Picking my own freight baby! My journey to & of being on Schneider choice, the Adventure & Numbers!

During this past week every broker I did a load with plus more I've spoken to I've asked them if they've noticed a clear difference in the market and service now with elogs.
Each one flat out told me yes, many more late trucks and harder to get trucks. (more than other Holiday seasons? "yes a lot more")

Didn't think I'd be working on Christmas but here I am. Broker blew up my phone and asked me what I'd do his load for.
I said it would take over $5+ a mile $6,900 total...
"okay, stay on the line calling the customer now.... okay you got it customer didn't want to pay that much but they had no other choice being the last 3 booked trucks fell through and this load needs to go".
Not just Christmas either, desprate calls from brokers over and over again.
If they can't reach me they are even blowing up my carrier's phone asking about my truck and how to get a hold of me. crazy and relentless.
When a shipper/broker is at risk of losing a customer and/or reefer load must go or else go bad they will do whatever it takes.

look at this



take that chart and now add elogs and a passed tax plan!

 

Merry Christmas! be safe

 

Oh they are

When Schneider plays with rates as much as they do it eventually sometimes gets back around to the shipper and then the shipper is pissed and blurts it out to other drivers.

"Sure wish Schneider would cut the rates for us on these loads like they are for you ICs"

The rates really are just whatever they feel like stealing from the drivers that period, just like the fuel discount.

 

Tell them you're going home, if they don't like that tell them you don't like getting screwed and you'll still go home but instead they can keep the truck.
See how fast their tune changes then lol.