Metropolitan Trucking - Bloomsburg, PA

Because they have their "favorites " that whine and cry so they get premium pay for short hauls. Duh

 

At first glance, 48 hours sounds generous, doesn't it? In reality, it isn't. And before I go on, I would never work for any carrier that only gives a 34 hour reset as weekend home time. Not even Ashley. That's just about enough time to do laundry, pack up, and head out again. Ridiculous...

As for the 48 hours of home time. That 48 hours starts ticking the moment you log off duty in the truck. So if you park the truck at 5:00pm on Friday, you are expected back in the truck by 5:00pm Sunday. So that so called generous 48 hour home time is basically a third of a calendar day, a full calendar day, and two thirds a calendar day. In reality, if you want to get technical about it, that so called 48 hours of home time is really only one day of home time as the other days are partials...part of which is spent coming home and returning to the truck.

In the general sense, Metropolitan is a good company, better than most, I'd say. The only down side is the home time policy. If they really wanted to say that they cared, and valued quality home time for their hardworking drivers, they'd count that 48 hours beginning at midnight Friday night/Saturday morning. That would give a driver 2 FULL days of QUALITY home time with his or her family.

 

Well in your own post was my point.when you said you wouldn't work at Ashley's because of a 34 off time.Doesnt metropolitan tell you in the interview hometime policy if not I would've ask. If hometime is that important I personally don't even understand why anyone would do Otr.Seems you would do better local or even a carrier with maybe 1or2 nights out a week

 

Umm, the position is regional, home weekly, not OTR. I like being out for the week and running in a larger territory than a local driver would, and I work and run hard when I'm out, stopping only for fuel, scales, and the mandated 30 minute break when needed. I always, when the DOT clock allows, try to get as close to the shipper/receiver as possible in order to give my dispatcher as close to the 11/14 hours as possible in which to give me my next assignment. I don't understand how anyone (other than management) can think that one to one and half calendar days is good home time.

 

WELCOME TO TRUCKING CUPCAKE!!! If you don't like it QUIT. Go to your safe space and cry leave the real profession to the real men and women who can hack it.

 

Welcome to trucking? I've been doing this for 20 years, bud. And I can hack it. As I pointed out above, when I'm out, I run hard. I'm not a truckstop hopping, poker machine playing driver. I get 'er done, on time, safely and efficiently.

Wanting quality time with the family after being out all week makes me no less a driver than you are.

 

When u drive for someone, u gotta play by their rules. Thats why i run my own numbers. Most companies will advertise the good and they let u find the bad after ur hired. There is bs to put up with when u run ur own as well. Every industry has bs to put up with.imho

 

Boo hoo. You can't hack being out on the road then flip burgers. I'll have fries with that please. This is a lifestyle not a job cupcake. Love or leave it

hoo

 

I'll never understand why a person would think that wanting family time would make a trucker a crybaby. We deserve to have lives in addition to a fair compensation package. Anything less and you're cheating yourself. Your "safe place" may be in the bunk of that truck, mine isn't.

@Stormy 69

 

Still didn't you know going in home time policy's