Gidday mate. 20 odd years ago I used to work for one of the big companies as a driver. Then they made me a nightshift supervisor. I was looking after 25 drivers doing local deliveries . and driving myself if drivers didn't show as we had no spare drivers. There was at least 1 or 2 hours doing paperwork every day .Since it was a 7 day 24 hours a day operation if no one showed up on a sat or sun it was my job to cover for them. Doing 12 hour shifts . My missus said either i quit or she would as she was hardly seeing me. So i left .The big companies don't care about anything but profit, Cheers.
True that. And if you do go out of your way to help them out they start to take it for granted and give you a hard time when you don't want to do it. Have to have a work/life balance so you work to live and don't live just to work
I can't understand why all the drivers don't get together and stop work for a day or two. Even if half them did. Demand things improve. Demand the police stop harassing truck drivers. If this happened then the country would come to a screaming hall and demands would be meet
@@kyliebay7275heh, because, there are always "new" drivers willing to work for less in worse conditions.... look at who are driving all the trucks now
Come across this video, thought I'd watch a bit of it, 1hr later still watching it, he knows how to tell a story. Takes me back when i was working in the transport industry driving forklifts loading and unloading local and interstate trucks, still to this day the best job I've ever had. Yes we use to do silly stuff on forklifts when quiet. I'll have to look up more of these videos, subscribed!
Great video Shane, as a 30 year old Asian male who just immigrated to Australia and does not work in transport industry or anything near it, you are the person that is about as aussie as I can know. Surprisingly, I agree with the values you showed in your story. Guess what’s right is right, got nothing to do with races or cultures. Great story teller, keep up the good work mate!
I've worked with people from just about every country south of the equator. Some are really good, some are really bad and 90% are somewhere in the middle just wanting a safe and happy life. Hope life is treating you well here.
What a story teller you are Shane. I didn't realise the video went for so long, i used to drive the same highway and went along for the ride. Enjoyed the whole lot and would have loved to work along side you, the same work ethic as myself, well done 👍
Hey Shane, just found your channel and subscribed straight away. I retired back in April after 35 years working in the railways. I was an interstate freight driver who worked mainly nights on a variable roster with no social life and a loving wife that tolerated a lot with me being away from home much of the time. It would have to be the last couple of years that changes in management practices on how things should be done and the new OH&S crap that we have to put up with really got me hating the job more and more. The new staff that were coming through were not getting the training and we had to carry them as well as do our jobs and nothing could be achieved quickly because of the OH&S red tape. I finally decided to burn up my surplus sick leave and then retire. I really loved my job and driving once but now don't miss it at all. Love the channel and look forward to another drive and chat. Stay safe. Cheers👍
Brilliant Shane. Just left a job after 12 years. Had a manager who is less than my 63 years of age, instruct me how to complete job. I asked the skirt if she had completed a 4 year trade course and spent 10 years in the trade. Response was “I know”. The rot has to stop 🇦🇺
Quote from Richard Branson. "Look after your good loyal workers and all the problems sort themselves out." It's a pity most manager's and Companies don't look after their loyal workers.
You mean look after the ones who will only ever say yes to their managers. Branson treats his customers as a cash cow, I know, I made the mistake of being one years ago.
Sounds like no matter where you work you come up against ‘those’ people. As someone else commented, work changed in the 90s onwards. Worst thing that can happen to a business is to go corporate. I work retail (supermarket). Have done for 35 years. I’ve seen those manager suck ups come and go, even helped a few out the door. The only thing that remains consistent are the workers who actually do the work. To survive you either have to leave to go to better jobs, or like me, just learn to turn up, do your job to your pay grade the go home and disconnect. And count down the days to retirement 😊 Thanks for the interesting story. ❤
I lost my best mate. Head on crash at Griffith last year. He was a professional just like you, mate. We've only just found out the other drivers name. It starts with Chanderesh. The last would be obvious. Stay safe brotha.👍
I can tell that’s a true story females always had their place in the workplace but when they let ‘em start working with the men they ban the biff and started backstabbing and throwing star pickets in your back the workplace has changed thanks for sharing
Worked with a company, where the receptionist got rid of a product sales staff member, because the customers wanted to speak to her as she knew our product range inside and out. She got the shits because they did not want to speak to her. And the manager sided with her. Even though, she brought customers though the front door. Crazy world!
Thats Toll to the T. Whole managment is ran by a group of friends that all know each other outside of work, and they all get away with it. Same situation with all the other different Toll banners and states of operation, cant escape it. I'm currently on my way out aswell, best advice for anyone working for Toll.... We're all just a number to them, nothing to benifit from in a long term job. Very hard to build a future under any Toll banner, only place i've worked that has zero reconition for their employees. Love the video, very relatable for any previous or current Toll employee.
That’s not good for Toll in the long run. Companies are run by employees & if they aren’t looked after, then they’ll work elsewhere. Toll needs to cut their butt sucking culture, if they want to be competitive. Word gets around quick.
😂😂😂🤙I hear u shanetotally relate boss I got driver of the year lol then a lady rocks up manager s left lol they a are getting me to do her work and mine illcalled her a bludger lol can’t work in workshops serv machines mind u coverage ACT -Cobar Wagga Griffith Nowra to Eden lol average 2 hotels a week lol🤔🤔🇦🇺🇦🇺🤙🕹️canb to Cobar is fkkn 10 hours meanwhile another bludger in orange depot has refused to serv Cobar from orange 4 hrs odd drive 😂😂this bloke managed to lose 2 mines of serviceable machines a sht tonne of revenue basically beacause he would never or almost anyway would not turn up lol this great bloke ran his depot like a Bangkok shithouse everything missing sold or lost or unknown anyway they asked me to take on Cobar narromine areas from canb lol I did 2 trips truck was 15 years olds 650’oookm on clock put it this way the fukn thing was makin its own oil lol 😂😂🤙🕹️I ended up quitting 2 weeks notice to this day shane I’m still getting calls when u coming next to serv our machines lol 😂😂shane iv now heard I’ve caused a big snowball nobody could do what I did lol they added snowy Cooma on aswell lol iv now heard the whole division I used to work in has just about folded even Sydney they have lost almost the lot lol if I showed u my log book I would fkknnlaugh ur head off a Bathurst cop pulled me over 🤔🤔25 mins scoped me out he said u run a clean ship boss but fark u get around lol I work local now fkk the hwy and the slow retarded road killers who use it my partner said ur gonna get railed if u don’t leave that shht I have now I miss it but when u achieve what I did out of 130 drivers u know what u can all get fkkkd start cherrisshing ur blood workers who put their body on line for your rubbish u dish out my depot is shut now operations are from Sydney iv shut down a whole network what comes around goes around ….🇦🇺🇦🇺👊🕹️☕️
G'day mate, first time listener and new subscriber.... watched & enjoyed the whole vid ! I left my job before becoming self employed for the next 25 years, in my resignation letter l told them "With mixed emotions, Joy and Happiness, l offer 4 weeks notice of my resignation. After a restructuring of my life not disimilar to what the company did 2 years ago, l now find myself over qualified for any position the company has to offer. Kind Regards Kevin
I am retired from the transport industry after 50 years peddling various boxes of shit up and down the highways after owners promised you the world and just gave you an atlas. Currently sitting in my caravan in WA while enjoying a trip up Sesame Street and having a laugh. Stay safe Shane. 😂😂😂
I loved this video because it reminded me of myself about 10 years ago in this industry. Trust me Shaneo the way this industry is going and the longer you spend in it the shorter your fuse will get (which will make greater content in future videos). So your trucking career has green trucks to black trucks and now silver trucks!
Females have all rights. No matter what the job is. At BHP. there are 5 behavioural and discrimination inductions. All about males. Not one to do with females. Thats discrimination
Hey mate, first thing is, your a legend. I work for NTS in Newcastle, I always wish I had gone for my truck licence. I resigned from a job for almost the same reason as you, a really annoying women at work who started years after me and complained about me when I didn't do a thing.
Hi Ray love to see more videos, introducing your self was all good, I quit driving interstate trucks due to becoming a single dad, I'm retired now help a mate out once and awhile driving from Melbourne to Cairns once every 3 months just so he has a break, but I do love ur videos, keep up the great stories.
Love listening to your story bud Every workplace I've been in has been spoilt by a lass - it's like your on eggshells from clocking on to clocking off and then stuff goes on behind your back too You did right in getting out - toxic environments play havoc with mental health
Come on, guys... Do you really think we're all the same? Trouble-making females will be like that no matter the job or industry they're in. Toxic personality, not what's under your clothes, is the difference. We can get the job done and get along as 'one of the boys', especially if accepted by them.
@@lanaharlow2515 sorry for the late reply here, no far from tarring you all with the same brush, however I've never been told to "watch how I talk or act" because we have a GUY that works at a certain place it's always watch what you say because of a female, as said in the video I am happy to work with whoever aslong as the job is done, and in most cases when a lady comes along (such as yourself) and proves themselves I have the same respect as I do for anyone else. Keep up the good work
Shane love the video watched it all the way through and can relate in portions of what you were saying. I’ve worked at numerous Toll sites in Victoria back in the day from Toll as one organisation to tall Ipec and to see how they just tried to get the most out of you And hope that you forget or not make it their priority to see the value as an individual. The things that make me stay in a workplace sometimes is knowing that you are good at your job and you are putting others in shame that’s sometimes the best feeling being in a job and others looking like their shit but at the end of the day also . Leaving jobs just because there’s so many lazy individuals time wasters and then the organisation hoping that you can be there to pick up the pieces is sometimes the reason why walking out of the place is needed because if they don’t notice at times full-time is doing less work and they hope that casuals Should work twice as hard is something that does not go well with me at the time. That’s why I believe working for yourself putting something in place in the background so then if anything blows over out of your control, you have something that you are building because at the end of the day we are all working on somebody else’s dream and need to start focusing on our own
G'Day mate, great video, good listening to ya! I worked a corporate gig a year ago, toxic as f**k for an electricity distributor! Staff that do SWA and get recognised for doing nothing! Got so bloody sick of it, managers all side with the one's that do no work and think they are the top stuff! Fortunately, I quit on an epic scale, did a no show then resigned at night via email placing blame on the two that stuffed me over! After I left two others followed me after and that really screwed them up! Keep up the great content!
Loved this story, it's so much bound by how many workplaces have changed since the late 90's, and enforced more during the 2000's. Lately in Australia there is savage nepotism leaching into companies, sort of employment that lets unsuitable staff to be employed and protected. It's when she starts employing her friends when the big shit hits the fan. Shane you remind me of the late great UA-camr Aussie50. Anyway your video was on my homepage so someone at Google likes this story.
Sorry to hear what happened to you Shane. Glad to hear you found a position where you are appreciated. I HEAR every word you said and love your "Aussie Lingo - in context ❤" 😅😂. As a female I GET you. I worked for a boss in the Territory many moons ago. Your story was almost a carbon copy of my story. I had been working in the office, unloading trucks, reloading trucks, making local and day long deliveries, had the keys to the safe to pay employees their wages, and he had the audacity to say that I had to work the till in the retail shop. He wouldnt pay me my final pay, and let me finish on the friday of my termination. He insisted I work the saturday and get paid at the end of my shift. Before I stormed out the door with my pay, I ripped off my company shirt, threw it at him. Luckily I had a Tee shirt on as well. I told him he needs a machine to work my job, and when it breaks down, he would reset it, to make it work harder. Stay Safe.
Great work Shane, I think things changed at work places in the late 90's. It was all about sucking off the bosses and scoring brownie points. No one seemed to care about working as a team. I quit my job at a major car rental company for the exact reason you spoke about, just got sick of the bullshit.
@@brentonl2631 I was born in 87 and first job in 2002 so I probably missed "the good years" but have still noticed in my time the steep decline in workplaces for the reason you mentioned, management and others all having brown noses from kissing whoever's ass is higher than theirs.
One of the best vids i seen in along time. Guess i could so easily relate to this. I worked at a place in Truganini for 6 years i spose in a way getting jibbed with low pay, no super, basically an employee but under using ABN number. Was very dangerous situations at times at risk of getting killed. Plenty of Forklift Driving unloading Containers & tranport delivery driving with dangerous loads till i finally had enough i had to recover from injuries needing time of. I had briefly worked at Toll Expess acouple of times in Altona. Most places i've worked at were not good with crap pay has been a downfall working for small migrant employers.
I might be a little sensitive but I instantly regretted my first foray into the transport industry as a round town delivery driver of a 10 ton rigid when I went to use the loo upstairs at the depot (the only one toilet for 5 drivers and 12 warehouse staff was occupied at the time) and was shouted at.... that upstairs loos (plural for 5 staff) weren't to be used by drivers.... even though I had been able to use it without a problem when I was being interviewed for the job...and during orientation. I was stopped by Police and the first thing said by them was "Do you know how shit your company is?" I explained how green I was to this industry... and they wrote the ticket out for a vehicle fault.....to the company....not me...(Nice bit of legislation....) once I explained that the Company has us come in 2 hours later on Monday mornings (no pay of course) rather than give us time to maintain the vehicles and they had no water, oil, windscreen fluid, tyre pressure gauges/air pump or even a broom to clean the trucks with at the depot! Boss looked at me sideways (How TF did you manage that?) without any verbal comment. I left after 2 months of being imposed upon by pricks.....
What an interesting story, I have subbed because you can tell a story about day to day life in a way that makes in compelling to listen to and keep on listening. Well done young man from someone that only eve had an unrestricted HR licence.
I totally understand that position you had to endure from whom you worked for I too have rolled with everything and every detail that you have mentioned throughout this video. Good to see you still doing what makes you happy chur chur bro
Not the same industry but reminds me of how i was treated as an Ad Hoc Driver for Kings Transport Sydney and a Line Operator / Fork Driver at Borg Polytec Central Coast. Neither of these c..ts could run a bath. Enjoying your commentary and stories. Great work. 👍
Good story bro. You gotta play the game and let things fall over if your not getting the support you need. Even though you know you can smash out the work, but if it's above your roll or pay grade and you not getting support...let it fall. Go home and switch off. Work to live, not live to work. On yah mate🍻🥃.
watched the whole video, not in the same industry but as a former bus driver for 17 years i can relate to a lot of what you talked about, also i love how you know what other vehicles are going to do before they do it, 10+ hours on the road every day does that to you.
Interesting Story Shane. Watched it all. Just goes to show, no matter what industry or profession you’re in, there is always bullshit going on that you have to put up with. 👍
Mate i was rolling around on my couch listening to you detail your experience. I worked in logging then truck driving then joined the government where i stayed for 43 years. I left because i was a dinosaur and didn’t change with the times like all the new upstarts who were easily brainwashed or manipulated. Good on you Shane for taking me for a ride. Bravo from victoria australia.
Funny how "up and coming" new managers hate being told in meetings "Yeah we tried that 40 years ago under Z manager and it didn't work. Then manager Y tried this 20 years ago and it didn't work then either... So here we are now and YOU think this is going to work... not without this, this and this being spent by the company and this system being put in place that our competitor is using right now to do us over in the market..."
Young managers hate being told that that brilliant idea that they just thought of was tried 40 years ago, again 20 years ago,...and won't work this time either unless they spend huge amounts of money and employ more people!
I quit my job as they were trying to word together that they were sacking me. Over the dumbest thing. I told someone that they would have better luck getting water from a rock than an apology from the supervisor. Some rat screen shot my comment from a group chat and showed the supervisor. Apparently it was rude, discrimination, some how. But to make the story that much better. 12 months later that same supervisor was on the chopping block and quit her job for abusing her power and abusing staff,harrassing them,treating them like shit. It's just funny how they can be so upset over a comment that is by no means rude or what ever but they can treat other like that.
The guy I worked for had 3 guys rostered for a woolies delivery run that ran good part of 16 hours each day with split shift on 80% of the days and 2 trucks out at a time, overworked. It's a wonder no one had an accident. Had to lie on prechecks several times that I had 10 hour break when one of the other guys called in sick... The job was easy and enjoyable enough but management made it not so fun. Earned yourself a new sub mate👍
Story had me truly infatuated. Well done with your storytelling. I could tell the frustrations and misunderstandings management had with yourself, and did nothing about it, even if it was to seperate the two of you but I think that couldn't be done if they were trying to get 200% of the work done with only 50% of the people required to do it. It's an impossible task. Did yourself a huge favour getting out of there my friend. Likewise for myself, worked for a company for over 5 years, got some promotions and that but never ever really got recognised for anything, none of the hard work or effort I put into that company to make it what it is today. Management can be a real letdown hey. It is important for us to take note of our mental health and wellbeing than the companies' bottom lines. What a letdown! Glad you're doing better for yourself now.
G’Day Shane i am 55yrs old cant work any more because of a srvear neurological condition. I Just wanted to say i enjoyed your video for 2 reasons the fact that i could relate to your story . I think after 10 years out of school every one has a story about work like yours insome way. Plus the footage of driving out of Laverton & heading towards Sydney in a truck brought back a lot of memories of when i used to drive from Sydney to Melbourne & back . Thanks for the story & thanks for bringing back some fond memories of when i used to drive semis interstate.
Hey Shane just discovered your channel and have watched this video i had to watch it to the end to see what happened .ive been retired 12 months but am familiar with your issues its everywhere mate ,so look forward to your next post ,still have mates working in the industry keeping me up with the gossip now i can get your stories Cheers kym Adelaide
I don’t know how or why u popped up in my watch list but I’m glad I found ya I drive to here in 🇺🇸 Philadelphia love your channel cheers from Philly fellow trucker ♥️✌🏼be safe out there it’s jungle bro👍🏼
She would have got the job because with no experience the pay rate was attractive. And coerced by her boss friend. And a diversity pick. Tick, tick, tick, bang.
I worked for Boral driving concrete trucks for a few years and quickly found out it was every man for himself if they could f---k you over so they could get out of work they would and there was even one guy who would find out how busy the next day was and if very busy he would call in sick it was terrible place to work never so glad to leave a job in all my life.
We had a guy who counted his sick hours and would tell all when he had six up so he could take a sickie on a friday. Fridays were only six hours long. He just had to have those extra long weekends. We looked forward to them. He could not go 30 minutes without a smoke. Last I heard he was reitered and using an oxygen tank.
Yep, worked for Concrite, part of Boral. A new sheila started as a driver, next thing became a batcher. Changed everything, put in a complaint like this video. Place went down hill from there. Her mother knew our manager. That's how she got the job. Anyway, they both left, the place got heaps better. Also agree with other drivers looking at next days work, then not turn up. Seen it all. 12 years in. Now retired early & moved to WA. Now I'm happy.
I love your story telling! After being a stay at home mum for 17 yrs I found a job thought ok I have to use my own car to travel and it will be a casual job etc… do the job for 3 months and then ended up quitting cause I was getting 30 packages in 1 week sent to my house. I had to build point of sale bins you see at service stations, Woolworths, Coles etc.. getting paid $30 an hr some jobs in app that were allocated were 20 mins if I was told them that I was sitting in traffic to add the extra time they wouldn’t approve it. I was left with working by myself instead of with a team with most jobs and was taking way longer than the allocated time that was on app had to email to get extra time and the reason why. Had to make up customer interruptions, because going from one job to another doesn’t count in between jobs sitting in traffic. Getting paid extra 88c per km for my car. In that 3 months I racked up 3000 km in the 3 months I worked for them. It was ridiculous. So nah I quit. Every time I worked in office with a group of people (used to be a receptionist) it was always the females that were the back stabbers I can relate cause the amount of times I’ve been sacked cause of some bitch saying that I said something that wasn’t even true. I’m a female and I mind my own business and never get into anyone personal business either so if someone is talking about something I pretend not to hear or these days just look at my phone. Back when I had a job iPhones or smartphones didn’t exist 24yrs ago so couldn’t do that 😂 but did pretend to ignore gossip etc. That’s what I used to hate when females office workers start being big mouths and say something and everyone believes them. And yet they keep their jobs while I lose mine. 🤷🏻♀️ I just don’t get it.
Management always has a serious problem with doing simple math: If you lose 25% of your work force then you'll lose 25% of the job performance in the allotted time. What I have learned over the years is that if you lose someone from the work force you have to NOT make your job quota starting the VERY FIRST DAY they are gone. You have to show management that without a replacement they will lose work production...otherwise they will never hire a replacement because just 3 can do the job of 4. They had several weeks of warning when your mate gave notice in which they could have hired a replacement for you and have them trained before your mate left. I treat everybody equally...if she can't handle being treated as an equal then maybe she is the problem.
You should see the Executive training courses, and their subjects. Basic math is one subject, and if course meditation is another one. I wish I was making it up, but my ex flatmate went through this training, and I was simply laughing at what was involved. And this was a course from a University, offered to those who needed Executive training.
100% some bean counter buys a extra Chardonnay when they work out they can trim up the man hours , it’s all they care about ! Not people and when the people bail they are cooked ! Without the little man they are nothing ! The monkeys at the top of the tree look down and see other monkeys and the monkeys at the bottom of the tree look up and see assholes !
As a forklift driver of many years probably the first thing I was told and made to remember when I got my license was ever minute delayed at the depot is 5-10minutes late for the truck down the road. Start safe and don’t be scared and you’ll get your operating speed up to par. Learn your yard and the people you work with, the space around you and how your work colleagues operate in it. Seen it before buddy, they can call you names and use foul language around you but as soon as you do it and they don’t like it it’s HR meetings, don’t play those games just leave them high and dry, watch the ship sink from the shore lol
Great video mate! I've been in a similar situation, but a different job. It made me look closely at my future, and so I quit. Well, not quit exactly, but I didn't re enlist! (RAAF)
We got a new production manager and within the first week we all knew it was not going to work. Reports from outsiders who knew him at his old place of work had him in the car par of that work place staring at 4 slashed tyres, he was hated that much. He was an unsafe person on the shop floors and when called out it was always some one else's fault. He sent 5 workers to anger mangement schooling under the threat of sacking for non-compliance if the worker refused. He had left his wife and 3 children and was sleeping with H.R. so complaining was pointless. By the time I had to go to anger management it was obvious to all employees what the cause of all the anger was so I brought this to their attention. Naturally this was to no avail. I retired and kept in touch vide several old work mates and found out senior management finally had enough of him and moved him sideways to a new position created just for him. Why? No one ever told us. The very next Xmas all that knew of him got a wonderful present. He was walked out. According to those I heard from just after this walking happened the atmosphere became breathable again. The position created for him has still not been filled and the place is rolling along quite well without him.
Hey Shane, fantastic story/video, finally got around to watching the last 30 minutes, had to go over to Dubbo last week to with Turners Heavy Haulage , also I wish you would keep that damn mirror on the right side OUT OF THE VIDEO... lol I keep look at it , oh well an ingrained habit eh.
Not sure why this came up but I watched it and I’m glad I did. I can so relate to your story!! Had a coworker that would call up sick all the time. Her dad had died 10 times, her dog broke its leg 5 times, she had a heart attack blah blah…all bs excuses. When she did do a shift she was in the toilet shooting up before starting and done sweet F ALL during her shift. Manager would always protect her and we would get yelled at.. Eventually got rid of her!!
It's daunting when you are a round town delivery driver forced to use dangerous forklifts... and when you report the state of them to your management they DGAF.... "could upset our relationship with the company we deliver to"... but injury to one of their own staff has no repercussions????
Same Tale in any industry really: Got one person who ain't doing the work good enough, will slack off at any opportunity, always has to be the biggest pain about it too. Good chance they know the boss.
Ahahahah maaaaate,so fucking relatable! Currently with the muppet army in Tassie as we speak and everything you said is what I argue with management on the daily! So glad to see someone starting to share their stories because everyone can relate. Keep her shiny side up and we’ll cya around 🤙
That's the best hour of my life spent listening to you mate,fuckin loved it, that's a script for a short movie ❤😅. Keep safe regards, oh sorry my kindest Regards Steve.
1984 13 years old working part-time at the Esso service station in Glenelg. Also cut some neighbour's lawn I think I was about 10. I have had so many jobs, now work for myself and have for about 16 years Cheers from Canberra
I have worked with a few people like this. They spend more time smoking and turning up late with a coffee. They always seem to get away with doing bare minimum while you get pulled up for anything minor.
Mate I thouraghly enjoyed your story.thanks for sharing.we wouldn't be Ozzie's if we didn't race or drift forklifts.but as a motorist it was good for me to see the way u drive and the care u take.im telling u this because trucks scare the shit out of me.there big there heavy and they take a long time to stop, and 90% of people on the road today don't understand the devastation a truck can cause.thats why people die on our roads.lack of common sense.take care and be safe.
First job after I finished university only lasted a few months. The work wasn't what I was supposed to be doing, I hated it and was trying to work out how to tell the boss that I quit. He sacked me because I "wasn't working out". I managed to keep a straight face. He told someone that we both knew that I "took it well", and he didn't understand why. 🤣
Over the last 24 years in transport and logistics I have come to the realisation that its not what you know its who you know, I have knowledge and experience in multiple areas of operations that you could only learn on the job and let me tell you, a certificate from uni or tafe cannot teach you what Ive learned. But, year after year after year I see management choosing their mates and grooming them into a role they don't completely understand and to be honest for the most part they couldn't even do basic inbound outbound tasks and understanding the requirements for operational excellence let alone multi tasking and managing staff.
Went up that road with my mate's dad in a big rig back in the day. I was 15 then and loved that over nighter long hual. He showed me that it has aenough power to spin the tires in low gear. hehe.
Good video blog sad that you took so long to tell us your story, you could have probably saved someone else from becoming another victim of Toll Great story and congratulations on your honesty keep up the good work peace brother 👍
I really hope the current area manager sees this before their next visit back to the old worshop. The shop manager is a functioning yet replacable/upgradable part of said workshop.
New subscriber here, love your story, I work in the public health system and there's no shortage of the PR bullshit there either! Really enjoyed your video, the first of your videos, John. 😎
A place I worked in the mid-80s the warehouse guys used to race the electric pallet trucks inside the warehouse when it was dead quiet, I got back to the factory one day and parked ready to be unloaded but no one was about so I walked in the warehouse just in time to see the warehouse manager and the transport manager racing each other on pallet trucks, nearly everyone who worked there was watching, about a year later the transport manager and all the drivers were made redundant, they had a general haulier doing the truck work.
Woman in the work place. I see it time and time again. In this case she's a friend with the boss which makes it unfixable haha. They always ruin everything! You did the right thing mate!
dono what sort of forklift training old love went through but they absolutly told me to during the training to steer with your left hand so you can use the controls and didnt say shit about puting the handbreak on when your picking up a load...
Gidday mate. 20 odd years ago I used to work for one of the big companies as a driver. Then they made me a nightshift supervisor. I was looking after 25 drivers doing local deliveries . and driving myself if drivers didn't show as we had no spare drivers. There was at least 1 or 2 hours doing paperwork every day .Since it was a 7 day 24 hours a day operation if no one showed up on a sat or sun it was my job to cover for them. Doing 12 hour shifts . My missus said either i quit or she would as she was hardly seeing me. So i left .The big companies don't care about anything but profit, Cheers.
True that. And if you do go out of your way to help them out they start to take it for granted and give you a hard time when you don't want to do it. Have to have a work/life balance so you work to live and don't live just to work
Absolutely that's why relationships always fail...what's life about I say is it about working till you die or is it about living it
I bet the " spare drivers " were treated badly , no soup for them.
I can't understand why all the drivers don't get together and stop work for a day or two. Even if half them did. Demand things improve. Demand the police stop harassing truck drivers. If this happened then the country would come to a screaming hall and demands would be meet
@@kyliebay7275heh, because, there are always "new" drivers willing to work for less in worse conditions.... look at who are driving all the trucks now
Come across this video, thought I'd watch a bit of it, 1hr later still watching it, he knows how to tell a story. Takes me back when i was working in the transport industry driving forklifts loading and unloading local and interstate trucks, still to this day the best job I've ever had. Yes we use to do silly stuff on forklifts when quiet. I'll have to look up more of these videos, subscribed!
Great video Shane, as a 30 year old Asian male who just immigrated to Australia and does not work in transport industry or anything near it, you are the person that is about as aussie as I can know. Surprisingly, I agree with the values you showed in your story. Guess what’s right is right, got nothing to do with races or cultures. Great story teller, keep up the good work mate!
I've worked with people from just about every country south of the equator. Some are really good, some are really bad and 90% are somewhere in the middle just wanting a safe and happy life.
Hope life is treating you well here.
What a story teller you are Shane. I didn't realise the video went for so long, i used to drive the same highway and went along for the ride. Enjoyed the whole lot and would have loved to work along side you, the same work ethic as myself, well done 👍
@@malspitty6424 thanks mate
Hey Shane, just found your channel and subscribed straight away. I retired back in April after 35 years working in the railways. I was an interstate freight driver who worked mainly nights on a variable roster with no social life and a loving wife that tolerated a lot with me being away from home much of the time. It would have to be the last couple of years that changes in management practices on how things should be done and the new OH&S crap that we have to put up with really got me hating the job more and more. The new staff that were coming through were not getting the training and we had to carry them as well as do our jobs and nothing could be achieved quickly because of the OH&S red tape. I finally decided to burn up my surplus sick leave and then retire. I really loved my job and driving once but now don't miss it at all. Love the channel and look forward to another drive and chat. Stay safe. Cheers👍
Brilliant Shane.
Just left a job after 12 years.
Had a manager who is less than my 63 years of age, instruct me how to complete job.
I asked the skirt if she had completed a 4 year trade course and spent 10 years in the trade.
Response was “I know”.
The rot has to stop 🇦🇺
One woman comes amongst a number of men working hard and efficently and predictably it all hits the fan 😂
Quote from Richard Branson.
"Look after your good loyal workers and all the problems sort themselves out." It's a pity most manager's and Companies don't look after their loyal workers.
You mean look after the ones who will only ever say yes to their managers.
Branson treats his customers as a cash cow, I know, I made the mistake of being one years ago.
Branson is a hypocrite.
Sounds like no matter where you work you come up against ‘those’ people. As someone else commented, work changed in the 90s onwards. Worst thing that can happen to a business is to go corporate.
I work retail (supermarket). Have done for 35 years. I’ve seen those manager suck ups come and go, even helped a few out the door. The only thing that remains consistent are the workers who actually do the work. To survive you either have to leave to go to better jobs, or like me, just learn to turn up, do your job to your pay grade the go home and disconnect. And count down the days to retirement 😊
Thanks for the interesting story. ❤
Very true
I lost my best mate.
Head on crash at Griffith last year.
He was a professional just like you, mate.
We've only just found out the other drivers name.
It starts with Chanderesh.
The last would be obvious.
Stay safe brotha.👍
Sorry for your loss, hoping for better and safer times
This Chanderesh fella would have been working at least two jobs with no sleep breaks
And doing Uber on the side
Rhymes with ring?😂😂
Singh@@ehowza4911
I can tell that’s a true story females always had their place in the workplace but when they let ‘em start working with the men they ban the biff and started backstabbing and throwing star pickets in your back the workplace has changed thanks for sharing
Worked with a company, where the receptionist got rid of a product sales staff member, because the customers wanted to speak to her as she knew our product range inside and out. She got the shits because they did not want to speak to her. And the manager sided with her. Even though, she brought customers though the front door. Crazy world!
Thats Toll to the T. Whole managment is ran by a group of friends that all know each other outside of work, and they all get away with it. Same situation with all the other different Toll banners and states of operation, cant escape it. I'm currently on my way out aswell, best advice for anyone working for Toll.... We're all just a number to them, nothing to benifit from in a long term job. Very hard to build a future under any Toll banner, only place i've worked that has zero reconition for their employees. Love the video, very relatable for any previous or current Toll employee.
That’s not good for Toll in the long run. Companies are run by employees & if they aren’t looked after, then they’ll work elsewhere. Toll needs to cut their butt sucking culture, if they want to be competitive. Word gets around quick.
😂😂😂🤙I hear u shanetotally relate boss I got driver of the year lol then a lady rocks up manager s left lol they a are getting me to do her work and mine illcalled her a bludger lol can’t work in workshops serv machines mind u coverage ACT -Cobar Wagga Griffith Nowra to Eden lol average 2 hotels a week lol🤔🤔🇦🇺🇦🇺🤙🕹️canb to Cobar is fkkn 10 hours meanwhile another bludger in orange depot has refused to serv Cobar from orange 4 hrs odd drive 😂😂this bloke managed to lose 2 mines of serviceable machines a sht tonne of revenue basically beacause he would never or almost anyway would not turn up lol this great bloke ran his depot like a Bangkok shithouse everything missing sold or lost or unknown anyway they asked me to take on Cobar narromine areas from canb lol I did 2 trips truck was 15 years olds 650’oookm on clock put it this way the fukn thing was makin its own oil lol 😂😂🤙🕹️I ended up quitting 2 weeks notice to this day shane I’m still getting calls when u coming next to serv our machines lol 😂😂shane iv now heard I’ve caused a big snowball nobody could do what I did lol they added snowy Cooma on aswell lol iv now heard the whole division I used to work in has just about folded even Sydney they have lost almost the lot lol if I showed u my log book I would fkknnlaugh ur head off a Bathurst cop pulled me over 🤔🤔25 mins scoped me out he said u run a clean ship boss but fark u get around lol I work local now fkk the hwy and the slow retarded road killers who use it my partner said ur gonna get railed if u don’t leave that shht I have now I miss it but when u achieve what I did out of 130 drivers u know what u can all get fkkkd start cherrisshing ur blood workers who put their body on line for your rubbish u dish out my depot is shut now operations are from Sydney iv shut down a whole network what comes around goes around ….🇦🇺🇦🇺👊🕹️☕️
G'day mate, first time listener and new subscriber.... watched & enjoyed the whole vid !
I left my job before becoming self employed for the next 25 years, in my resignation letter l told them "With mixed emotions, Joy and Happiness, l offer 4 weeks notice of my resignation. After a restructuring of my life not disimilar to what the company did 2 years ago, l now find myself over qualified for any position the company has to offer.
Kind Regards
Kevin
This is the first video I’ve seen on your channel. Interesting to hear your story about Toll. I’m also in Melb and in transport. Subscribed!
Ripper story, storytelling is your go Shane. Nice tone and bloody funny, seriously all the best.
Probably the best story I have heard in a long time frame you Shane. Keep up the good work.
I am retired from the transport industry after 50 years peddling various boxes of shit up and down the highways after owners promised you the world and just gave you an atlas. Currently sitting in my caravan in WA while enjoying a trip up Sesame Street and having a laugh. Stay safe Shane. 😂😂😂
I loved this video because it reminded me of myself about 10 years ago in this industry. Trust me Shaneo the way this industry is going and the longer you spend in it the shorter your fuse will get (which will make greater content in future videos). So your trucking career has green trucks to black trucks and now silver trucks!
@@adamirvine7606 yes mate green to black to silver, but getting better with each move
Shane that was great, listened from start to finish I know I'm going to learn plenty on these trip's 👍
Females have all rights.
No matter what the job is.
At BHP.
there are 5 behavioural and discrimination inductions.
All about males.
Not one to do with females.
Thats discrimination
Hey mate, first thing is, your a legend. I work for NTS in Newcastle, I always wish I had gone for my truck licence.
I resigned from a job for almost the same reason as you, a really annoying women at work who started years after me and complained about me when I didn't do a thing.
@@MrEmmo22 hope you're in a better place now
Loved your story. Thanks mate. I'm glad things are working out for you now.
Hi Ray love to see more videos, introducing your self was all good, I quit driving interstate trucks due to becoming a single dad, I'm retired now help a mate out once and awhile driving from Melbourne to Cairns once every 3 months just so he has a break, but I do love ur videos, keep up the great stories.
Love listening to your story bud
Every workplace I've been in has been spoilt by a lass - it's like your on eggshells from clocking on to clocking off and then stuff goes on behind your back too
You did right in getting out - toxic environments play havoc with mental health
@@taztaz6539 such a shame cos it was great before her
Come on, guys... Do you really think we're all the same? Trouble-making females will be like that no matter the job or industry they're in. Toxic personality, not what's under your clothes, is the difference. We can get the job done and get along as 'one of the boys', especially if accepted by them.
Very true
@@lanaharlow2515 sorry for the late reply here, no far from tarring you all with the same brush, however I've never been told to "watch how I talk or act" because we have a GUY that works at a certain place it's always watch what you say because of a female, as said in the video I am happy to work with whoever aslong as the job is done, and in most cases when a lady comes along (such as yourself) and proves themselves I have the same respect as I do for anyone else. Keep up the good work
always keen to support a fellow heavy mover ! get it brother !
Shane love the video watched it all the way through and can relate in portions of what you were saying. I’ve worked at numerous Toll sites in Victoria back in the day from Toll as one organisation to tall Ipec and to see how they just tried to get the most out of you And hope that you forget or not make it their priority to see the value as an individual.
The things that make me stay in a workplace sometimes is knowing that you are good at your job and you are putting others in shame that’s sometimes the best feeling being in a job and others looking like their shit but at the end of the day also .
Leaving jobs just because there’s so many lazy individuals time wasters and then the organisation hoping that you can be there to pick up the pieces is sometimes the reason why walking out of the place is needed because if they don’t notice at times full-time is doing less work and they hope that casuals Should work twice as hard is something that does not go well with me at the time.
That’s why I believe working for yourself putting something in place in the background so then if anything blows over out of your control, you have something that you are building because at the end of the day we are all working on somebody else’s dream and need to start focusing on our own
G'Day mate, great video, good listening to ya! I worked a corporate gig a year ago, toxic as f**k for an electricity distributor! Staff that do SWA and get recognised for doing nothing! Got so bloody sick of it, managers all side with the one's that do no work and think they are the top stuff! Fortunately, I quit on an epic scale, did a no show then resigned at night via email placing blame on the two that stuffed me over! After I left two others followed me after and that really screwed them up! Keep up the great content!
Loved this story, it's so much bound by how many workplaces have changed since the late 90's, and enforced more during the 2000's. Lately in Australia there is savage nepotism leaching into companies, sort of employment that lets unsuitable staff to be employed and protected. It's when she starts employing her friends when the big shit hits the fan. Shane you remind me of the late great UA-camr Aussie50. Anyway your video was on my homepage so someone at Google likes this story.
Sorry to hear what happened to you Shane. Glad to hear you found a position where you are appreciated. I HEAR every word you said and love your "Aussie Lingo - in context ❤" 😅😂.
As a female I GET you. I worked for a boss in the Territory many moons ago. Your story was almost a carbon copy of my story. I had been working in the office, unloading trucks, reloading trucks, making local and day long deliveries, had the keys to the safe to pay employees their wages, and he had the audacity to say that I had to work the till in the retail shop. He wouldnt pay me my final pay, and let me finish on the friday of my termination. He insisted I work the saturday and get paid at the end of my shift. Before I stormed out the door with my pay, I ripped off my company shirt, threw it at him. Luckily I had a Tee shirt on as well. I told him he needs a machine to work my job, and when it breaks down, he would reset it, to make it work harder. Stay Safe.
Could swear you were narrating my life!
Great work Shane, I think things changed at work places in the late 90's. It was all about sucking off the bosses and scoring brownie points. No one seemed to care about working as a team. I quit my job at a major car rental company for the exact reason you spoke about, just got sick of the bullshit.
@@brentonl2631 I was born in 87 and first job in 2002 so I probably missed "the good years" but have still noticed in my time the steep decline in workplaces for the reason you mentioned, management and others all having brown noses from kissing whoever's ass is higher than theirs.
There you go Shane I hit the subscribe button,I like your style was a Bloody good video,Keep on Trucking mate 👍👍👍👍
One of the best vids i seen in along time. Guess i could so easily relate to this. I worked at a place in Truganini for 6 years i spose in a way getting jibbed with low pay, no super, basically an employee but under using ABN number. Was very dangerous situations at times at risk of getting killed. Plenty of Forklift Driving unloading Containers & tranport delivery driving with dangerous loads till i finally had enough i had to recover from injuries needing time of. I had briefly worked at Toll Expess acouple of times in Altona. Most places i've worked at were not good with crap pay has been a downfall working for small migrant employers.
Love, your stories. You mocking others in a funny way is so good. It’s like I’m watching a comedian
Great Story Shane, Well said. Can relate on so many levels. Keep up the good work..
I might be a little sensitive but I instantly regretted my first foray into the transport industry as a round town delivery driver of a 10 ton rigid when I went to use the loo upstairs at the depot (the only one toilet for 5 drivers and 12 warehouse staff was occupied at the time)
and was shouted at....
that upstairs loos (plural for 5 staff) weren't to be used by drivers....
even though I had been able to use it without a problem when I was being interviewed for the job...and during orientation.
I was stopped by Police and the first thing said by them was "Do you know how shit your company is?"
I explained how green I was to this industry...
and they wrote the ticket out for a vehicle fault.....to the company....not me...(Nice bit of legislation....)
once I explained that the Company has us come in 2 hours later on Monday mornings (no pay of course) rather than give us time to maintain the vehicles and they had no water, oil, windscreen fluid, tyre pressure gauges/air pump or even a broom to clean the trucks with at the depot!
Boss looked at me sideways (How TF did you manage that?) without any verbal comment.
I left after 2 months of being imposed upon by pricks.....
I saw you comment below that you are in NZ what company is this?
@@SuperWesty177
Christchurch HQ'ed when I worked there but taken over by nationwide firm since..
hopefully better management
What an interesting story, I have subbed because you can tell a story about day to day life in a way that makes in compelling to listen to and keep on listening. Well done young man from someone that only eve had an unrestricted HR licence.
What a great story Shane . It put me to sleep but lovely story typical of Toll and management anywhere .
Funny story with the forklifts 😭👍 but you are 100% correct. A crap worker is a crap worker ,no matter what gender or background.
Mate. gotta give it to ya. you're a good storyteller. had me hooked.
I’m in love with the video style and the stories about toll, keep it up 👍
I totally understand that position you had to endure from whom you worked for I too have rolled with everything and every detail that you have mentioned throughout this video. Good to see you still doing what makes you happy chur chur bro
Not the same industry but reminds me of how i was treated as an Ad Hoc Driver for Kings Transport Sydney and a Line Operator / Fork Driver at Borg Polytec Central Coast. Neither of these c..ts could run a bath.
Enjoying your commentary and stories. Great work. 👍
Also drove for Kings, absolute F wits
Good story bro. You gotta play the game and let things fall over if your not getting the support you need. Even though you know you can smash out the work, but if it's above your roll or pay grade and you not getting support...let it fall. Go home and switch off. Work to live, not live to work. On yah mate🍻🥃.
watched the whole video, not in the same industry but as a former bus driver for 17 years i can relate to a lot of what you talked about, also i love how you know what other vehicles are going to do before they do it, 10+ hours on the road every day does that to you.
Brilliant storytelling 🔥. I could do a whole series of this, lol. You've got me hooked, but yeah, the backstabbing is crazy in every workplace.
$30 an hour most under paid job in Australia for the responsibility & the fines ya receive
Yes sir 💯
Luckily in New Zealand if you ask nicely the CVIU will issue some tickets to the owners/company as well..
just to show no hard feelings.
Make the same higher hourly rate as groundsman in a School or a sports club. Home every night
My ex driver mate helps me mix mud and move bricks. Gets way more money and has a blast working with the boys
Is that all he is making? Can't be with that kind of responsibility.
Interesting Story Shane. Watched it all. Just goes to show, no matter what industry or profession you’re in, there is always bullshit going on that you have to put up with. 👍
Good on you mate! Listened the to whole thing whilst driving me truck myself 💪
Mate i was rolling around on my couch listening to you detail your experience. I worked in logging then truck driving then joined the government where i stayed for 43 years. I left because i was a dinosaur and didn’t change with the times like all the new upstarts who were easily brainwashed or manipulated. Good on you Shane for taking me for a ride. Bravo from victoria australia.
Funny how "up and coming" new managers hate being told in meetings
"Yeah we tried that 40 years ago under Z manager and it didn't work.
Then manager Y tried this 20 years ago and it didn't work then either...
So here we are now and YOU think this is going to work...
not without this, this and this being spent by the company
and this system being put in place
that our competitor is using right now to do us over in the market..."
Young managers hate being told that that brilliant idea that they just thought of was tried 40 years ago, again 20 years ago,...and won't work this time either unless they spend huge amounts of money and employ more people!
I quit my job as they were trying to word together that they were sacking me. Over the dumbest thing. I told someone that they would have better luck getting water from a rock than an apology from the supervisor.
Some rat screen shot my comment from a group chat and showed the supervisor. Apparently it was rude, discrimination, some how.
But to make the story that much better. 12 months later that same supervisor was on the chopping block and quit her job for abusing her power and abusing staff,harrassing them,treating them like shit.
It's just funny how they can be so upset over a comment that is by no means rude or what ever but they can treat other like that.
Oh yeah god forbid anyone treats them as they treat others
@@shanehastattoos bigger the company the softer they are. Woolies for ya
@@alanrobson7486 copy that
universal rule...live by the sword die by the sword...gender and pronoun irrelevant
Not in logistics but can say I like your principles Shane👏👏
Best Wishes to you in the future and ALWAYS stay true to yourself Brother👍
Awesome story mate, I know this situation all to well. It's such a shame these big companies don't want to see the truth sometimes. All the best mate.
The guy I worked for had 3 guys rostered for a woolies delivery run that ran good part of 16 hours each day with split shift on 80% of the days and 2 trucks out at a time, overworked. It's a wonder no one had an accident. Had to lie on prechecks several times that I had 10 hour break when one of the other guys called in sick... The job was easy and enjoyable enough but management made it not so fun. Earned yourself a new sub mate👍
Story had me truly infatuated. Well done with your storytelling. I could tell the frustrations and misunderstandings management had with yourself, and did nothing about it, even if it was to seperate the two of you but I think that couldn't be done if they were trying to get 200% of the work done with only 50% of the people required to do it. It's an impossible task. Did yourself a huge favour getting out of there my friend.
Likewise for myself, worked for a company for over 5 years, got some promotions and that but never ever really got recognised for anything, none of the hard work or effort I put into that company to make it what it is today. Management can be a real letdown hey. It is important for us to take note of our mental health and wellbeing than the companies' bottom lines. What a letdown! Glad you're doing better for yourself now.
What a legend. Great story teller didnt think Id watch a 1 hour vid of your experience lol.
G’Day Shane i am 55yrs old cant work any more because of a srvear neurological condition. I Just wanted to say i enjoyed your video for 2 reasons the fact that i could relate to your story . I think after 10 years out of school every one has a story about work like yours insome way. Plus the footage of driving out of Laverton & heading towards Sydney in a truck brought back a lot of memories of when i used to drive from Sydney to Melbourne & back . Thanks for the story & thanks for bringing back some fond memories of when i used to drive semis interstate.
great view while ya yarning ... luv it bro .. btw " ciggy down & fast waddling " 😂😂😂😂👍
Good on ya mate for moving on. Life is too short to waste at an unhappy job.
Hey Shane just discovered your channel and have watched this video i had to watch it to the end to see what happened .ive been retired 12 months but am familiar with your issues its everywhere mate ,so look forward to your next post ,still have mates working in the industry keeping me up with the gossip now i can get your stories
Cheers kym
Adelaide
This was like listening to my own experience within the freight industry, ultimately the same reason - bad management.
@@TewhekeHeke hope you're at a better place now
I really enjoyed this ride along & story 👍
I don’t know how or why u popped up in my watch list but I’m glad I found ya I drive to here in 🇺🇸 Philadelphia love your channel cheers from Philly fellow trucker ♥️✌🏼be safe out there it’s jungle bro👍🏼
Comfy? Yep. Just finished nightshift, sitting at the computer with a fruit salad, egg & cheese sandwich, and a XXXX GOLD in a can. Let's go, Shane.
She would have got the job because with no experience the pay rate was attractive. And coerced by her boss friend. And a diversity pick. Tick, tick, tick, bang.
It's the bang...it's always the bang...
oh wait...
I worked for Boral driving concrete trucks for a few years and quickly found out it was every man for himself if they could f---k you over so they could get out of work they would and there was even one guy who would find out how busy the next day was and if very busy he would call in sick it was terrible place to work never so glad to leave a job in all my life.
That’s why as an ex batcher when I was asked what’s on the next day I’d say yep some loads of mud. How many… fuck knows
We had a guy who counted his sick hours and would tell all when he had six up so he could take a sickie on a friday. Fridays were only six hours long. He just had to have those extra long weekends. We looked forward to them. He could not go 30 minutes without a smoke. Last I heard he was reitered and using an oxygen tank.
Yep, worked for Concrite, part of Boral. A new sheila started as a driver, next thing became a batcher. Changed everything, put in a complaint like this video. Place went down hill from there. Her mother knew our manager. That's how she got the job. Anyway, they both left, the place got heaps better. Also agree with other drivers looking at next days work, then not turn up. Seen it all. 12 years in. Now retired early & moved to WA. Now I'm happy.
I love your story telling! After being a stay at home mum for 17 yrs I found a job thought ok I have to use my own car to travel and it will be a casual job etc… do the job for 3 months and then ended up quitting cause I was getting 30 packages in 1 week sent to my house. I had to build point of sale bins you see at service stations, Woolworths, Coles etc.. getting paid $30 an hr some jobs in app that were allocated were 20 mins if I was told them that I was sitting in traffic to add the extra time they wouldn’t approve it. I was left with working by myself instead of with a team with most jobs and was taking way longer than the allocated time that was on app had to email to get extra time and the reason why. Had to make up customer interruptions, because going from one job to another doesn’t count in between jobs sitting in traffic. Getting paid extra 88c per km for my car. In that 3 months I racked up 3000 km in the 3 months I worked for them. It was ridiculous. So nah I quit.
Every time I worked in office with a group of people (used to be a receptionist) it was always the females that were the back stabbers I can relate cause the amount of times I’ve been sacked cause of some bitch saying that I said something that wasn’t even true. I’m a female and I mind my own business and never get into anyone personal business either so if someone is talking about something I pretend not to hear or these days just look at my phone. Back when I had a job iPhones or smartphones didn’t exist 24yrs ago so couldn’t do that 😂 but did pretend to ignore gossip etc. That’s what I used to hate when females office workers start being big mouths and say something and everyone believes them. And yet they keep their jobs while I lose mine. 🤷🏻♀️ I just don’t get it.
Management always has a serious problem with doing simple math: If you lose 25% of your work force then you'll lose 25% of the job performance in the allotted time.
What I have learned over the years is that if you lose someone from the work force you have to NOT make your job quota starting the VERY FIRST DAY they are gone.
You have to show management that without a replacement they will lose work production...otherwise they will never hire a replacement because just 3 can do the job of 4.
They had several weeks of warning when your mate gave notice in which they could have hired a replacement for you and have them trained before your mate left.
I treat everybody equally...if she can't handle being treated as an equal then maybe she is the problem.
@@gregorythomas333 exactly Greg, management had such a disconnect with the workers it was crazy
You should see the Executive training courses, and their subjects. Basic math is one subject, and if course meditation is another one. I wish I was making it up, but my ex flatmate went through this training, and I was simply laughing at what was involved. And this was a course from a University, offered to those who needed Executive training.
100% some bean counter buys a extra Chardonnay when they work out they can trim up the man hours , it’s all they care about ! Not people and when the people bail they are cooked !
Without the little man they are nothing !
The monkeys at the top of the tree look down and see other monkeys and the monkeys at the bottom of the tree look up and see assholes !
Math ?
Enjoyed the drive and the story.
Thanks gary
As a forklift driver of many years probably the first thing I was told and made to remember when I got my license was ever minute delayed at the depot is 5-10minutes late for the truck down the road.
Start safe and don’t be scared and you’ll get your operating speed up to par. Learn your yard and the people you work with, the space around you and how your work colleagues operate in it.
Seen it before buddy, they can call you names and use foul language around you but as soon as you do it and they don’t like it it’s HR meetings, don’t play those games just leave them high and dry, watch the ship sink from the shore lol
It’s called a suicide knob I have one on my truck and dog it makes reversing a lot easier, hello from New Zealand bro
Great video mate! I've been in a similar situation, but a different job. It made me look closely at my future, and so I quit. Well, not quit exactly, but I didn't re enlist! (RAAF)
On ya Shano!! 😂 just subscribed., aaaaand…..I watched it all😅
We got a new production manager and within the first week we all knew it was not going to work. Reports from outsiders who knew him at his old place of work had him in the car par of that work place staring at 4 slashed tyres, he was hated that much.
He was an unsafe person on the shop floors and when called out it was always some one else's fault.
He sent 5 workers to anger mangement schooling under the threat of sacking for non-compliance if the worker refused. He had left his wife and 3 children and was sleeping with H.R. so complaining was pointless.
By the time I had to go to anger management it was obvious to all employees what the cause of all the anger was so I brought this to their attention.
Naturally this was to no avail. I retired and kept in touch vide several old work mates and found out senior management finally had enough of him and moved him sideways to a new position created just for him. Why? No one ever told us. The very next Xmas all that knew of him got a wonderful present. He was walked out.
According to those I heard from just after this walking happened the atmosphere became breathable again.
The position created for him has still not been filled and the place is rolling along quite well without him.
Hey Shane, fantastic story/video, finally got around to watching the last 30 minutes, had to go over to Dubbo last week to with Turners Heavy Haulage , also I wish you would keep that damn mirror on the right side OUT OF THE VIDEO... lol I keep look at it , oh well an ingrained habit eh.
Me too. Noise of blinker brought back memories of my last truck.
Not sure why this came up but I watched it and I’m glad I did. I can so relate to your story!! Had a coworker that would call up sick all the time. Her dad had died 10 times, her dog broke its leg 5 times, she had a heart attack blah blah…all bs excuses. When she did do a shift she was in the toilet shooting up before starting and done sweet F ALL during her shift. Manager would always protect her and we would get yelled at.. Eventually got rid of her!!
I worked nights in age care for 3 years, just to avoid admin! It worked a charm for me...
@@tantejopie268 night work in general was great until she came along
You're a ledge mate.
Yep, left my job too cos of a nice case of good old fashioned nepotism. F! them.
Stay safe on the roads mate.
Being a little loose on a fork makes you better on a fork same as anything with an engine really . Speed and precision = efficiency .
It's daunting when you are a round town delivery driver forced to use dangerous forklifts...
and when you report the state of them to your management they DGAF....
"could upset our relationship with the company we deliver to"...
but injury to one of their own staff has no repercussions????
Bloody good yarrn, and yes very valid points you raised and I believe that mosy people would have very similar stories they could share...
Same Tale in any industry really: Got one person who ain't doing the work good enough, will slack off at any opportunity, always has to be the biggest pain about it too. Good chance they know the boss.
Ahahahah maaaaate,so fucking relatable! Currently with the muppet army in Tassie as we speak and everything you said is what I argue with management on the daily! So glad to see someone starting to share their stories because everyone can relate. Keep her shiny side up and we’ll cya around 🤙
You're a great story teller. Subbed
That's the best hour of my life spent listening to you mate,fuckin loved it, that's a script for a short movie ❤😅. Keep safe regards, oh sorry my kindest Regards Steve.
Glad you enjoyed Steve, stay tuned for more random stories
1984 13 years old working part-time at the Esso service station in Glenelg.
Also cut some neighbour's lawn I think I was about 10.
I have had so many jobs, now work for myself and have for about 16 years
Cheers from Canberra
I have worked with a few people like this.
They spend more time smoking and turning up late with a coffee.
They always seem to get away with doing bare minimum while you get pulled up for anything minor.
Mate I thouraghly enjoyed your story.thanks for sharing.we wouldn't be Ozzie's if we didn't race or drift forklifts.but as a motorist it was good for me to see the way u drive and the care u take.im telling u this because trucks scare the shit out of me.there big there heavy and they take a long time to stop, and 90% of people on the road today don't understand the devastation a truck can cause.thats why people die on our roads.lack of common sense.take care and be safe.
First job after I finished university only lasted a few months.
The work wasn't what I was supposed to be doing, I hated it and was trying to work out how to tell the boss that I quit. He sacked me because I "wasn't working out". I managed to keep a straight face. He told someone that we both knew that I "took it well", and he didn't understand why. 🤣
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Over the last 24 years in transport and logistics I have come to the realisation that its not what you know its who you know, I have knowledge and experience in multiple areas of operations that you could only learn on the job and let me tell you, a certificate from uni or tafe cannot teach you what Ive learned. But, year after year after year I see management choosing their mates and grooming them into a role they don't completely understand and to be honest for the most part they couldn't even do basic inbound outbound tasks and understanding the requirements for operational excellence let alone multi tasking and managing staff.
Just stumbled on this post and throughly enjoyed your story. Hahaha 😀😀. Cheered me up. Thanks.
Same thing happens in other parts of toll/ global express. People only ever leave because of the subpar management.
What an absolutely awesome story to listen to 👍🏼 subbed
1st time here and im glad, youtube algorithms 👏👏👏
Went up that road with my mate's dad in a big rig back in the day. I was 15 then and loved that over nighter long hual. He showed me that it has aenough power to spin the tires in low gear. hehe.
Good video blog sad that you took so long to tell us your story, you could have probably saved someone else from becoming another victim of Toll
Great story and congratulations on your honesty keep up the good work peace brother 👍
I really hope the current area manager sees this before their next visit back to the old worshop. The shop manager is a functioning yet replacable/upgradable part of said workshop.
New subscriber here, love your story, I work in the public health system and there's no shortage of the PR bullshit there either! Really enjoyed your video, the first of your videos, John. 😎
A place I worked in the mid-80s the warehouse guys used to race the electric pallet trucks inside the warehouse when it was dead quiet, I got back to the factory one day and parked ready to be unloaded but no one was about so I walked in the warehouse just in time to see the warehouse manager and the transport manager racing each other on pallet trucks, nearly everyone who worked there was watching, about a year later the transport manager and all the drivers were made redundant, they had a general haulier doing the truck work.
Woman in the work place. I see it time and time again. In this case she's a friend with the boss which makes it unfixable haha. They always ruin everything! You did the right thing mate!
dono what sort of forklift training old love went through but they absolutly told me to during the training to steer with your left hand so you can use the controls and didnt say shit about puting the handbreak on when your picking up a load...