Please Help a New Driver OUT!!

Discussion in 'Roehl' started by goldie05, Sep 13, 2014.

  1. goldie05

    goldie05 Bobtail Member

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    My husband just finished phase 2 with Roehl on Thursday, was issued a truck, and then assigned a new fleet manager...not a training fleet manager, but a company fleet manager. He can not get a hold of this new fleet manager and is stuck in Gary with no assignment getting him his home time. My husband is very frustrated and is ready to get a rental car and come home. His whole training experience was not at all what he was told. He was paired with an owner/operator who ran him close to 10 hours every day and basically team drove to pad his own check. (Which, more power to him, but not what a new trainee should experience on his first time OTR) Now he is excited to have his own truck, but no dispatch. My question is: Is this typical of Roehl?? And if my husband walks away, is he out of his $90/day training pay that he has yet to receive? This forum has been wonderful as far as good honest answers, so we are hoping to get some more good honest answers today. No one else will communicate with my husband. When he calls the dispatch line, it says they are "experiencing technical difficulties/try back later" nonsense. Thanks!!
     
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  3. Caskew

    Caskew Bobtail Member

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    His dispatcher is pro ally out right now one else is allowed to dispatch him my husband worked for that company for 2 weeks and quit bad company and yes he will lose everything and they will report to dac that he abandon the truck he will have trouble getting a job anywhere
     
  4. tinytim

    tinytim Road Train Member

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    What would he gain by walking away?
     
  5. 77smartin

    77smartin Road Train Member

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    When he hits "Ready for Dispatch" on the Q-Com what is the response?
     
  6. White Dog

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    Waiting for a load is part of trucking. Your old man better get used to that and find a little patience...or he might as well walk away now.

    Sounds like your old man is starting to realize he made a mistake going trucking (not with Roehl), and is asking your permission to let him quit and come home to cry on your shoulder.

    I could be wrong, but that's how I read it.
     
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  7. blairandgretchen

    blairandgretchen Road Train Member

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    Try all the numbers you can for him. Weekend despatch, workshop, breakdown . . . keep trying.

    Do not abandon truck.

    10 hours a day is an easy day for a lot of us.

    Good luck.
     
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  8. Lucar

    Lucar Road Train Member

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    Do not.. We repeat, do not abandon truck
     
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  9. White Dog

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    She doesn't work there...let him make his own darn calls. GOD!
     
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  10. damutt

    damutt Road Train Member

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    the O/O did what i wish most would do, and i agreee 10 hors is perfect driving, should be able to pull a 14-18 hourd day. KEEP CALLING. they will evnautaly anser and get him home. there will be times when he will not get his home time on time, and waiting for loads is nomral. you will wait anywere from 2 hours up to 2 days
     
  11. goldie05

    goldie05 Bobtail Member

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    He is not abandoning a truck...he hasn't even driven it yet! He is at the Gary Terminal waiting for his first dispatch. He is patient, but patience can only go so far. He loves driving trucks! What he doesn't like is getting the run around? Everyone he has talked to does not understand why he doesn't have a trainer fleet manager. Phase 3 is supposed to still be under a training fleet manager so that he can talk about these issues that he is otherwise not used to. He just wants answers. He has been waiting since Wednesday...finally test out Friday...and now he can't get a hold of his fleet manager which is NOT a training fleet manager. Is this typical of Roehl? He loved driving 10 hours a day...so that wasn't a big deal...just pointing out that it was not typical of what he was told would be a training situation.
     
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