Company tells me drive route that is longer more miles?

Lol, never!

 

I agree with you on pretty much everything you stayed here but I think you’re missing part of the point. I to have taken an alternate route that was a little longer to save some time, avoid construction, whatever 101 reasons that come out there for us to do so. But that’s my choice as a driver. It’s like a pilot flying around a storm. He comes on the intercom and says it’s gonna take 30 minutes longer before we land because we’re going around a storm. My issue is the company is saying “here’s the miles were paying for”. Even when I take my chosen shortest route it’s still about 80 miles off. 80 miles I’m not getting paid for. There is no route at all for me to make it to their destination without driving 80 miles on my own time. Then on top of it when I start driving the shortest route that I can find which is a major interstate, they called me up and say I need to take the other route. The other route adds another 60 miles or so to the destination. When I tell them that’s 100 and some miles of free driving, can you at least add the difference since you’re forcing me to go even a further route? They say they can’t do that.

There is no other viable explanation that a company can come up with other than “they are ripping you off”. It is cold, brutal in your face, we don’t care what you think, we know you know, we’re going to rip you off anyways”. You can spin it anyway you want, as management, but that’s what it is. So when a company does stuff like this and they advertise that they’re paying, say $.50 per mile, you’re actually probably getting about $.44 per mile.

I understand the formula now that they use, ZIP Code the ZIP Code and all that. I understand that I’m going to drive a little over on most loads and there’s no way around that. But when it’s like for example a 500 mile load and you’re driving 50 miles or more extra, that’s time to say something. When it’s a 1200 mile load and you’re driving 120 miles extra, that’s when it’s time to say something.

That’s when it’s time to go to the human resources department and say you need to change your advertising because you’re not paying $.50 per mile you were actually paying me about $.44-$.45 a mile.

 

I don’t drop names, so I can fuss all I want. You’re a other who is obviously ok with being stepped on. I have a pair, I’ll stand up for myself. It’s guys like you who go in the shippers and receivers and are treated like a red headed step child and you just go along with it. I’m not that guy. I don’t go through life like that. Some of y’all are OK with that but I’m not.

If I bring a skill that I’m good at to the table and I do my part, I expect the company that writes my paycheck to also do their part. That being ethical, honest and straightforward.

it’s really not too much to ask!

 

Again, I understand being shorted. I understand the concept of ZIP Code to ZIP Code were using the atlas to calculate miles. Per my understanding they generally run 3 to 5% off, not 10 to 12%. Or even more. Do you guys realize how much you’re driving for free year-to-year when you give up 10% of your miles? I mean literally you’re talking about seven to $10,000. Imagine getting a check at the end of the year for like $8000.