This Industry is Unbelievable

Kimberly, you said your hubby was a driver, 7 years ago, but for how long did he actually drive back then.>??

was it more than 6 months, 1 year, several years, then he gave it up 7 years ago.>??

whatever his situation is, since he has done this rodeo before as you claim, then he should be 1000% familiar with the job and demands and lack of management support and ;lack of overtime and incidentals.

you are new to this as you claim, and as such, you have no understanding of the industry. all anyone can say is, "it is what it is" and since your hubby went back to driving, maybe management has faith AND confidence in his decision making process..???

you blast an industry you are clueless to, like we are supposed to bend over backwards for you, which frankly we will not.

best to just say to you now, "suck it up cupcake" and let him do his job. if HE does not like it, then you know what..???

it's HIS FAULT 1000% for getting back into it, as I shed no tears for him or for you.

if he is a grown man, and not a mama's boy or "P" whipped by you, then he should make the decisions regarding trucking or not.....

and finally, why did he get back into it..??

I think honestly, to get away from you.

 

WOW... You guys are brutal.

 

Well said @G.Anthony

Truth hurts baby

 

Wow G. Anthony, They are probably broke and had no another choice but to start trucking again. I'm thinking since he has not drove for 7 years he needed a refresher course or maybe he let his cdl go?

 

Good God someone writes one sentence and people just run away with it. So now her complaint about no member of management calling for weeks after a new hire gets turned into a lecture on hand holding with derogatory statements such as newbies needing dispatch approval to stop and take a leak. Like she said that, like she even hinted at it. No, no a manager calling a new hire is so unreasonable it's apparently un-American.

Anyway Kimberly, personally I agree with most of what you say unfortunately your thread had a bit of a pro union slant to it and nothing will set people off more than that. It's like you insulted their manhood.

 

Kimberly, welcome to the forum... I think.

Some of the blasting you have taken you kinda brought on yourself... Your preaching to the choir here, we all know the down falls of our chosen profession. But, parts of it do get better, other parts, it is what it is.

Your husband is being tracked 24 hrs a day by satellite with what ever system Swift uses, if they saw a problem they would of contacted him much sooner. I assume, not making excuses for them cause I only know about them from hearsay, I've never worked for them. Your hubby chose a company to re enter an industry with, he puts in his time, learns the ropes, does a good job and can work his way into a better company, or maybe he gets to know the Swift system and they get to know him and it gets better and he decides to stay with them. There is a learning curve to every company out there.

CEO's will never understand our jobs unless they have come from years behind the wheel, takes more than just a month to understand the difficulties of being a driver.

Good luck to your husband... And you, cause part of him succeeding depends on how well you can handle the home life while he is gone.

 

Man you are good at stretching.

 

Just and fyi... everyday he sits with no load he gets paid $50 each day sitting. Same goes for 24 hour breakdown, $50 / day. Might have to remind your his manager with a message to pay him though.

No call from manager = good imo.
Most DM will not call unless something urgent. Usually not a good thing if they have to call you and will send a message over qualcom if they need anything.

 

why thank you, I try to do several stretching exercise's each day before I post....

 

it is STILL his problem for going back into trucking, not ours. his wife is as clueless as all possible regarding the industry which again is understandable, but I kinda feel SHE IS stretching things a bit as well. Maybe hubby has told her that no one has called him last week, and she now thinks he gets no calls at all.

he did some driving several years ago, he does NOT need his hand held by anyone, like a fresh out of school newbie would, in fact, he may actually like not being tethered to them other than via (perhaps) Qualcomm.