W.W. Drivers in Ohio

If I have put this thread in the wrong place please move it to where the most people can see it.

I want to give you some advice about your new dispatcher/manager, being that I drove for his old company. Keep an eye on your paychecks! He likes to label drivers, and if you get labeled as "Don't want to work" then you will sit home. I was labeled as such even though I accepted 99.9% of the loads he assigned me. If I told him No it was because I couldn't do it legally with the hours that I had left. When he left we had 10 empty cabs in our yard from drivers quitting. There was work for all, but he was feeding his favorites.

Also keep an eye on the work that you do that you get paid hourly for. He will either reduce the time you are paid for, or just throw it out all together. Especially if he is trying to cover up his mistake.

I would go through "slow periods" about every six months where there was even less work available. I was in one when he left, but amazingly my next paycheck was over $800. Huh.

I'm not a dispatcher favorite, nor do I want to be. Just give me work so I can support my family and pay my bills. That's about it, but if you want more info send me a message through this forum. I don't want other drivers to go through what I went through.

 

Thank you for your response. I feel that I was able to help at least one other driver avoid some of the same BS that I went through. I might be old-fashioned in my thinking but I feel that a person should be paid for an honest days work. Simple. It takes effort to cheat someone out of their livelihood.