PAM doin it again

Well being the holidays, it might be true that they don't have anyone in your area. And a lot of the office people are probably off. May be why no one called you back. Plus the fact that he's not assigned a truck yet so he's kinda not on anyone's radar screen. When your new to the business, you hafta jump through a lot of hoops and play the waiting game. Hopefully after the first things will move forward as far as his upgrade and all. Best bet would be for him to find a way to the terminal instead of waiting for the company to set it up. Hope things work out for ya. Happy newyear

 

I'm sorry you're having a rough time, especially at the holidays.

That being said... I know you are new at this and don't really understand how freight moves so I'll try not to be a dick about this.

The months leading up to Christmas are the time that freight moves the most. From now until March or April the amount of loads, and therefore rates, goes into the toilet. I appreciate that you and your husband have sacrificed a lot to get to this point, but if a given company has a choice to support one of its proven, loyal drivers or a new employee right off a trainer's truck with available loads, it's a pretty obvious choice. He may be the most responsible, safe, and hard working driver on the road, but to them he is just an unknown quantity.

My advice for him would be to get some experience, and find a smaller company with a good reputation as soon as possible.

Sorry, and I hope things get better for you.

 

my advice this time of year is to refuse any loads that head into SoCal. Good luck getting out of there.
Anyways, last comment is good. This time of year is slow everywhere and always has been. Combine that with the economy and the freight just isnt there. Nothing a company can do about it.

 

There is 1 thing. They could stop hiring these folks in the first place and ramming visions of "the high pay highway" up their ##### during the known slow times.

 

Welcome to trucking when you drive for the bottom feeders,also its the holidays and more likely no one will be back till the new year.

 

It's a numbers game to the mega carriers. Drivers like the ones above and the others wooed by the "high pay, high miles" are held in reserve because the attitude of the carriers is that they will be fighting for them when freight is good. I don't really blame the mega carriers for playing the game like that. If they don't do it, you know the competition will eat their lunch.

The real problem lies with the government and the regulations concerning driver pay. We are considered unskilled labor and are not subject to overtime or hourly pay rules. This has created, despite what mega carriers say, a driver surplus that encourages carriers to implement practices like this.

I am a Libertarian and would love to see less government and less regulation. That being said, I am not an anarchist and I do recognize the need for some regulation. What I would like to see is this industry being treated like all the others when it comes to labor, overtime, and hourly pay.

 

You could get away from dry van and go to reefer where you can cover 2 types of loads and stay loaded more.

 

Well said.