Detention Pay: And I thought I had 18 hrs of detention coming? Played!

My detention starts after 30 minutes so I can't complain.
I know it's apples and oranges.
Why do companies allow their trucks to sit over 24hrs at a customer? Just doesn't appear to be good business sense. I know it happens sometimes but some of these customers keep all trucks there for hours on end.
I guess the only reason is the customer knows if your company won't, some other one will.

 

Dang Striker, You've got yourself a sweet deal there.
I didn't even know most of that was possible. You must be expedite or flat, right? And your leased on?
We lowly company employees can only dream about things like that 'cuz they'll never be our reality where we are. Pity me. lol

 

I scratched my head about that too. If my company truck was out of service by a S/R for that long, I'd get my panties in a wad and kick some butt. However, I've learned 2 things...shippers have all the power, and we can refuse a load that we know is going to take an army of idiots 8 hrs to get us empty. There's a place in Houston that comes to mind, and we will not go back.

But your last sentence is dead on...too many tweedle-dum's and tweedle-dee's out there that will literally do anything for a buck. Correction...make that a quarter.

 

Marten only claims to be doing it. Marten may be the company this guy use to work for. I hear a lot of guys from Marten crying about the detention scam. Also some of the companies I have seen who do pay it want you to be onduty not driving. While getting detention. NO thank you. I'll get my 8 or 10 and hit the road jack.

 

Did they provide you with an "employee manual"?

Well, 92.7% of those behind the wheels of trucks should be working at fast food joints instead.

 

congrats to the OP for having the stones to quit there is no reason to stay with a chickenpoop outfit that has shown their hand and and expect the driver to accept crumbs. I have a question for others on this thread slamming the OP who is wearing bigboy pants the guy who just takes it and says that the way it is or the guy who says this is not right and sets a course of real change.

 

A course of real change in one's DAC, future employment, and credit rating... is there anything else...? Shall we assume replacing a driver of 8 years with a rookie will teach that carrier a lesson they'll never forget?

I have "responsibilities"... and those preclude impulsively up and quitting over a few bucks, or what might be a misunderstanding.

Wearing big boy pants does not include throwing a fit, in my book. YMMV.