A word about attitude and persistence

This is one of the reasons I've yet to jump ship from my 'local for a mega' job, to a LTL job. I have an assigned truck that only I use. Sometimes if another drivers truck is broke down and I am on my days off they will use it, but we all ask first. It's up to us our boss says. Like others have said, it's my office I spend lots of hours in, why would you want to sit in filth.

Speaking of assigned trucks. Does OD ever so assigned trucks for p&d or is it all random?

 

Glad your efforts paid off for you. I used to work for a guy that said "Every day you come to work you are interviewing for the job you want to do tomorrow" Lot's of truth to it, sounds like you figured it out.

 

There are workers and then there are paycheck collectors. Every place has both.

 

Except some places where I've done good work for years on end and get nowhere. It doesn't even take much. Just a "good job" and maybe a free lunch or something.

 

I got a good ,old tractor....assigned, I can tell my hard work pays off........I'm left alone to do my own work and not any pita deliveries.

 

There are always going to be companies with jerks at the top. I too worked for an outfit that did not appreciate the employees. In their words, "drivers are a dime a dozen. If you don't like it here, go on down the road!"
So I did. SCREWEM!

 

"Drivers are a dime a dozen" the exact words my old boss said. Did we work for the same guy? Now he has drivers who hit every thing in sight and piss off the customers. You get what you pay for.

 

Nah, this was your typical small trucking outfit where dad started it and worked his arse off to make a go of it, then brought in junior. As long as dad was there, junior was limited in the damage he could do, but once dad passed, junior ran the business into the ground. Outfit has been gone for over ten years now. So typical.

 

Literally the exact thing that my old workplace went through. Son didn't want to do anything but drive. You clutch is going out? He doesn't want to hear about it. Then when it goes for good he'd get pissed like it was the driver's fault. He was a great driver though and real fun at the bar! We all have our strengths and weaknesses.