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Dealing with dispatchers!

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by cleanbyrd, Feb 28, 2019.

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  1. Feb 28, 2019 #1
    cleanbyrd

    cleanbyrd Bobtail Member

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    I've heard tales from folks about how some companies have lousy dispatchers, or that dispatchers may ask the impossible. I would like to hear comments about that, ways to get along with dispatchers, and keeping my license and job covered.
     
    cleanbyrd, Feb 28, 2019
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  3. Feb 28, 2019 #2
    blairandgretchen

    blairandgretchen Road Train Member

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    Be polite and professional, be available to work and operate within the bounds of safety.

    I never had a problem with one.

    They can make or break your paycheck, so you have to find a way to ‘get along’.
     
    blairandgretchen, Feb 28, 2019
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  4. Feb 28, 2019 #3
    CDL Noob

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    ACCEPT

    That's the button I use when I am offered a load...or COUNTER if time and safety would be compromised.

    Be professional, be polite, but also have the spine to say NO if you can't do it safely from your perspective as the guy in the driver's seat.
     
    CDL Noob, Feb 28, 2019
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  5. Feb 28, 2019 #4
    x1Heavy

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    Trip plan what they ask you against your hours and average speed plus etc. If it's possible then go. If it's not say no. And do not touch it until they have a schedule that works for your situation that day.
     
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  7. Feb 28, 2019 #5
    201

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    Take them out to lunch, a dozen donuts, a favor here or there, goes a long way, trust me.
     
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  8. Feb 28, 2019 #6
    tnpete

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    And if a hurricane is landing. And one tells you, to stay to pick up load. Go over there heads, talk to safety. As some Dispatchers have no ideal what is going on. Other then inside there jail cell.
     
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  9. Feb 28, 2019 #7
    Moose1958

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  10. Feb 28, 2019 #8
    tarmadilo

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    Always say yes, except when the only logical answer is no.
     
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  11. Feb 28, 2019 #9
    brettw77777

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    This triggered a question in me. Do drivers ever tip dispatchers in any way or is this allowed, legal, frowned upon or what?
     
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  12. Feb 28, 2019 #10
    Dennixx

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    Anonymous $50 gift card that he knows is from you.
     
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