Question about family matter

Company policy and your dispatcher are two different animals.

This industry abounds with dispatchers who don't give a red rat's behind about you or your family. All they want is that truck moving.

Be prepared for an uphill battle against your dispatcher if you get a bad one. In my career, I've seen drivers miss births, anniversaries, funerals, and custody hearing dates all due to their dispatchers not caring a fig about the driver. Even if it meant the dispatcher violated company policy. I have NEVER seen a dispatcher punished for such actions. I HAVE seen drivers punished for pushing back against the dispatcher, though.

 

OTR trucking does not blend well with new fathers. You might as well understand now you are going to miss things as the years go by. I think Prime will work with you on this. However at this point if you walk away for more then a few days Prime might make life a bit difficult for you. Im with you, but I suggest you broach this subject carefully.

 

Sounds to me, you may have to work a 6 weeks or so. Then plan on being home close to the birth. They can't keep you from taking time off. So put in the extra time on the road. Then take your days off. If they don't like that.
Johnny Paycheck I think it is comes to mind.

 

Ever thank he's doing it to Better the life his wife and child can have..... DOUCH!!!!

 

The problem is that the company does not feel the same way.

the Freight needs to be moved, their customers come first and for some reason many potential and new drivers act like this is a driver's market where they can call the shots and make demands.

While it is great that they may work with him and he may get his 6 weeks in, there is no guarantee that he will have a job or get one later on if he quits. Sometimes companies are the problem, sometimes it is the drivers.

Either way, I question the motives and the idea that this always leads to a better life for a family.

 

Most local companies require experience. The ones that don’t will pay less than even a Prime or Swift. Probably be better doing a few months and finding a dedicated account for one of them that gets you home more and gets you the experience. Then after 6-12 you can move to a good paying local job if you want. Swift and Prime have home daily/home weekly accounts you can be on.