What's with all the jumping around???

Guess companies must not mind the turnover rate otherwise they would do something about it.Drivers are very disrespected in this industry,by their dispatcher and the company as a whole.There's no such thing as an open door policy.If drivers are unhappy or has an issue no matter how serious it is, the companies solution is to just quit then.They do not even wanna try and work things out with the drivers.There is nothing tht will get drivers to stay if the company don't start working with the drivers rather then against them.

 

The worst thing is favoritism, in my opinion. Most drivers can relate to this. Dispatchers holding back loads for a buddy or telling a driver his load has been cancelled, when in reality, he or she gave the load to a friend. It's happened to me and other drivers I know; and it's fact, not just guessing. My last company was a tanker/hazmat company; the female dispatcher was having an affair with one of the drivers. He was making $10K - $15K more a year than the rest of us because she let him run two log books and held top paying loads back for him. Elogs brought that to a halt finally, but she still found ways to hide loads and hold them for him by rescheduling loading times to keep him in line for the best loads. This type of behavior is very common in trucking companies.

I've never seen a dispatcher fired. They get those jobs by word of mouth, a friend of a friend, old classmate, etc.; so they're pretty much safe with the job no matter how incompetent they are. I personally know one that was caught delaying trucks all over the country because he would only take loads from a certain broker and no one else; the broker was giving kickbacks to him. He still didn't get fired.

 

If we're talking about new[er] drivers, I suspect the big problem is them finding out, trucking is not what they imagined it to be, and/or find they really don't have the skills or the mental fortitude to be away from loved ones weeks at a time.

If we're talking about "experienced" drivers, I think many are looking for that elusive company that treats them well, pays them well, and somehow gets them home regularly for meaningful hometime intervals. These are far and few between but the search will continue.

 

because the grass is always greener on the other side!!!!!!!!!!