As above does your company engage you ? do you feel part of a team ? There is little doubt in my mind that if you don’t feel the above your loyalty to your employer is limited .With company’s trying to retain there work force is this something they need to work on ? i personally feel none of the above from my employer and if the opportunity came along i would be off without a second thought as i feel i am just a bum on a seat what’s your thoughts chaps ?
No ones got a view must be just me then
I completely agree.
I don’t just feel like part of a team. I feel like part of THE team, and that comes from the gaffer, feeds down into his 2 depot managers. They all regularly ring me up to thank me for my efforts. In return I don’t take ■■■■, I do my job as efficiently as I can and to the best of my meagre ability.
The upshot is you would have to dig me out of there with a spade to try and get me to leave. If it carries on like it does currently of course. If not, see the post above.
Dont get me wrong i don’t need my ego stroked but it would be nice to feel valued i have been where i an for 4 years and it gets worse by the day
bjd:
As above does your company engage you ? do you feel part of a team ? There is little doubt in my mind that if you don’t feel the above your loyalty to your employer is limited .With company’s trying to retain there work force is this something they need to work on ? i personally feel none of the above from my employer and if the opportunity came along i would be off without a second thought as i feel i am just a bum on a seat what’s your thoughts chaps ?
+1
Perhaps I can comment, as an ex driver now with no boss.
Who that is just a worker drone will actually write on here how bad it actually is , because his or her Boss may be reading it and then the income disappears before the new job is found !!!
I reckon 75 or more % would jump ship if the chance came, because as the companies got bigger the more of you just became a number . Gone are the days when the guv’nor was an ex driver and knew the job .
I have recently started using twitter and have been following the guy from brian yeardly and one of the 1st things i noticed with his posts are that he never fails to comment on his drivers and the work they do he never fails to say thank you which impressed me considering the size of the company its plain to see that he recognises the input and effect his workforce has on the company’s success and there’s a company doing very well and expanding into other areas
Having being extremely dicked over today I couldn’t give a flying ■■■■ for the company
midlifetrucker:
Having being extremely dicked over today I couldn’t give a flying ■■■■ for the company
Just a thought but if someone took some time to explain maybe why this happened and apologised would you have felt less aggrieved about it ?
Small team. Unfortunately one of the team is playing solo and causing trouble. No one squares him up. They make excuses for him. So now they have two solo players.
Less contact i have with the office… The better.
Give me my notes,tell me what trailer it’s on…see you when ever. 
My current job is the only one where I ever have been, to the extent that some of our customers call me direct and ask “can you do 2 or 3 loads of muck/stone etc” and I can use my discretion which order I do the work, where I tip etc.
My boss is asking me for advice regarding replacing my wagon, what to spec if a brand new one is ordered etc. It’s the closest I think I could get to being an OD without all the expense and hassle. 
I work to get paid, not to be valued. As long as I get paid, and not asked to break the law, I don’t care if my boss ‘appreciates’ me. Loyalty and care are not rife in this business, and that goes both ways.
Sounds like someone needs a hug.
… Know that situation well from many years ago… A sort of ’ black sheep ’ in the family scenario; or ’ the click '; or going back to a certain industrial era; ’ the closed shop '…
My advice, keep ya searches active and you’re sure to find your perfect vocation.
Good luck.
I now work for a small company everyone mucks in and helps each other
There is only 6 of us we all get thanked for our work we do
If you need to get off on a Friday the boss will wash your truck for ready for the Monday and he makes a cracking brew to
Its taken me along time to get on a company like this
commonrail:
Less contact i have with the office… The better.
+1
I often go several weeks or even months without having any communication whatsoever with the office. I’m just left alone to get on with the job.
I don’t need to be told what a good boy I am; the money that goes into my bank account at the end of the month is reassurance enough of that.
Agency man. Nuff said.
Being left to get on with it = trust.
If you’re being trusted to do the job you feel valued and that can be all the thanks you need.
Big companies that swamp you with rules, micromanage your daily activities and steam in with disciplinaries every step of the way (remember the can’t jump down from the tail lift its against the rules nonsense thread?) Are the ones that make you feel like a number, expendable, just a bum on a seat and get no loyalty back.
Small companies are where its at if you want a cheery thanks for doing that etc.
Some big co.s may buck the trend but generally the smaller the better for me. Yes, part of the team, we’re all on the same side, working together, keeping customers happy is keeping the company going and that is going in our bank accounts.
Job satisfaction is worth a lot.
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And I think that largely comes from being able to see REASONS for decisions and the opportunity to feed opinions, ideas, issues back up the chain.
bjd:
As above does your company engage you ? do you feel part of a team ? ?
Not at all, but I get My money each week and that’ll do.
I have worked places, always smaller firms, where you did feel truly valued, where “you” as drivers might see better ways off doing a particular days/customers work and suggest it, and see that plan put into action. These firms are usually family or owner run firms, so no one has a fiefdom to protect, as with an employed manager. I have been asked what truck would suit my needs. I have worked as part off a small team assigned to a particular contract/customer. this works well when all within the team get on as mates, and I would say that this period in my driving career was the time I enjoyed most, We seldom let work get in the way off banter, the boss didn’t care, because at the end off each week he had a fistful of POD’s, and a happy customer(who dealt with us direct, even at weekends). I’ve been out based(parking the lorry in a local farm to Me), and had the responsibility for the truck, making sure it was booked into service with local dealer, and that all aspects off general maintenance away from base where kept up to date. dealing with the customer to keep a steady flow off work, warranting Me being out based.
Its not about needing a hug, its more that I derive more satisfaction when I’ve been in these kind off work places. At the moment I’m just a wage slave, its a good wage, and the lack off responsibility is fine, but it doesn’t fire me up.
I often see notices at these big faceless RDC’s claiming that they are Dynamic employers, with a customer lead attitude, or that sort off thing. But I don’t believe that they are, the dynamic company is the small business, where the customer can get a full stop decision, in one phone call, whether that be to the boss, tm, or driver assigned to the contract, and not just be returned to an email that wont be read or answered for hours.
This is the fundamental difference between logistics and haulage. 
^^^^ kinda hard not to agree with everything you wrote Eddie.