Am i been blacked balled? Am I? I think i Am!!!

Complaining about miles won't get u know where , there's 100 other drivers complaining about miles, u need to tell the boss ur going to help him out and do him a favor on this ####ty run , but he needs to return the favor in the future, a good honest company will do that . but u have to have the work ethic to bust ur ### for the company if ur gonna talk like that. but then again u have less than 3 months experience so u shouldn't be complaing about anything in any industry , that is not enough time to be able to think for urself. , I'm not sure what ur trying to get out of this industry ? Freight is slow sometimes it's part of the game

 

Calm down and listen for a minute.

From what I read, I'm assuming you have worked 3 months or less with the Pumpkin? If I misread, my apologies.

Any new job, and I mean ANY, there's a honeymoon phase. Everyone is polite, disagreements are rare, and fixed quickly. This all changes once the honeymoon is over.

Then you enter the button pushing stage. You'll do things to push each other's buttons, testing the waters to see how far you can take it, and what's tolerated. This may last a while.

Then comes the loyalty test. After they know how to push your buttons, they'll do it in order to see how loyal you are. If you don't quit, or stray from the marriage, then you enter the old married couple stage of employment.

They know your quirks, you know theirs. And you tolerate it. And complain about it. And they do the same. But they'd never fire you, and you won't quit.

Sounds cheesy, don't it? But I've seen it in every job I've ever had.

You're just out of honeymoon stage by the sounds of it. The chances of you staying with the Pumpkin until you've reached the married couple stage is about zero. But you gotta stay long enough to gain some experience.

3 hours waiting for a load? In reality, that's really nothing. I've waited as much as 8, and yes, I was cranky, and I'll never do it agiain. But I realized #### happens.

Dont worry about the truck. As long as your truck does the job, and isn't broke down every week, why worry over it? It's just a truck. Don't trash it, keep it clean, and sooner than later someone will take notice. Then you get a new one. Honestly, having a new truck is overrated anyway.

If you're still reading this, request a sit down with your dispatcher, and politely air your concerns. If they don't change, keep doing your job as well as you can, and start looking for your next job. Don't tell them, until you've been hired elsewhere.

 

I apologize

 

I have never seen such a true post on this forum. Good post.