sharkey sucks

I have tried and I get the very minimum if anything back. My old dispatcher still works there. They brought a new general manager in and I guess he is restructuring things. My current dispatcher has been with me for at least 2 months. Plenty long to know how I like to run. He just doesn't care. He gives me what load he wants not what it how I want to run. I sit at least once a week for 20+ hours. Completely unacceptable. When I'm out I want to run. I've told him I have 70 hours available lets use them. Some weeks I'm lucky to use 40 of them. Most of the time it's between 40-50 which is still 20 hours I could be running and making money. No reason I can't use 70 hours in 6 days out. I usually leave Sunday night and get back the following Saturday morning. He use to be a driver, so he says, which is why I don't understand why he's running me like this. His excuse is "you work less and get paid more then the OTR drivers. I wish I could make you see that." My response was I don't care about the other guys I care about me and how I'm running. They need to worry about them. It's just frustrating.

 

Sometimes former drivers that become dispatchers seem to forget real quick what it's like out there once they get behind that desk.

 

I'm sorry your having trouble driver. I've never had any issues like this since I've been here. Not really heard anything from any of the guys on my run either. If I was you, don't even mess around with this new dispatcher. Just go strait to Jack Sharkey!!!!

 

I'm on the 5 state regional reefer run.

 

I'm sorry your having trouble driver. I've never had any issues like this since I've been here. Not really heard anything from any of the guys on my run either. If I was you, don't even mess around with this new dispatcher. Just go strait to Jack Sharkey!!!!

Are you an OTR driver? Get on a dedicated lane! The dedicated lanes are the same miles every week. I'm running local now, but when I was on a dedicated lane the miles were the same every week along with the customers and the distribution centers! As you know, we have a non forced dispatch, just tell them to get you a specific run. That's what I'd do.

 

Yea, I'd tell someone besides your dispatcher that you want a dedicated lane or your leaving. Shoot call the recruiting department and tell them you may leave if you don't get a dedicated lane. Good luck driver.

 

I wasn't even aware we had dedicated lanes. I live in Iowa is the problem. I'm probably not near a dedicated lane. I run Iowa,Illinois, missiouri, Wisconsin, Indiana right now pulling reefer. I've asked them about doing stuff different and he said you make then the OTR guys. So I don't know. I'm gonna call mike Monday morning.

 

So for a driver with 12 years experience, you are paid .35cpm (.37cpm with fuel bonus)?

I am all for being happy with where you work, but that pay rate is excessively low for someone with that much experience. If all the 12 year driver are paid a like amount, I can see why they would be profitable.

 

So why don't you go to work for heartland? I hear they pay .50 cpm. If its all about the cpm, then why is their turnover rate so high? That's not rocket science. Miles are what is important. Not cpm. If you like cpm, you should be at Heartland. LMBO!!

 

Yea I looked it up this morning. It's right there on our site. Dedicated lanes in Iowa.

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