dispatch jobs

A dispatch service finding loads for independent truckers or a dispatcher for company trucks?

 

From what I have been a personal witness to, dispatching at a trucking company very often requires a college degree. I know, I have applied to many openings for dispatching, and since I am a truck driver, I would "think" to be a shoe in.

That just ain't true. Now a dispatcher for say a limo or taxi service, here in MY area, only requires one to have a heart beat, and maybe the requirement of knowing a second language.

So there you have it, in fact, do some in depth homework, and check Monster, Indeed, Career Builder, Yahoo Hot Jobs, and even Craig's List for dispatchers' jobs, and READ the requirements.

I have no reason to go back to college (or actually go to college) at my age, to learn what ever is required to be a dispatcher, as I want to no longer work.

Pay/salaries for dispatchers depends on whom one works for, but from what I have been a witness to, starting salaries, with full benefits are at $50,000, and into the stratosphere, (I had seen one ad for a top notch dispatcher to be over $100,000 per year, complete with company car).

So there you have it.

 

Hi widespread, from my experience, dispatchers are usually at the bottom of the ladder in trucking companies. They have an incredibly high turnover rate, as they get all the BS piled on them from up above. It's a very stressful job, making sure appointments are made and kept, dealing with driver's who want the day off, for whatever reason, then trying to cover that load, getting woken up at all hours, because a driver is stuck somewhere and I never thought it paid that much for all the responsibility they have. At some jobs I've had, in a year they'd go through 3 different dispatchers. While truck driver's would make a good dispatcher, because they know the business, it's a job I would never want. My favorite dispatcher question? "What's taking you so long, it's only a couple inches on the map". They don't call an empty trailer, "a load of dispatcher brains" for nothing.

 

There was someone on this forum not long ago, said a s a dispatcher he made something like $25000 a year working for a flatbed company

 

Keee heeee heeee... Semi retired you made me laugh.

Anyway couple companies are searching for night dispatchers around here.

One pay their drivers .38 a mile & their dispatchers $9-11 an hour. They were also voted best local carrier by the courier journal lol.

HA!!!!

XD. Basically slave labor.

 

Hi crzy, that's more like it. I never thought a dispatcher was a high paying job.

 

[QUOTE="semi" retired;4440731]Hi crzy, that's more like it. I never thought a dispatcher was a high paying job.[/QUOTE]

Its not. It's evident when the dispatcher tries to get you to pull a BS load and says, "that's a good paying load."

For 2500 miles? LOL!

They have no idea starting out. They get the dispatcher's playbook and are trained what to say to a driver. Usually, after a few years, a dispatcher will learn from dealing with numerous drivers, where the freight is, what drivers consider good money, ETAs...etc. But a dispatcher will think your $500 paycheck is a good paycheck.

 

Ray has been thinken about dispatching for kb because hes sick of driving.Hes a local driver there.KB pays salary for dispatchers and on call every other Saturday,at least his dept does.Alot of drivers become dispatcher and get trained on the job.Like driving it's routine.

 

A couple of times, when I pulled RR cans, we had about 30 O/O's and went through several dispatchers. More than once, I'd see another of our O/O's coming the other way, and I'd say, where are you going? They'd tell me where, to pick up a load, and I'd say, I just came from 10 miles away from there, and they'd say the same thing to me.