Company calling me during my time off

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Gatita, Aug 23, 2017.

  1. shogun

    shogun Road Train Member

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    Remember these two sayings-"piss poor planning on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on mine" and my favorite "I was looking for a job when I found this one".
     
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  3. Ridgeline

    Ridgeline Road Train Member

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    Two things

    Secret number one

    There is no emergency unless a dispatcher really screws up.

    Secret number two

    There are thousands of trucks and something called intercarrier cooperation where one load can be handed off to anther carrier with some loss of revenue in situations where they can't cover it with their trucks.

    Don't let them bs you, they can get a load covered.

    By the way, I went through this when I was leased to one company, I would hit my 34 hour reset, they would call me in the middle of the night and demand I take a load, I told them some really nasty things that they can do with that load. I put a stop to it when I terminated the contract when the dispatcher actually had no one to take a load at the customer I just delivered at, the customer came to me and I told the guy I won't be taking anything from him and I left.
     
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  4. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    ...Which is a suggestion that would without a doubt get laughed at, at which point I would have no problem whatsoever countering with the sound of me hanging up.

    Nobody needs to be a doormat.
     
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  5. Just passing by

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    Just an aside... I envy you for getting a 48 hour break... with me 34 hrs and back on the saddle. Oh, well.
     
  6. IluvCATS

    IluvCATS Road Train Member

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    I had dispatcher issues like what you've described. It made me miserable. It consumed my whole day every day. Even home on Christmas day I found myself thinking about what to do, not happy at all.

    I finally called the company employee services and asked for a new dispatcher. I said nothing negative about her. I said she was nice. But we had issues comminicating. I got a new one. Now I love my job. That was last January and I wish I would have simply asked for the new dispatcher earlier. Things like this can get changed. New beginnings.

    Try not to talk bad about your DM to anyone in the company because they all talk and she could tell lies about you.. Do what I did. Make it look like communication is probably your fault. You might just get what you want by being pleasant.

    Just my 2 cents.
     
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  7. Gearjammin' Penguin

    Gearjammin' Penguin "Ride Fast-Truck Safe"

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    I was wondering if you were with Transport America at first, but they're all about the east coast...
     
  8. JRTBud877

    JRTBud877 Light Load Member

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    Get his personal home phone number and call him around 21:00 or 05:00 and ask him how he is doing.
     
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  9. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    How much of a notice do you give your dispatcher when you plan on taking your home time?You should give them at least 2 weeks and keep reminding dispatcher.If its still not happening then put your foot down and let him have itm
     
  10. gokiddogo

    gokiddogo Road Train Member

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    I asked my dispatcher to get me home for the next total solar eclipse as I live directly in the path
    Do you think I will get lucky?
     
  11. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    That cell phone or house phone generally is out of order during my home time.

    I usually returned to a angry dispatcher demanding answers why I did not get his calls. "What part of home time off don't you understand?" There is a thousand drivers sitting in the break room griping for miles, rope em in.

    It will go one of two ways, I'll either be looking for a new job or there will be no more of those calls.

    I have gotten to where in my life there is no more voice calling. I do maintain several numbers for purposes of online ordering etc. But to all intents and purposes they are all dead numbers because I do not answer them. (I got buried one year in political robocalls and spam. that was the year I determined to not maintain a voice phone.)

    Being deaf has it's advantages.
     
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