When they gave you sit and standby?

Are you getting paid enough to put up with this bs
I know I wouldn't stand it if I'm working you better work me or I'm out the door

 

If so just tell them you've been on duty while waiting for your dispatch and now can't deliver at that time. If you are waiting at a yard or terminal technically you are on duty unless you've been relieved of responsibility.
They won't like it but if they are screwing you have it on terms that allow you some freedom.

 

Yeah, if you are trying to break them of the habit, staying on duty should do the trick.

It will hit your pocketbook in the short term though

 

Is this a 1099 company? Almost sounds like they are waiting for that magical spot market load to pop up while you wait unpaid.

 

if you are awaiting dispatch, you should be on duty.

you are not released from duty to do as you please.

when you do get the load, recalculate the delivery time and let them know the LEGAL time, as per hours available.

I've done it and yes it hurt my bottom line until they got the message.

 

P R E A C H!

Overall as a person, on a scale of 1-10, what would you rate yourself? Say for example, you took a person out to dinner and this person asked you this, and you say that you give yourself a 7 or an 8. This person responds by saying, "Well, I only see you as a 4." What would you do? Would you stay or would you leave? Would you invite the person out to dinner again in an attempt to change their mind? No, not if you really value yourself as highly as you say. Your sticking around is your way of accepting the lower value.

Now, the most valuable thing that you can ever give to another person is your time. You said it correct, "MY TIME IS IMPORTANT/VALUABLE." If you really want to see if someone values you, they will value your time. You don't even have to ask.

Dead on correct advice. 2 hours, and I am off duty until tomorrow. My time is valuable. I won't be answering the phone and I don't care if it's the owner of the company threatening to fire me. Now, if they were throwing you some extra bills in detention money, that would be cool, but they are not. Tell em about your two hour window and your phone will not be answering them until the following day. And stick to your guns. If you make a stand, don't back down.

Luck in battle.

 

These turkeys don't have their dispatch act together at all.

A competent dispatch/load planner team will have a pre-plan ready for BEFORE your next arrival to a consignee.

That you are waiting in perpetual agony for your next load assignment means the office staff are incompetent or simply don't have loads available.

There a dozens of other companies out there that are run efficiently and have the loads available. I would seek greener pastures if I were in your shoes.

 

If I’ve stayed up all day waiting to get dispatched on a load; I just tell them that I’ve got to rest before rolling to pickup. There have been times where I’ve been running days and sleeping nights; and then I’ll get a load that flips it... and I just straight up tell them that I can’t always flip my sleep on a whim.

 

You’re the captain of that ship. So I’d be straight up with them. Ask them what’s going on with the load? Ask them again an hour later. You can ask again but after sufficient time tell them your done for the day. I was a early riser otr. And as a mega if I’ve consistently been getting loads assigned before noon if you can’t find nothing til after 4 it ain’t my problem. At that point I’d have been up for 8 hours. And the load you’re trying to give me is still going To be late no matter how it’s run. They wanna fire you and play games with your miles and time. They can find someone else to put in that seat. Put please do your part and communicate with them.

 

Company policy varies.