Curious, do any of you buy your dispatchers, planners, office personal, presents of gift cards etc for the holidays? Or might they take it as a bribe of some sort? Lol
I never have, but was thinking it might not be a bad idea.
thoughts?
Holiday gifts for dispatch, office personnel etc?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Lennythedriver, Dec 8, 2021.
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Does a flaming bag of dog poo count as a gift?
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My dispatcher said: “let’s get you loaded today”
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Question is: do the office people give you gifts? If not, why give them anything.
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I do give gifts & have received them. Life is short it's a blessing to share it with beautiful people. I work with some & have bought lunch for them. I'm buying lunch for one of my receivers when I head out to New Mexico. Tis the season of giving. I take all gifts
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If you are worried that a gift may be perceived as a bribe I suggest you might reevaluate who you are working for. That doesn't sound to me like a healthy employee relationship.
That said, I've never found a reason to give dispatch a gift. Mostly because I don't actually like anybody in dispatch.feldsforever, faux_maestro, WildTiger1990 and 3 others Thank this. -
I always go against the grain......Yes, I would give office personnel gifts, probably booze. You should want to "stand out" from the rest of the drivers. I once gave 3 bottles of hootch to 3 loaders at a rock quarry I went to about 3 times a week. These guys were just regular loader operators, but worked very hard and it was a thankless job. I gave the bottles to the girl in the scale window to give to the operators. And do you think it was appreciated ? I mean, they talked about it for 3 weeks (over the C.B.) EVERYONE wants to be acknowledged. Try it out.
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I have always given my folks at Schneider something. Not because I expected anything in return, but more because I knew what a thankless job it was.
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