Dude! Where's my empty trailer?

I don't understand that mentality . A dispatchers job is to try to run the guys and gals efficiently, if a truck is not making the driver money, its not making the company money.

Some people only want to do the minimum required to get a pay check..... DARN SHAME

 

The point is the more the driver gets sent looking for a non existant trailer the less they can run that day.Sometimes you'll burn up half a day looking for a trailer.A few drivers aday that has this problem don't make a bit of difference to the company or disatchers because they have hundreds of drivers to compensate for those few drivers.Companies are out to make money and so are the drivers.Not good when only one party is making money and the other party isn't.How would you like to search all day for trailers then you see one only it needs some work done so you cant take that one.Or company sends you someplace only to find out no empties there.I can relate to what this driver is going thru.They have better things to do then search for trailers all day.

 

Patty, I think I didn't come across right in my post or you didn't understand me...

I dispatched for a long time, I think having a driver waste valuable time looking for trailers or trucks in a yard that are not there is unacceptable. Its the dispatchers job to know what is where.
Ask someone to get a yard check, no one gets it , get it yourself , go thru security logs to see whats gone in or out.

A dispatcher has to understand that the truck needs to roll so the driver and the company make money.

I was referring to lazy dispatchers that don't do their job.

 

Sorry and you're right I did take your post the wrong way.Every company has special ppl for all departments so they're job is not overloaded.If its dispatchers job to keep track of the trailers,they need to do so..Alot of dispatchers have this habit ignoring drivers and don't put the correct info if any into their computer to keep track of what is there on the property and who took what.Then they leave the responsibility to drivers to try and figure out their screw ups.Then they wonder why drivers get so angry and fed up.

 

I agree,but the only time trucks are running constantly is at the dispatcher/company convenience.Nothing in this industry works in favor of the driver.

 

I thinks that's the case in most big companies, smaller companies where the owner is more in tune and actually sees all bills coming in and out , has a feel for productivity can not afford and will not let drivers sit around. A parked truck is a no money truck

 

Plus smaller companies,you're more then likely to keep the same trailer till you get back to the yard.

 

I worked for May for about 8 months. They're not a bad company, but you are correct that they are WOEFULLY inefficient. I spent more time than I care to think about waiting on plans after deliveries.