text: James Plimmer has been working at the XPO Elgin facility for over four years. He said that the conditions at his terminal make retention difficult for the company.
  “We’ve had eight guys leave this past year because they retired or quit. Why haven’t they replaced them? I don’t know, I can’t answer for stupid,” Plimmer said. “When XPO took over, one of the biggest changes I noticed was work volume, the more-with-less attitude. It’s not an option to go home, you’re stuck there until it’s done or they terminate you. If you don’t want to work 14 hours a day, you might as well quit, because they’ll fire you if you don’t.”