Schnieder National ..... What BS!

Sorry to hear, my husband has had some bad weeks out there, and about 7 days of sitting the last 30 but they paid him layover 100.00 every time he sat 24 hours. =/

Last week he ran abysmal miles (1400), but this week he's ran nearly 2800 and has another load. Everything is slow right now, its not just Schneider. You quit with less then 1 year exp you will have a hard time finding a job right now, and if you do find one, you will find out quickly what I said about stuff being slow is very spot on =);

 

This is what we try to tell wannabes that sign in at the Welcome Wagon . But they don't listen . They think they are different than the thousands of others that ended up shafted like you or worse . "I have a good attitude " "Any job is better than no job " " People need stuff . Trucks move stuff . There will always be trucking jobs " Then they find out .
So you took Schneider training and might have to put up with it for a year . I wish you luck .

 

The trip planners are having a hard time right now because of the slow freight and the customers schedules. I have been leased to them since Sept '08 and the load boards are slim pickings. Here lately I have had to start picking loads a week out compared to 2-3 days when I started. Communication is a big issue. It seems to be one sided at Schneider (you tell them what they want, but they don't listen). Even on the Choice program I have issues with this problem. I wish you luck, but I doubt you will get hired anywhere else right now with your experience and low freight levels.

 

you can try gunville we need drivers. the pay is low but they make it up with miles. they expect hard work.
I have had one bad week since coming back i had 1800 miles, left on sunday at noon Home on tuesday at 4pm. the dispatcher called said they couldn't find loads worth taking, he said dh from chicago home.
They won't leave you sitting to long they have front hual loads of paper out of quinnessec and escanaba mi paper mills that need to move and pay well enough to come back mt if needed, most of our loads are 500 miles or less.
then back huals are usually reinhart foods in shawano or marquette mi and supervalue in GB.
The trucks are old, but well maintained. My first truck had 1.4 million miles on it but it was solid and did 74 mph. They do have some 05 volvos but you wont see those unless you can make 3800 miles consistently or stay with them for a few years.

 

My total "sit" time this week --- 3 hours at $12 an hour. Because somebody forgot to preload my trailer.

I think I'm gonna like my new job

 

where you working now??

 

I sent you a private. I'm waiting to see how the next week or so goes...for a forum review

 

so where you working now dance. judging from they didnt preload you and you got paid to wait it must be something in the bulk line, Let us Know how it goes.

 

sounds like my first three months at schneider... this week has been reeeaaal slow though.