They lied to me,gotta move on!

Companies will pay their higher performers MORE because they are MORE productive and cost the carrier less in screw ups and in baby sitting.

Would you sooner have a fleet of men that you dispatch and they get the job done on time/ahead of time OR would you sooner have a fleet of screw ups that require continual baby sitting and supervision and take too much time to get the job done?

If I was Snafu I wouldn't divulge who I work for because like myself I have negotiated a good remuneration package and all it would take would be ONE bottom feeder to ruin it.

 

Yes, they're called merit raises. Seldom seen by drivers, at BFI companies.

SO, who do you work for, again?

 

Are you inplying that unionized organizations receive/pay out "merit increases"?

 

Not at all, and it's very unfortunate.
Merit raises are good drivers of production.

 

Can a unionized guy get a raise based on merit or is that prohibited under the collectice agreement?

 

But you should tell others who you work for so that they can better themselves. If you are such a valuable driver and the company believes in you, how could "ONE bottom feeder ruin it"? I don't get that statement?

 

I believe, it depends on the company, union, contract.
With the contract I'm under, its prohibited.

However, I only took the job I have, because it fit my available hours.
Its strictly part time, with no possibility of ever going "full time", ever. Though we can work nearly enough hours to be considered full time.

 

The short answer is yes. It's called red lining. Though it does not happen too often. Union employee's receive a pay raise each year if the Union and the company have agreed to it in the contract. Remember that the company has to agree to it.


We have a profit sharing plan that is not included in the contract. It pays you based on personal safety, the facility safety and the group of emplyee's at our termnial as a whole. It has ranged from a few hundred to a several thousand dollars on a seperate check paid to each employee including non Union personnel.

 

Well said, same rule applies to the FMLA. When you return all they have to do is offer a position, not exactly the same one you left either.

 

You found ONE of the VERY FEW!! And if you have 30 years of experience yes sir you can possibly do that. But he don't have 30 years and these companies know this. They have you by the marbles starting out. And as far as griping, how's 4.5 months with a company only averaging 1200 miles a week before I snapped? The same company that said I would be driving 100% South: the only time I got down South of the Mason Dixon was when I came home. I would average "2500" mpw; I averaged 1200 mpw. I am happy for you having a company you like peterd, but for beginners this whole jump through the hoop thing is way over board. I've been in construction working with dump trucks and heavy equipment all my life and you can take this as a challenge or just information, but when I graduated Trucker School with a 98.2 average, I could do anything with a truck you or anybody else could. No offense intended but I just get sick of these high and mighty "experienced" drivers running down people that do the same job they do every day. For a rookie TRUCKING SUCKS!!!