
New details have emerged about Apple's decision to drastically scale back its plans to develop an autonomous vehicle in a Bloomberg report that outlines the lack of upheaval in the tech giant's Project Titan business unit.
New details have emerged about Apple's decision to drastically scale back its plans to develop an autonomous vehicle in a Bloomberg report that outlines the lack of upheaval in the tech giant's Project Titan business unit.
After a corporate-wide business unit reorganization, the position held by long-time fleet manager, Sue Miller, CAFM, director of fleet management service for McDonald's Corp., was eliminated.
Lynn Fee, supervisor of fleet and facilities services for Energizer in St. Louis, has left the company following the elimination of his position effective Jan.1.
Swedish Match North America's fleet manager left her role managing the company's $10 million sales fleet in October, after the tobacco products manufacturer eliminated her position.
Netherlands-based TNT Express NV will close its Brazilian and Chinese operations and will let go of 4,000 employees over the next three years, according to a report in "International Business Times."
SAN RAMON, CA - Chevron Corp. believes it can slash transportation costs and meet customer needs with the shift to a transport fleet operated completely by third parties.
PHILADELPHIA - Arrow Trucking Co. is being sued by a Philadelphia attorney on behalf of the 1,400 former employees laid off right before Christmas, many of whom were truck drivers left stranded at truck stops.
HOUSTON - Arrow Trucking employees were reportedly unaware they had been laid off until their gas cards no longer worked or someone showed up to tow away their trucks.
I am dismayed at the number of fleet managers who have lost their jobs due to corporate cutbacks. Similarly, I am amazed at the short-sightedness of today's senior management making these decisions without regard to the implications of lesser-qualified individuals managing one of their largest asset classes. I predict that companies that downgrade the expertise of their in-house management will be on the wrong side of history and will be the poster children of what not to do in a recession.
Since the recession's start at the beginning of 2008, 4.4 million jobs have been lost due to corporate downsizings and layoffs. Many terminated employees were assigned company vehicles. In today's politically correct HR environment, the term "reverse expansion" is being used to describe the retrieval and reassignment of company-provided vehicles from terminated employees. A fleet manager suddenly thrust into a reverse expansion will find it very easy to make mistakes.
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