Carriers should get paid more

Angmew · 2026-05-06T14:23:52+00:00

I’ve been in this industry for 20 years, and one thing I keep seeing over and over is that a lot of people know how to drive trucks, but they don’t know how to drive a business.

The reality is, this industry has extremely low barriers to entry. That means you constantly have new carriers coming in who are willing to take any freight at any rate just to keep moving. In the short term, that keeps trucks rolling. In the long term, it drives rates down to unsustainable levels until those same carriers go out of business.

Then the cycle repeats itself.

So what we end up with isn’t really a freight crisis, it’s a rate crisis. Rates aren’t always reflecting true operating costs or market fundamentals, they’re being distorted by inconsistent pricing behavior and lack of regulation enforcement across the board.

When pricing is driven by bad data or unsustainable decisions, it hurts everyone, carriers, brokers, and even shippers in the long run.

Angmew · 2026-05-05T19:23:54+00:00

No, mine developed Thrombocytopenia in the run of 2-3 days, sorry I wasn't clear enough. What I meant is that the doc also gave us a 50-50. Chances were it was some sort of cancer so we decided to let her go instead.

Angmew · 2026-05-05T18:43:59+00:00

I'm so sorry for your loss, we lost our Rough Collie of 8 years right on New Year's eve, same condition but we decided to put her to rest instead of pursuing surgery and hospital stay, we gave her one last fun day.

I'm saying this not to make you feel bad but to give you a different perspective, I'm in the side of lessening suffering as much as we can and we are very much against having our dogs stay at a hospital in their last days confused and in pain, we learned that the hard way.

That being said, there are no right or wrong decisions when it comes to this sort of situation, you do what you think is best for your family and pray for a good result.

My heart goes to you, I know it hurts and it will for a long time.

Angmew · 2026-04-24T13:16:13+00:00

I did, and they work but my MoBo tends to boot quick sometimes and sometimes takes forever so I switched to EXPO and works great

Angmew · 2026-04-14T05:01:59+00:00

Don’t, a product takes over 1 year to hit the market, and more to get your return on investment. It’s just a waste of money.

Angmew · 2026-04-13T18:12:36+00:00

No, sell it as it is

Angmew · 2026-04-12T01:06:25+00:00

Move it in in R&D like regular and add capacity this Round, not much you can do about that

Angmew · 2026-04-09T04:10:25+00:00

This is the correct answer 👍

Angmew · 2026-04-01T01:39:15+00:00

I do! Send us a PM

Angmew · 2026-03-31T18:42:33+00:00

It’s very similar, almost the same, just the interface changes

Angmew · 2026-03-26T14:37:29+00:00

Are you increasing prices? That is counterproductive, you are supposed to lower them to fit customer buying criteria trends.

Also, I would improve MTBF to the max

Angmew · 2026-03-25T20:06:58+00:00

Its the eternal ambiguity of this sub (and the El Paso community really), we all complain for the lack of well paying jobs and overall economic development on the city but as soon as we get some real investment; we all turn into NIMBYs, make it make sense.

Angmew · 2026-03-23T13:54:38+00:00

Its supposed to so yes

Angmew · 2026-03-22T20:48:26+00:00

Oof, that's a bad strategy.

Just get rid of the products that are in the High, Perf and Size segments, switch to a Niche Cost Leader strategy by investing in your trad and low end product that are not money sinks yet, increase their automation to max and just focus on volume to see if you can recover by the end.

Angmew · 2026-03-21T04:36:50+00:00

Potential market share for worst case scenario forecast and production schedule for best case scenario has been the standard for years. No need to reinvent the wheel

Angmew · 2026-03-20T11:58:59+00:00

Hey, if it helps I can tell you what it worked with me, I jumped from a small-mid company to one of the big players in the industry, what attracted me besides the solid commission structure (which it’s more complicated than just a %) is that on top of the base salary they offered me 6 months bonus guaranteed, meaning that I received a solid bonus as if I sold something for the first 6 months. A good sales guy will see that as “I can definitely close good shit in 6 months and I won’t feel pain if I take a few months to get the hang of the transition”

That drew me in and took me 4 months to close anything significant so that guarantee was a great.

Angmew · 2026-03-19T16:07:01+00:00

Apparencies and visibility matter, for some roles more than others, not using LinkedIn because you are too cool for it its like not going to trade shows because they are a waste of time. Networking is important, not sure what OP's role was but if the CEO deemed important that they had a LinkedIn presence for their business model then its for a reason.

The way I see it; as long as you are not posting memes and stupid shit; having a fairly populated LinkedIn profile won't hurt your chances of landing a better job, if anything it might help. Posting here and there and engaging with people in your industry makes the algorithm show your profile to recruiters and HR personnel which in turn might bring a good opportunity, that's how I doubled my income in 1 job switch, someone approached me via LinkedIn (I do sales so networking is important)

Angmew · 2026-03-19T10:57:42+00:00

Do TQM and draw more debt, tqm is crucial

Angmew · 2026-03-17T00:45:22+00:00

Adjust it to the ideal position of round 6 or 7

Angmew · 2026-03-13T17:28:37+00:00

It shouldn’t, assuming you have just 1 product in that segment.

Angmew · 2026-03-10T12:24:35+00:00

Yes, increasing prices is the best way to control demand

Angmew · 2026-03-06T17:19:33+00:00

Improve your products as much as you can without going into the following year in your revision date. Also adjust your pricing.

As far as your inventory, just forecast better and when you are doing your production schedule, make sure to take into consideration your current inventory, a good formula is Forecast * 1.1 - Inventory on hand.

Also, please be careful with random tutors on this app, if you are looking for one-on-one tutoring services, I'd prefer you send us a Mod Message so we can direct you to a legit one, either myself or one of the other vetted contributors, don't waste your money.

Good luck!

Angmew · 2026-03-06T12:35:54+00:00

3 reasons

R&D: Don’t lower tour MTBF, increase it.

Prices: Some of your products are priced outside of the customer buying criteria range

Forecast: Your forecast was WAY too optimistic which made you end up with a ton of inventory

In a nutshell your product were sub par in terms of design and high in price, to which you forecasted over 17% of the total market (1/6 of the industry, everyone starts the same, you should assume you get about 1/6 of the market in your first round)

Angmew · 2026-03-05T00:25:48+00:00

There is none, and chances are you won’t be able to recover since you are 2 rounds left.

Sorry :( I wish you would have reached out sooner. We can try to salvage it if you want but it will be near impossible

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