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What Cotton Belt said...
Probably the best answer to the initials I've seen.
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Psychot n012944 Psychot Forget growing the business; the Class 1's are actively shedding business if they don't think the profit margins are big enough. Besides that, as Jeff points out, short lines prove day-in and day-out that there's more business to be had if you put in the effort. Shortlines also do not pay their employees as well, so they can afford to go after traffic that the class ones may not be able to afford to. The Lake States pays their dispatchers $18 dollars an hour. Class ones pay theirs around $50. I would think you'd need more sales and customer service people to get and retain that business rather than operating employees. Sales and customer service people aren't going to be as expensive because they wouldn't be working the ridiculous schedule that operating employees work.
n012944 Psychot Forget growing the business; the Class 1's are actively shedding business if they don't think the profit margins are big enough. Besides that, as Jeff points out, short lines prove day-in and day-out that there's more business to be had if you put in the effort. Shortlines also do not pay their employees as well, so they can afford to go after traffic that the class ones may not be able to afford to. The Lake States pays their dispatchers $18 dollars an hour. Class ones pay theirs around $50.
Psychot Forget growing the business; the Class 1's are actively shedding business if they don't think the profit margins are big enough. Besides that, as Jeff points out, short lines prove day-in and day-out that there's more business to be had if you put in the effort.
Forget growing the business; the Class 1's are actively shedding business if they don't think the profit margins are big enough. Besides that, as Jeff points out, short lines prove day-in and day-out that there's more business to be had if you put in the effort.
Shortlines also do not pay their employees as well, so they can afford to go after traffic that the class ones may not be able to afford to.
The Lake States pays their dispatchers $18 dollars an hour. Class ones pay theirs around $50.
I would think you'd need more sales and customer service people to get and retain that business rather than operating employees. Sales and customer service people aren't going to be as expensive because they wouldn't be working the ridiculous schedule that operating employees work.
Sales and marketing people are worthless without the operating people to back up their promises.
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mvlandsw n012944 mvlandsw How many trains, maintenance crews, and miles of track do the Lake States' dispatchers deal with? Irrelevant. Why is it irrelevant? People with greater responsibilities usually get higher pay.
n012944 mvlandsw How many trains, maintenance crews, and miles of track do the Lake States' dispatchers deal with? Irrelevant.
mvlandsw How many trains, maintenance crews, and miles of track do the Lake States' dispatchers deal with?
How many trains, maintenance crews, and miles of track do the Lake States' dispatchers deal with?
Irrelevant.
Why is it irrelevant? People with greater responsibilities usually get higher pay.
At a class one that is unionized, all dispatchers covered under their contract get the same rate of pay. There are hard desks, and easy desks, and they are paid the same.
Before CSX sold/leased tracks to the Lake States they had two dispatchers a shift, who would both make well over 130K a year under the new contract, handle the majority of the state of Michigan. Now, CSX employes 1 dispatcher with that rate of pay, and the Lake States has one, making $18 bucks an hour.
Less than half, annually! And even that is assuming full employment.
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