Central Oregon Truck Co...the fun begins

A: it's a preplan, but if you can't make it, then you can decline offer. I've never had to do it. I don't know why they call it that, that's just what the message reads when I receive it, subject: load offer. However, whenever I call to see what I'm doing next while I'm on a current load, most of the time they'll ask what I want to do. That's always nice. Once I get towards the end of the week it goes plan A: Portland for a reset, plan B: keep me rolling over the weekend.

 

So far it's been either home for the weekend or I picked up in Mesa on Friday this week and I'll deliver two stops in Napa Valley on Monday morning so I guess you could say that's still true. Only been doing 11 for a month or so now so I don't know if that's how it always works, but that seems like the smartest way to do it. They agree with me on the fact that it's much better to get that reset in at home, but if not plausible to keep rolling. Glad to see that verbally we are on the same page, now I just need consistent results.

 

Now you went and done it, one of my bigger complaints. We dispatch by region except for the quad fleet. I would much rather have one dispatcher who knows exactly what I expect and need instead of talking to a different dispatcher every load (for the most part). My best dispatcher still resides at my previous employer, hands down.

 

I appreciate it, I think it's a great place to work, especially here out west. They do have their own quirks (what company doesn't?), but for the most part I'm quite content here. Any issue I've had has been taken care of with a quick phone call to whoever I need to speak too. If you do you're job properly and communicate your needs, you won't here a peep except for a load offer or the fleet wide message that goes out every weekday around 5-6.

 

No doubt about that. The drywall out of Albuquerque barely fit on there and that's more or less all you're gonna get out of there. One thing's for sure, they know I know how to use a phone to communicate. It's all about finding a rhythm.