Link America.. GOOD

^^^^^^^Rocktenn loads going to Ferninind Beach i mean..^^^^^^

 

Nothing irritates me more when I get a really good PP on a driver and it gets cancelled for some crap low mile local run.

 

I live right around the corner from the lakeland yard. Go across bridge that goes over i-4, 3 right turns and 1 left, and you're in my driveway. I like the company I'm with now, I'm sick of being out 4-5 weeks at a time, but I don't know if I would make as much running local. Looks like what you guys do is a good medium. I put in my app and Trae Hall left a voicemail on my phone but I haven't gone any further with it yet. Loving the idea of being home every weekend and getting steady miles. Where I am now, there's nothing steady at all about miles. Way too much fluctuation, which means a good check one week and two crappy ones, or two ok checks and one crappy one, etc.

What kinds of trucks are they giving the new guys right now? What kind of paperwork do you fill out to get paid? Do you have to send in trippaks or scan your paperwork? How does that process work? When they say 7 out and 2 off, does that really mean 2 off or does that mean a 34 hr reset? You guys who are based out of Lakeland, how often are you there at the terminal? Do they allow you to park your personal vehicle there? What's the lakeland terminal like? Is it basically a drop lot or does it have the amenities of a full terminal? Do they have fuel pumps or do you have to find a truck stop to get fuel? If you park your truck at the terminal and go home does maintenance mess with your truck while you're gone or do anything to it? How are they about planning loads? Do they give you plenty of time to deadhead, pick up a load, deliver, and do it all on time without having to kill yourself to do it?

I'm sure a lot of these questions have been answered already but I don't have time to look through the whole thread. Thanks in advance for the info

 

The worst part aboit working here is payroll. Their payroll system is for the birds... They missed paying back a lumper and 4 scale tickets. I should have had them two Weeks ago. They tell me to scan again last Monday to be on this Friday's check since payroll cut off was Sunday. They tell me today it will be on next Friday's, 7/6. Six Weeks to get reimbursed funds... Payroll needs to make some serious changes. They moved from Tulsa to Ft Worth, the whole department is new, and man are they messing up. I was in Lakeland last week and there were many complaints about it. This week, lol. Drivers are in line at least 10 deep waiting to talk to payroll via a phone in dispatch office they set up. Dispatchers said it's bad this week.

If there is one thing they need to change here, it's that. I didn't think I will ever think of quitting here anytime soon and that will do it for me. They need to make some serious changes and reimburse on time or drivers will walk, besides me. When they pull $370 from your check for the lumper claiming they will reimburse it in a few Weeks, yeah, that hurts real bad... It left me with $47 on my check for the week and it was already a slow week that week from breaking down.

I'm not happy right now...

 

Hey Shaggy, don't feel bad, they forgot to pay me a couple of weeks ago. I called payroll they forgot said they were busy and backed up an apologize but didn't want to pay me. They said payroll was closed out for the week. I called John Simone and he looked into it and put payroll on my fuel card same day.

 

Hey Anj, this is 3rd time regarding scale ticket errors. My gripe isn't about that. It's them pulling lumper amount from my check while waiting for receipt and reimbutse. I understand why for any driver can call in and request lumpers and never pay it back. Waiting two Weeks after trip is paid out to get it back because they "flushed" it and it takes time to "manually" put it in because they are backed up from moving. I wouldn't complain normally, but that was a huge lumper fee and it hurt as it was from bad week I'm getting it back. Just saying it's really frustrating. Payroll said they should be back to being caught up in a few Weeks.

Big Brah, it's getting reimbursed. It's just frustrating to be given excuses instead of just stating when it will be on there. I'm a direct business person. I know things can go awry at times. It's expected. Just satisfy me and say it will be there on this date. Not it might be a few Weeks as we catch up because we moved...