I rarely post on LinkedIn, but since this month marks my 10th anniversary at Coyote Logistics, and is likely the last year I'll be able to call myself a Coyote (officially), it feels like a good time to try it out.
Like many of us in logistics, I started at Coyote thinking that I'd spend a year or 2 at the company before moving on to something bigger and better. I spent the first years learning the basics; figuring out who I was an operator, spending late nights in the office, even later nights at the bar, and showing up the next morning with a story to tell (probably along with a hangover and some bagels).
As I grew in my role, I expanded friendships inside and outside of Coyote. I learned from the mentors that I met along the way (you know who you are). I grew relationships with customers and received compliments on my work, but probably (definitely) not as much as I got yelled at when something went wrong. I learned how to have tough conversations, how to think outside the box and how to empower my teams to make decisions, and mistakes, as long as they learned from them. I won’t say that every day of the past 10 years has been rainbows - 2023 was by far the most challenging year of my career, and even though there is no crying in freight, tears were shed. What I will say is that joining Coyote was one of the best decisions that I have ever made, and that it has helped shape me into the person, and professional, that I am today.
I can’t say that I’m not nervous about what the next year will bring; there are big changes ahead. But I also know that Coyote culture will remain strong. We will have each other’s backs and we will grow as we welcome new teammates, leaders and perspectives (technically RXO, Inc. will be welcoming us? But this is my post so it’s fine).
OK enough blabbing. Happy 10 year anniversary to the Coyote class of 9/22/2014, wherever you are today. Thanks for everything, and cheers to the next 10 😊
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3moCongrats on 10 years. That's special.