NRMCA 2015 Mixer Driver Recruitment & Retention Survey Question Title * 1. Where does your company/division operate? Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic (CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, VA, WV, Eastern Canada) Southeastern (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN) North Central (ID, MN, NE, ND, SD) South Central (AR, KS, LA, MO, OK, TX) Great Lakes/Midwest (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI) Rocky Mountain (CO, NM, UT, WY) Pacific Northwest (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, Western Canada) Pacific Southwest (AZ, CA, HI, NV) Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. Please classify your company/division by annual cubic yardage production. Under 100,000 Cubic Yards 100,000 to 299,999 Cubic Yards 300,000 to 500,000 Cubic Yards 500,000+ Cubic Yards Question Title * 3. What type of area does your company/division operate? Rural Area Urban Area Mixed Area Question Title * 4. How many FULL TIME mixer drivers do you plan to hire in 2015? Question Title * 5. What are your biggest challenges hiring mixer drivers? Question Title * 6. Please check 1 or more of your most successful recruitment/hire methods for FULL TIME mixer drivers. Community college CDL trucking school programs Company's own (internal) CDL recruitment and training program Employee referral Job fair Job posting on your company's website Military release programs Newspaper advertisements Post vacancies at truck stops Posting on company's home office/executive office entrance Posting signs at bus stops and on buses Posting signs at construction sites Posting signs on mixer trucks Posting signs on your plant gate Prison / jail re-training release programs - earn CDL before release Private CDL trucking school programs Radio ads Recruiting at high schools, including participating in career days Recruiting at technical schools, including participating in career days Social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter) State unemployment office referrals Third party internet job banks and search engines Third party recruitment / staffing agency Other (please specify) Question Title * 7. How many FULL TIME and PART TIME mixer drivers did your company hire between 1/1/14 to 12/31/14? Question Title * 8. How many vacant, FULL TIME mixer drivers positions did your company have open on 12/31/14? Question Title * 9. Of those mixer drivers hired between 1/1/14 and 12/31/14, how many positions were PART TIME? Part time drivers are those who worked, on average, less than 30 hours a week and do not receive company benefits. Question Title * 10. How many FULL TIME mixer drivers were employed by your company on 1/1/14? Question Title * 11. How many FULL TIME mixer drivers were employed by your company on 12/31/14? Include seasonal layoffs. Question Title * 12. How many FULL TIME drivers left your company between 1/1/14 and 12/31/14? The number should include those that quit as well as those the company released. Question Title * 13. Of the total number of FULL TIME drivers who left your employment between 1/1/14 and 12/31/14, how many QUIT, that is, they voluntarily left your company? Question Title * 14. What are the top 3 reasons your full time mixer drivers quit (in 2014)? 1 reflects the top reason; 3 ranks lower. (There are 16 choices. Only rank your top 3.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Better benefits at next job 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Better pay at next job 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 CDL issues (examples: CSA issues, fail the physical, drug/alcohol) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Company policies 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Dangerous job / felt unsafe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Did not get along with his / her supervisor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Did not want to work nights 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Job is high stress 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Lack of career path / lack of advancement opportunity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Lack of training 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Retired 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Wanted a Monday-Friday job 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Wanted guaranteed income 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Wanted to continually drive the same shift 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 We do not track why they quit. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 z Other reason not listed Question Title * 15. In 2014, WHERE did your drivers go after they quit your employment ? Please check 1 or more reasons. Drive for a long-haul trucking company Drive for a short-haul carrier, NOT in the ready mixed concrete industry Drive for another ready mixed concrete producer Retired Took a non-driving job Unemployed - quit with no new job lined up We don't track where drivers went after they quit. Other (please specify) Question Title * 16. How many FULL TIME mixer drivers did your company let go/release from employment between 1/1/14 to 12/31/14? That is, how many full time drivers' departures were INITIATED BY THE COMPANY AND INVOLUNTARY? This includes temporary layoffs as well as permanent release. Question Title * 17. How many FULL TIME mixers drivers of the total released were TEMPORARY layoffs where the driver would be called back later in 2014? These would be considered full time/regular employees other than the circumstances that they were temporary released. (For example, due to seasonal weather, slow business, temporary injury or illness, military leave, Family Medical Leave request, various CDL-related issues) Question Title * 18. Rank the top 3 reasons FULL TIME mixer drivers were permanently and involuntarily released from your employment between 1/1/14 to 12/31/14. 1 reflects the most frequent reason; 3 ranks lower. (There are 9 choices. Only rank your top 3.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 CDL issues (examples: CSA issues, failing the physical, drug/alcohol) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Change in company policy or operations 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Death 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Illness or injury - no longer able to do the job 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Moved out of area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Poor job attitude 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Poor job performance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Slow down in business 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 z Other reason not listed Question Title * 19. How many full time mixer drivers in 2014 stopped delivering RMC to perform another full time job in your company? (examples: became a batchman, plant operator, yardman, fleet mechanic, QC technician, dispatcher, sales rep, cement or aggregate or other materials delivery hauler) Question Title * 20. What was the average AGE (in years) of your FULL TIME mixer driver pool employed on 12/31/14? Include those who were seasonal/temporary layoffs. Question Title * 21. What was the average TENURE (in years) of your FULL TIME mixer drivers employed on 12/31/14?Include those who were seasonal/temporary layoffs. Done