Not a good start with Schneider

This may be incorrect.

Many companies have in their employee handbook, that you are an "agent" of the company only so far as required to accept freight for carriage as the person in charge of the conveyance.

You are not authorized to enter into contracts on behalf of the company, especially ones involving major expenditures.

A company driver of "30 years", from 1986 to 2001, should already know this.

But in fairness, he probably doesn't remember posting this.

 

That's a good way to lose your job, or at the very least make the rest of your very short time there a living hell.

 

I started there fall 2012, but it’s probably still the same.

November/December is the slow time of year at Schneider Bulk, it should pick up beginning of the year.

Yes, they’re probably trying to skirt layover pay. In those situations, I called my DBL and asked if it was OK to change the load to pick up trailer enroute to shipper so I could get layover pay. They always gave the go ahead, but that was after I was established. Not sure if your temp DBL will work with you, but it’s worth a try.

 

I feel for you. During my 18 months with snbc I spent 1 thanksgiving at the Erie PA pilot (turkey sub from the subway!), a christmas AND new years at the express tankwash in Perth Amboy. Just hang in there long enough and stay out of trouble and all kinds of doors will open for you.

 

Chemicals don’t really move over holiday weekends.........of course there are exceptions but as a new guy your last on the list.......

 

Welcome to trucking. What you’re experiencing is what it is. There’s more of it where it came from. It’s not for everyone, but it is one of the hardships that bind us truckers together.
No one is a slave here. Everyone is free to leave at anytime. For those of us who stuck it out for years and even decades, it’s nothing more than an annoyance. Hope you have a peaceful thanksgiving.