Why do so many companies not allow you to bank hometime?

One company I was at didn’t realize that people drove the truck. They only thought of IT (you and the truck as one) as a machine, a tool to get the job done. It should run 24/7/365.
The driver was a dime a dozen, a commodity that cost money. If you wanted time off, you were expendable.

 

The trucks not tierd.

 

You must submit to the all mighty company. No human allowances will be made.

 

You would think these companies would start realizing that playing ball with good drivers on home time is a good thing. With a driver shortage in play, low pay, every day hassles and importing forefingers to drive in America isn't working out well and with Trump soon to be tighten up on foreigners taking American jobs
that these companies would realize its the drivers ball.

 

Melton let's you bank home time. I like to stay out 6-8 weeks then take 7-14 off. Also, vacation days don't count as earned days off.

 

with 1 yr exp at poly trucking you can get 10-12 days off whenever you want as long as you avg 2kmiles a week which isnt hard

 

No your just number attached to a truck. They like it like that. Costs them less money.

There is no driver shortage. Has never been any driver shortage. That is just a lie, a come on, perpetrated by the Megas and their lobbying groups to convince people to invest in this profession and their schools. Supply and demand you know.

Huh, imported labor works out great for them; Half the wages for each import are paid by the government. Not only that, by conditions of their visa foreigners are often required to keep a job - a captive audience.

What Trump? Don't be fooled Trumps loves foreign workers. He imports plenty of them himself. That isn't going to end. The Trump family looks to hire foreign workers while celebrating U.S. labor.

 

Many drivers would love to bank days but company isn't making any money if the truck is at the drivers home too long.But if you wanna take more then 4 or 5 days off a month you would likely need to leave your trk at the terminal.