Like to work 20 hrs a day? Trans-Am F.A.C. division is for you!

I just flat out wouldn't make the run on time, and I would note on the computer what my ETA was, and also note that I could not deliver the load on time legally.

I would have a recorder ready to record dispatch if they called me on the phone afterwards to give me grief, then my very next phone call would be to the safety department.

If I didn't get some help at that point, or if they started trying to starve me, I would either take legal action or find another job.

 

1. State to you dispatcher you do not have the hours to haul it via the computer when load info sent.

2. If accept give eta of arrival. Legally.

3 Run it Legal.

If your logs are checked it is your Hide that will have to pay the fine, not the Company, not your dispatcher, but you. Once your more experienced you'll know how to say no more.

Example from my own experience.

A Company I ran for would run me from Atlanta to NJ twice a week. They would wait till I 5PM to dispatch a load going 889 miles away and had an appointment time of 8 AM.

One day I was in Florida empties out in Homestead Florida and dead heading back to Atlanta.. I was asked to pick up a load in Atlanta, and be in Charlotte, NC the next morning by 7AM. I told the Dispatcher I could not make it, physically nor Legally. Was I given the bad loads anymore? No, I started to get better loads.

 

A lot of new people, in any job situation, don't know all the resources available to them. That's when the more experienced workers should take them under their wings and show them how to get along in their new career. This poor guy has started a very tough career, he has a family at home depending on him, and he just probably has no clue where to turn or what to do. It is not easy to up and quit your job, plus, he admits that he is new and he wants to make sure that he isn't expecting too much. If everyone on here tells him that what he is experiencing is normal, then he knows that nothing will change even if he changes companies and he either needs to toughen up or get out. But if everyone else on this board is supportive of him and tells him to get out, that the grass really is greener, it gives him a better idea. When you are in a bad situation, it can be hard to actually believe that you have the power to take control and change it. Ease up on the newbie.

 

Watkins Shepard starts you pretty low on the cents per mile. I have also "heard" that if you are a driver from the East, you can be away from home for extended periods. But, that is better than doing a droopy eyed crash-n-burn.

 

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