Quick question on who is screwing me or not

If you're only running 3 days a week, sounds like they are trying to make you quit. Did you talk to anyone in the office about it? What did they say?

 

You can't take a hint.
There telling you to go find a real job now.
You cost to much.
This is typical of companies that hire rookies.

This is done by design. It has nothing to do with you.
The new (cheaper) drivers will always get loaded
First. It's more money in their pocket.
You get the leftovers.

It's more profitable for them to push you out
The door and put another rookie in the drivers seat.
The they can run him into the ground for pennies
On the dollar like they did you.

Me and many more on here have been thru the samething.
Where I work all drivers get paid the same amount.
So none of this is a problem for the dispatchers
or the drivers.
30 years or 1 year expierence doesn't make a difference.

You can try talking to somebody in the office if it
makes you feel better. They'll throw you a bone for
A week or two, to act like they really care.
Then it'll go right back to low miles/ low pay.
Been down this road a couple times.

They know they'll break you sooner or later.
They've broken many. It's what they do.
They're undeafeted when it comes to this.

No Need to fight your dispatcher about this.
They all know the game. They're just not allowed
to come out and tell you.

Go into the office and state your case 1 time.
If things don't change,start looking for a new job.

 

They may just be slow right now. We have little to no work at all. You need to have a frank conversation with them and ask some questions. IF YOU GO IN THERE WITH THE ATTITUDE YOU ARE GETTING SCREWED IT WONT GO WELL. With trucking, you must take the good with the bad. Right now we are all experiencing the bad side of it.

 

You think they are willing to let you haul a lot less freight to save paying you a few cents less? Think this out , if you are a hard runner they can make more money buy running you hard and paying you more than sitting you and eating the overhead on your truck.
My guess is they just can't get the freight, or they are just stupid.

 

I'm going with this. Even at top pay,.. if they have the volume to move and you run hard,.. they will make money on you. They will never get rid of someone that will roll the the miles day after day. Especially someone with a proven track record,.. safe and damage free driving,.. that is a gold mine to have.

Listen to the Old Man. Guys like him are far and few in between.

Hurst

 

Is there a reason you won't mention the company.

 

Company drivers always find this incredulous but they really aren't out to get you if you are competent. No-one in dispatch or management has time to play silly micromanaging games with your miles/pay. In this business whether your direct or spot work never stays steady. It always has ups and downs. Perfectly normal. No-one is trying to force you out because you are topped out in pay that's crazy talk. I was once at a company for 11 years. Was topped out in the pay scale too. I heard that same conspiracy nonsense all the time.

 

For reference, Celadon went from averaging ~2000 miles/week for their fleet in 2014 down to ~1700, and now back up to ~1800.

 

Your naive to think what you make doesn't make a difference
On loads you get.
If freight is tight like everybody on here claims,then the
Guy who makes 10cpm less gets loaded before you.
That's business 101.
That's called maximizing profits. You would do the samething.

The company comes first,the driver second.
The cheap guy gets the long miles and the top of
The pay scale guy gets the 400 mile 2 day deliveries.
Just like the OP is getting.