How dare you tell the truth.
The biggest con in trucking, and I have no
Sympathy every time someone complains about
Not making enough money working this 34 hour
Reset at home schedule that's paid by the mile.
You can't get the long loads because they might
Not be able to get you back home for the weekend
Like they promised.
So you can't get the miles or the money or the
Quality time off that the OTR driver gets.
You lose out on all three to sleep in your bed 1 full
Night a week.
Better off going out 2 weeks then taking 5 days off.
At least you'll have time to actually do something
When your home.
I done them all.
It's either OTR or local for me.
If I have to bump docks everyday I'm getting paid
By the hour.
You don't get the money that a OTR driver does and you
Don't get time off the local driver.
ASHLEY DISTRIBUTION / ASHLEY FURNITURE
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Morning delivery.
You can't make enough money doing regional work
By hopping in your truck Monday morning and coming
Back in on Friday afternoon.
Everything would have to go absolutely perfect and
That's even If they have the right freight and customers
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Ahhh... I'll say this, I'm literally only here till I save up enough money to buy me another rig and I'm out..
Yes I made 90K last year while being home just about every night except for being sent to hell (better know as Leesport) for a week but its just things here that boils your blood..
1. Routing is usually relied on a computer that's dumber than a Buck in heat..
2. Like other dude said this new requirement to get your safety bonus is absolutely nuts
3. Promised to turn the trucks up with this stupid incentive plan that failed last time only to fail again after we fulfilled all the mpgs and over rpm goals from the summer and now its "well we're at 65 mph until further notice"
4. Got a "Quailty Pay" bonus (basically profit sharing) that is now changed into some stupid "Idea" plan to save the company money.. If said idea works you get paid some type of bonus, rarely does any idea works to get you paid
5. We Got a "Profit Sharing" check now which is 5% of our yearly income.. Sounds great right?? Well it goes into your 401K and you will not get it until your 6th year into the company.. If you leave before your sixth year you will only get 20% of the pay after taxes
I mean does it beat working for Schneider, Swift and Werner?? Probably.. But you would think with their requirements you would get treated a little bit better than others.. I'm probably only here for another few months One way or another.. 90K is good but when you're worked like a dog and really don't have much time to spend it, it's pointless...CorsairFanboy, LoneCowboy, Lonesome and 1 other person Thank this. -
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Definitely speaking the truth this company has changed within the last 6-12 months and it's not for the better IMO getting harder and harder to deal with some of the nonsense that's happening.
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The past couple of years of changes with money being taken away from the drivers.
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Personally I like my 90K home every night gig...off on the weekends....ok I occasionally overnight on the road but so be it and intend on riding it out till it crashes...which it will because they really are tryinf their best to kill this thing...I mean how hard is it to load a #### truck in sequential order anyway?
And personally I like the new safety incentive. Not at all hard to achieve and bests getting paid once a year which is what we get on the LTL side.
As far as the PTP side...yeah well we are a furniture company first...so I really wouldn't want to be OTR here.... it really shouldn't be a surprise when your biggest broker is CH Worthless that we have so many issues. -
Also are where you running out of?? How can I enjoy Being home every night when I'm usually leaving home at 7 am and not walking into the door until 8-9 or later?? Enough time for dinner and the triple S "****, shower and shave)
The safety incentive is dope if I didn't have to watch videos on my off time for a couple of hours..I graduated high school 13 years agoCorsairFanboy and classic_150 Thank this.
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