Snackbar is chillin'....at Shaffer

If I had known that things weren't all that better from the last time I was here, I wouldn't have come back. But I was told that there have been a lot of improvements, which I have only seen intermittently, not consistently, so it's not just the ebb and flow of the freight cycle, it's the disorganization of the people in the office running things. And I doubt that ever changes.

And I doubt a penny raise after the 1st year is gonna make that much of a difference. At best, $1350-1400 gross.

And the micromanaging I am constantly bringing up is the subtle reminders we all get on how to do our job. They remind us how to do everything except breathe and wipe our ###...I used to say walk and breathe, but the Presidents have taken it upon themselves to instruct the grown adults that drive here the proper way to walk on slick surfaces, like we've never done it before.

 

If they want reefers dropped half full of fuel, fine. Not gonna save them one dime because they need to burn fuel to keep the freight cool whether it's hooked to a truck or sitting at a customer. Plus, as disorganized as Op's tends to be, trailers are sitting at shippers running and waiting to be picked up. And it also depends on how new the trailer is, what kind of freight and how hot it is outside. I had an ice cream load on an 839### that ran wide open most of the time and it burned a lot of fuel. I doubt the Einstein that programs the fuel stop program doesn't take any of that into account when it tells you where to fuel a reefer. Just another hand we have to hold while they tell us how to do our job. This company is getting to be an utter joke. Why anyone would recruit another driver to this mess is beyond me.

 

And do any of these jobs make as much or more than OTR? If not, then whats the point?

 

Not around my area.