Schneider Chat Room version 2.0

Mickeyrat, you are a genius......yes, a training dbl....not a rookie by far, but been away from trucking over 5 years so I did have to go that route...I see the training dbl's must be the worst or less capable, otherwise, who would want to deal with all newbies?

 

Update: I finished up with my TE on Friday. I head back up to Green Bay on the 26th for week 3 and my sqt's (pretrip, couple, uncouple and a road test). I'm not sure what to expect for my sqt's in terms of requirements for passing. I guess I'll find out when I get there.

 

I really dont see the dbl's job besides putting our hometime in...and be a middle man between us and customer service

 

The DBL's primary job is problem solving. It makes a whole lot more sense to have a DBL who has a relationship with his drivers AND the APMs who dispatch the freight than it does to try and have each driver have a relationship with the dispatcher for a particular region AND a relationship with payroll. I've watched DBLs tell dispatch to go f themselves when the APM is trying to screw the driver. A lot of times the DBL looses the fight but they do fight it. My DBL has told dispatch on several occasions that the load they have planned for me will not work and explained the reality so I didn't have to. Last week I got two loads back to back while my DBL was dealing with another driver who had high hooked and damaged both tractor and trailer. I was in the NYC metro area and dispatch had me going 30 miles, drop and hook, take my DOT break, 200 miles to drop and hook, and then 30 miles to live load 14 hours after becoming available. An impossible dispatch and my DBL spent 20 minutes yelling at the APM so I didn't have to and got the second load pulled.

When I tell my DBL "fix this problem" he finds a solution. The rest of the first shift DBLs know that I expect the same from them, and I have a reputation among the support shift personal as well (saying "that's fine, I'll be in GB in x number of days, how about we sit down and you can explain your reasoning for ####### me up the ###?" tends to cut down on the BS").

The relationship between the dbl and the driver is akin to the relationship between a shark and the little sucker fish that eat the algae off the shark's skin. Either one without the other dies. You work well for your DBL and you both prosper. Your DBL works hard for you, you both prosper. If either one is a #### up, you both suffer.

[QOUTE=cemantandrocks] I see the training db's mst be the worst or less capable,, otherwise, who woud ant to deal with all newbies?[/qoute]

Speaking as a trainer and as someone who was strenouely encoured to become a 0-90 day DBL by upper management those who accept that position tend to have a passion for teaching, mentoring, and helping others achieve. I have experienced much success in my life but by far the most rewarding are not those successes that I have achieved on my own but rather those that I helped others to achieve.

Now I want you to think about all of the dumb ### drivers you've come across in your time. The 0-90 DBL has to try and take untested rookies and make them into profitable drivers. That is one hell of a challenge. I spent an hour on Sunday reteaching a new driver about the permit book (something that's covered at least twice during training). It's not that the 0-90 DBL is less capable, but they have more #### to deal with than any other DBL.

 

Good points, and that particular driver that you had to "re-think" for, is a separate example of things gone crazy....my issue so far is the lies regarding what day hometime is set for and what is being said to cover up lies...at this point, staying on for this .27cpm is pointless, but leaving for another carrier would be a waste of time. The trucking game is so much about patience and wait. In this case, how much bs can I swallow before it starts to become profitable to stay with Schneider. Honestly, being away from home for over a week and bringing home $400 is a slap in the face. I'm running just as much freight and miles as allowed, just hate being paid horse-###### for doing so. No jab at Schneider, it's just the nature of the beast called "newbie in a truck"

 

I will say, however, that meeting drivers with 10 and 20 plus years with Schneider that are disgusted is discouraging.......

 

Most of them have been complaining the entire 20 years.

 

Not the ones I meet...they all say the company went downhill when the old owner died...Don Schneider, I believe.

 

What OC you are out of? 400 dollars is EXTREMELY low...i make that sometimes on hometime weeks...Also i have had two different 0-180 day dbl's and both of them are the same to me. I Get home when i want, and i average around 700 a week and thats including hometime..But at the same time i run my clocks how most drivers dont..i take only 10 hr. breaks, and during the day i might take one 45 min. Break, and if i have live unloads/loads i dont stop at all unless i have to fuel..