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Andrus Transportation February 2016 Newsletter
BETWEEN THE LINES
ANDRUS TRANSPORTATION NEWSLETTER
A New Year, the Perfect Time for Self-Reflection
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his past weekend I, along with
several Andrus employees, attended a Celebration of Life ceremony for a past Andrus driver.
Many of you knew him, Bill Russell
Jr. He worked at Andrus for five
years and left us in 2010 to work for
another carrier.
Five years ago I would not have believed that at 58 years old Bill would
not be here on the earth any longer. I
will miss him. I will miss seeing him
around town and having the opportunity to talk to him and catch up on
his life. I will miss the yearly birthday call he always made to me.
For those of you who knew Bill I
know that you will miss him as well.
In the past few months and weeks, I
have thought a lot about the changes
that come our way as we go through
our lives. For some, change can be
hard and only comes as a result of
“something” happening to us, for others change comes as a result of selfreflection and recognizing that in order to become better at something or
in some way a better person that a
change of some kind is necessary.
Self – analysis is a great way to get to
that change.
If day after day our behavior or actions remain the same, it is highly
unlikely that anything in our lives
will be different or become better
than they are now.
This is one of the concepts that Wes
and I discuss during accident interviews. In order to get to the root of
the problem or reason that there was
an accident, a driver has to be able to
objectively review his or her driving
habits or patterns. If the driver cannot step back and look honestly and
objectively at their skills or habits
there is a high likelihood that there
will be additional accident interviews
in their future.
It is easy to see the problems in others, many of you can immediately
remember the last time you saw a
driver do something that you felt was
not very safe but probably have a
harder time remembering the same of
yourself. I would think that is the
same of all people. Seeing our own
faults or weaknesses is always harder
than seeing them in others.
I believe that most of us have a desire
to be better at something in our lives.
I know I have a long list of those
things for myself.
My challenge to all of us is that we
will look at our own behavior as a
means to get to that next step in the
“better” that we want in our lives.
If you don’t know what that “better
thing” is for you then start with driving. Go back to the five keys of driving that you learned in Smith System.
Practice the commentary drive on
yourself and put the five keys into
play. You will soon achieve “better”
driving habits and skills.
After you have put the five keys back
into your daily driving habits, your
exercise of analyzing you’re driving
habits to make a better driver of yourself will become much easier to investigate and to resolve.
Lynn Shrum
VP Safety—Human Resources
NEW DRIVER PAPERWORK
POLICY
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n an effort to cut down the amount of paperwork required by drivers and paperwork being scanned
and filed, we are implementing a new paperwork policy to begin February 2, 2016.
Trip packs will only be required for the following two situations:
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All drivers delivering a load must scan in the BOL’s and a trip pack.
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Any driver that has a reimbursement such as a scale ticket, lumper, maintenance, tolls, or another
type of reimbursement on the trip must scan in a trip pack with the receipt. The reimbursement
must be also be listed on the trip pack.
Otherwise, there will not be any trip packs required to be filled out by the driver.
A good example is our pipeline drivers:
Old paperwork requirement:
Picks up a load in Saint George and takes it to Beaver
Fill out a trip pack
Picks up a load in Beaver and takes it to Jean, NV
Picks up a load in Jean, NV and takes it to Saint George
New Paperwork requirement effective January 2, 2016:
Picks up a load in Saint George and takes it to Beaver
No trip pack required
Picks up a load in Beaver and takes it to Jean, NV
Picks up a load in Jean, NV and takes it to Saint George
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you,
Renn W. Buck
Financial Analyst
Great Andrus photos taken by Todd Zitting
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W
e’re off and running in 2016.
Thanks to the great people at
Andrus, we’re expecting it to be another rewarding year and we are exploring new ways to provide additional benefits that will make your
positions here more satisfying.
Watch for exciting news in the near
future.
Rather than focus on one topic this
time, I thought I’d share several observations with you.
When all added, it costs approximately $10,000 per employee per
year to insure you at Andrus.
“We have met the enemy and he is
us”. This saying has been around for
almost half a century. As an example, we all determine how profitable
our company is or can become. The
more profitable, the better we can
pay employees and provide benefits.
So, when 75% of our accidents occur
in parking lots and usually involve
our drivers running into something
that isn’t moving, it’s a good chance
that 75% of our accidents are totally
preventable, if we’re making the
right choices and doing the right
things. As such, if you want better
pay and better benefits, don’t be our
own worst enemy.
2016 is another election year.
There’s good reason the old saying
goes, “never argue politics or religion”. I should take that advice
more often, but I can’t resist the urge
to tweak someone’s nose and bend it
out of shape every so often. So, if
I’ve ever offended anyone, I apologize. In the meantime, as Al Capone
used to say, “vote early and vote often”. Of course, keep in mind what
Mark Twain said, ‘If voting made
any difference, they wouldn’t let us
do it.’ In all seriousness, please try
your best to exercise your right and
vote your conscience.
Road rage has been around for a
long time and will continue as long
as we have roads. With more traffic
comes more instances of rage.
Please remember that you drivers are
“professionals” and you must act
like it, no matter how an incident
may have been initiated, you cannot
engage. It always becomes a very
dangerous path with a no win ending.
When I was learning to drive, my
dad (quite a character, I might say)
talked to me about road rage in a
way that I’ll always remember. He
gave me a pretty vivid example of
when he was young. He prided him-
self on being somewhat of a tough
sort and one night, he was driving a
little recklessly and passed an old
“rag-top” jeep. He cut the jeep off
and the driver of the jeep “flipped
him off”. Dad wasn’t about to let
that go, so he finally got the jeep
pulled over and got out to confront
the driver. He noticed right away
that the jeep had several young kids
in it. This is how he portrayed the
event, “the biggest man I’d ever seen
in my life uncoiled from behind the
steering wheel of that jeep, and the
last thing I remember were those
kids hollering, hit him again daddy,
hit him again”. This made quite the
impression on me and every time I
have one of those urges to engage in
any road rage, I remember what an
embarrassing outcome it could turn
out to be.
Please stay safe, be professional, try
to make the right choices and do all
the right things. The rest will take
care of itself. Thanks for all you do
for us.
Wes Peterson
Insurance & Risk Management
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Y
ou’ve
made a
New
Year’s resolution? Congratulations: Research says you’re
10 times more likely to successfully alter a behavior
than you would if you didn’t
make a start-of-the-year
vow. And maybe that’s why
some 45 percent of American adults ring in the New
Year with a resolution. But
will they keep it? According
to statistics, almost half will
give up on their goals within
six months. Avoid being one
of them. No matter what
you’ve vowed—to lose
weight? get fit? save money?
—these four tips will help
you achieve your goal.
Customer Service and Dispatchers/ Planners are used
to giving our customers specific plans of action to get
loads delivered on time and
we have to follow through
with our commitment. So if
we can do it for our customers, we can certainly do it
for ourselves!
Substitute Good
Behaviors for
“Bad”
Be Specific
Vague goals won’t work.
Map out your strategy before New Year’s arrives. If
you want to lose weight, target a precise number of
pounds to shed, then set
concrete mini-goals and the
dates on which you aim to
accomplish each of them.
Want to save money? Determine the amount you will put
aside each month and identify explicit changes in behavior you’ll make to get there,
whether that means skipping
your afternoon latte or carpooling to work to save on
fuel costs.
Don’t rely on
willpower alone to help you
change. That approach won’t
work. Instead, build in a
healthy behavior that’s incompatible with the one you
want to change. So if eating
your usual midafternoon
treat runs contrary to your
goal of dropping a few
pounds, put together a small
like-minded group and commit to taking a quick, brisk
walk at your normal snack
time. Each time you put the
brakes on “bad” behavior,
you’ll increase your confidence in your ability to
make the change.
Track Your Progress
Make Your Goal Public
Record or chart your
changed behavior. Research
indicates that such ‘selfmonitoring’ increases the
probability of keeping your
resolution!
Share your decision to
change with friends and
family who can offer support
when you’re wavering and
encouragement when you’re
doing well at sticking to your Chelsea Devey
resolution.
Director of Customer Service
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Bridget Bardot
B
ridget Bardot has been part
of the Andrus family for many
years. Bridget Bardot and her
driving partner, David Schember,
have driven over one million accident free miles for Andrus.
Bridget Bardot has set the standard high for all Andrus employees.
She is always dressed for success
and well groomed. Her driving
record is outstanding and has
never had a driving violation. She
always has a “paw”sitive attitude,
never takes her two paws off the
wheel and some say her bark is
worse than her bite. Whenever
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f you have been to the Fontana
shop you must have surely have
met Carlos, as he is one of the finest people you will ever meet.
In 1980 Carlos left his home in
Guatemala City, Guatemala and he
headed for Los Angeles in search
of a better life, which he did as he
soon found a job as a mechanic at
Italian Car Services. This is where
he worked for the next 25 years
working on exotic sports cars.
she arrives at her delivery location, she always greets the customers with a pleasant “woof,
woof.” She is extremely focused
and her two eyes are on the road
at all times. While not on the
road, she enjoys a nice relaxing
day at the spa, running around in
the park and taking long naps after eating a nice home cooked
meal.
office environment. She is dedicated, hard working, polite, energetic, focused, well-behaved, and
a beloved Andrus employee.
Thank you Bridget Bardot for all
you do at Andrus and keep on
trucking.
After many days on the road,
Bridget Bardot will often stop by
the STG terminal to say “hi” to
the office staff. She is full of energy and brings a lot of life to the
Shortly after his arrival and getting
himself established in Los Angeles
he sent for his wife Blanca to join
him. Carlos and Blanca have
raised 3 boys with very strong
family and work values. Carlos
became a US Citizen 10 years after his arrival in Los Angeles.
Andrus come March. So the next
time you are in the Fontana yard
make sure to stop and say Hi to
our beloved mechanic “Carlos”
Carlos started working with Andrus on March 3rd 2007 as a mechanic and later acquired a class
“A” driver’s license. Carlos is going on his 9 year anniversary with
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WELCOME ABOARD NEW ANDRUS DRIVERS
SHANE BROAD—FLATBED
NOELLA PEGRAM—11 WESTERN
JESSE GONZALES—11 WESTERN
SHERRY LACOCK—11 WESTERN
BRIAN HUMPERT—LOCAL CONTAINER
JESSE GOUGH—11 WESTERN
DAVID GAPP—11 WESTERN
ANTHONY HAWKEN—11 WESTERN
DAVID JARVIS—DEDICATED
KENNETH DELAUNE—11 WESTERN
RYAN STURGIS—11 WESTERN
MARK WOLD—FLATBED
JAMES BARTA—LINE CONTAINER
RICK KNUTSON—FLATBED
JAMES WARD—11 WESTERN
JOHN LAROCQUE—FLATBED
DAN SPENCER–11 WESTERN
KRYSTAL-ANN STEPHEN—11 WESTERN
DONNY HOWELL—11 WESTERN
STEVENSON ANDRIKE—11 WESTERN
VICTOR HERNANDEZ—11 WESTERN
EDDIE VALLEZ—11 WESTERN
MARIANNE LEE—11 WESTERN
LEVI TODD—11 WESTERN
KEVIN POWERS—11 WESTERN
JAMES BRABSON—11 WESTERN
TIMOTHY CANTIN— OTR FLATBED
LORRIE JOHNSON—11 WESTERN
JEFFREY FELTON—11 WESTERN
GERALD SULLIVAN—11 WESTERN
GERALD BAUMAN—11 WESTERN
MARLON POWE—UPS DEDICATED
JAMES WINN—11 WESTERN
JEFFREY REID—11 WESTERN
RICK WILKINS—CASUAL DRIVER
ROBERT WINN—MILLER FLEET
JEFFREY FELTON—11 WESTERN
JEFFREY GOLDSMIGHT—11 WESTERN
GERALD BAUMAN—11 WESTERN
GARY BORSCH—11 WESTERN
JAMES WINN—11 WESTERN
STEPHEN HASKINS—11 WESTERN
RICK WILKINS—CASUAL DRIVER
ROY JEFFS—11 WESTERN
Welcome New Andrus Staff Employees
DAVID HANCOCK—PLANNER UT / CO
DAWSON HOYT—STG SHOP / PARTS
ALLISON KELLY—E-LOGS / QUALCOMM
JAMES STOUT—BROKERAGE
CHALENE SHAW—ACCOUNTING / INDEXING
ROBERT POWERS—NIGHT DISPATCH
BETTY HARDMAN—HOUSEKEEPING
Andrus Transportation has a driver referral program. All it takes is a few words
to another driver and you are in the money! Drivers are the #1 Asset!
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The Driver Referral Bonus is $500 which includes an upfront pay of $250 when the referred driver is in orientation. Another $250 is paid out when the driver has been with the
company for 6 months. Hiring for Solo, Teams, and Flatbed drivers!
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For additional information, please contact one of the STG recruiters, Holly or Carolyn,
at 435-673-1566 or Trina Loy for Northern, Utah at 801-294-8030.
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We have professional driver cards for you to pass out to potential drivers.
Please stop by the STG office to pick them up.
Thank you for your hard work and dedication to be the best
and referring excellent drivers in this New Year!
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JIM BLACK
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hank you Jim for
your many years
working at Andrus.
You will definitely be
missed. We wish you
the best in your future
endeavors. Hopefully,
retirement will offer
you many new opportunities, which
we know you will
embrace
wholeheartedly, just as
you did at Andrus.
We hope you have
a fun and exciting retirement!
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