Broker calls and texts

Your employer should be shot for giving out your personal cell number. If your employer wants to you to be tracked or speak with brokers then they should stop being cheap and give a company phone to handle such responsibilities. You're nicer than I am because I'd be raising massive cain over something like that.

 

Can't blame you. Your employer was beyond ignorant for doing that to you IMO. Phones are really cheap and so is service.

 

This is great advice, thanks for sharing. If every driver did this it would save everyone a lot of time.

I think it's easy to forget that all the tracking calls and requests originate with someone trying to make sure their customer is taken care of.

 

I can't imagine your employers thinking to themselves, "Ole Metalicious just sued one of our customers, we definitely should keep him around!", but hey you do you.

 

sad truth...its a new world we live in if your a company driver your employer should have a ELOG system that can connect with most broker apps (many ELDS have integrations with various apps). If your a single owner operator either have the same system or get a work phone that can handle the tracking. Fewer loads will be available to you if you dont comply...its not a conspiracy but customers demand visibility. Most of the tracking apps only track when your signed into the actual app and into the load. If there is a breakdown of communication and you keep getting annoying text for tracking the best thing is to have your dispatcher or driver call the broker provide a status and move on. Its easy to talk about not complying with broker demands in a good market...when the tide flips which it always does what then? Stay consistent and find a solution. Ramble over and out...

 

I agree. But can also understand drivers frustration with repeated check calls. For example, I had 4 check calls from 4 different people from large broker in an hour. This was even after I did everything in my post. Maybe an unusual case, but obviously no one updated the system and communicated with each other.