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Powder Joints · Apr 26, 2014

Chancy said: ↑

New out of school I <<SNIPPED>> generally expected to be at <<SNIPPED>>work all day . <<SNIPPED>>So I<<SNIPPED>>work 2 to 3 hours <<SNIPPED>> the pay is probably less than minimum wage per hour.<<SNIPPED>> pay and hours totally suck. <SNIPPED>>
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Edited a little, hmm Yup thats it, thats trucking.

rank · Apr 26, 2014

Moosetek13 said: ↑

Am I making less money? Maybe.
But I'd rather die old and poor than young and rich.
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What the heck are you talking about?

Moosetek13 said: ↑

And I'd rather enjoy my job and lifestyle than be stressed and miserable all the time.
That stress and unhappiness just leads to an early heart attack, or other problems.
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Huh? Again WTF are you talking about? If logging off duty to switch trailers or drive the truck across the yard to the shop is going to give you a heart attack by all means stay on duty LMAO.

MACK E-6 · Apr 26, 2014

bigdogpile said: ↑

Does werner really have a poilicy of no peeing in the truck ? you are joking right...
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What's really sad is having a class of people on the payroll that make such a policy necessary.

Chancy said: ↑

New out of school I got on with a regional trucking company. It seems we work so many hours that even after we log off our qualcoms there's still a lot to do. I don't think we are working within the HOS rules. We are generally expected to be at the office at 4:30 am to check with the dispatchers and I guarantee you no one has logged in at that time. Then we work all day untill the elog is tellin us we're about out of time and we log off but there's still work to do whether it's fueling or going to the shop to get a problem fixed or changing trailers...all of this done "off duty".
So my question is...is this par for the course? is this just the way it is? Do we work 10 to 12 hours on record and another 2 to 3 hours off record? Or more? And what really sucks is that the pay is probably less than minimum wage per hour...pretty #### sad for a specialized job that involves potential fines in the thousands of dollars for violations of the law.
For a profession that is supposedly in such high demand the pay and hours totally suck. Am I wrong? Will it get better?
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Well, for a driver that lives in his or her truck for weeks at a stretch it's a bit of a different ballgame. If an OTR driver were to work within the strict letter of the law on a regular basis they'd be out of hours in a hurry.

Local guys have to deal with something the road guys don't, which is a commute. What I would like to see happen is for the between shift break to be reduced for OTR drivers, since they sleep where they park. I, on the other hand, have to drive 45 minutes each way in addition to the usual 11-12 hours on the clock.

So yes, you're pretty much right I'm afraid.

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