for Bison in Winnipeg,Calgary and a yard in lower BC (he was single and had his PR and went where he was needed ,well the money).Thought the job was ok ,outfits maintained ok. miles were good so money was . His problem was some of the dispatchers had no idea what happens in the real world…both fleet 1&2 and even local (daycab)work into the USA (BC yards)was timed to minutes so accidents /weather conditions led to tantrums from certain dispatchers if you ran out of time and asked for a 
room to be booked. and one of his real bugbears the dropyards in BC and SK were never ploughed so you ended up stuck on ice/snow It sounds bad but when you came around and did things the Bison way and played them at there own game …ie never said no ,did your Makros ,never had your forward radar come on (reports back to base) came in did your work and went home life was ok but when things went wrong the crap rolled downhill to you .
NB> just passing on what my mate has told me ,don’t shot the messen.ger.