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I made it 1 month short of 6 full years with Express-1. It was very enjoyable for the most part but find myself unable to get over the changes that took place this spring. I enjoyed all of the people who work in the office. You will be missed greatly. I started as a newbie with no experience...

I think I have stumbled across new tactics that express-1 has instituted that will help bolster their bottom line. Since March 1st we have been offered 3 loads of greater than 3000 lbs. We have a payload capacity of 3340 so we were able to do them if we chose too but I turned down 2 of them. The...

Todays conference call with new rates. Your thoughts. I will reserve my thoughts until I can personally talk with someone but I have towed the line for quite awhile but the gloves may come off.

I have put off posting this thread for awhile. I am going to be vague but sometime in the last 2 months we took a load and it had the amount that was paid for shipping on it. Now I know we have had many discussions about why we lost our dime and when will it come back but I did the math and if...

Went to my first banquet this year. Had a nice time. Good food, good friends, good ceremony. Don't know if other expedite companies do this but I thought it was very nice. I have worked at other companies that do this and its always nice to see how the company did in the past year and to...

Well I for one am very proud of how things have been going the last few months. The light has gotten so much brighter and I would like to applaud all of the hard work done by everyone in the office to help us get through the tough times. HOWEVER, it is time to reinstate the higher pay...

I missed the C. call on saturday and was wondering if anything new was discussed. Have they found a replacement for Bob? Number of units? giving us a raise?:eek: or at least some .80 and 1.05 again?

Was noticing the other day that the attitudes have seemed to be getting better. After the layoffs it seemed like you could not crack a joke or say something other then business when getting a call. Now it seems things have gotten back to the way they were. Whether its load planning or customer...

Anyone else listen to the call on saturday? Was pleased to hear the numbers on Auto loads we have had. Was pleased we are still showing a profit even if it is not as large as it once was. The item that discouraged me the most was in regards to the Mac-19. I do not agree that a CV can not see...

Was contacted earlier today from another E-1 driver and he filled me in on a little bit of news. He told me that you could go into the Bolt Express web site and you can find yourself and other trucks in the area. When I finished my run I got online and tryed it and he is right. Now I am not sure...

Sitting inthe J parking lot of Walton Ky just killing time. There are 2 spr and 1 cv in the parking lot for E-1. In rolls this pick up truck a Chevy 3500 extended cab. On the back was a cap that was shaped like a camper. The cap had E-1 signage all over it and a QC bubble on it. Didn't see a...

Ok I am going to go conspiracy theorist here. It has been my observation that they keep us on an average. Lets say I have a really good week then the very next week I am sucking canal water. Also within the same week if I start the week strong more times then not come wed. or thur. I sit for the...

Just a reminder about the conference call tomorrow 3/14/09 at 10:00. Will be interesting if they talk about the "relocation project" and other things.

I think we should rename this to the OVM, FT, SE forum. I know there are other Express-1 drivers out there on EO yet it seems like we do 99% of the posts. I would REALLY like to see more from express-1 starting to post. So I am calling you out. The first one is inkasnana. You post all...

Was just talking to a Landstar driver and we got on the subject of searching for other vans. We at Express-1 are getting the shaft. Our Macro-19 is a !@#$ing joke. I know Larry talked about it in the last Expiditer but he said they were almost ready to go to IT about it. Didn't we hear that...

Thought it would be a great idea to just post where you are on any given day or if layed over for a weekend. We could be 10 miles apart for a weekend and never even know. Fying J, Burlington NC 1/16/09

Anyone going to the awards dinner tonight? I have yet to go to any of the functions put on by the big E. Looking at some of the pics in the newsletter looks like a good time but would actually prefer a little something extra in pay then all these "perks". Supposed to be getting a jacket...

Just wanted to wish everyone at the Big E a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year. Hope all can spend the holidays with family and friends. Drivers keep your tires between the ditches and office staff keep up the good work on finding us loads to keep our tires moving.

I had heard rummors of this. Had heard that the Big E was not taking on anymore CV's and SPR's for the time being. So got a run today to Cassopolis MI and DHed to the main office. Upon arrival here there are 6 straight trucks and thats it. Soooooo is this a good thing or no...

When I saw that EO had expanded forums for both Express-1 and Bolt I was excited. I thought finally we will be thought of as one of the BIG BOYS. But days and now weeks have passed and noone has posted anything with our new found statis. My first thought was noone cared. Then I thought maybe...