Your FM/DM/Dispatcher can make or break you. That being said if some of them would have the common decency to say "this sucks, but it's what I have available in order to get you out of there" I think drivers would be more understanding of "a bad load". Alot of drivers are whiny, and even the good drivers if you catch them on the wrong day at the wrong time can seem that way. Face it, both sides could do alot better job of working together.
Am I out of line? I am annoyed!
Discussion in 'Roehl' started by Mattkujata, Oct 2, 2011.
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The entire idea of needing to drive to be a dispatcher is ludicrous.
I never made a milker feed, or herd health milk, or a feeder book.
If a dispatcher has 50+ trucks and 5 of them can not seem to get their assigned loads done chances are those five should find another career. Why does everyone think you need some kind of empathy to understand someone else's job.
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Many of the drivers in question b##ch about no miles, then will also turn around and b##ch and gripe when their asked to they're asked to squeeze out a few more hours to try and make on-time delivery of another 1,400 mile load that week. i.e. they will complain and gripe, regardless.Last edited: Oct 7, 2011
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Yeah I could see a former driver saying "We used to do that turn three times a week back in the day". Forgetting that was a good week when everything went as planned and the far more likley average was two and a half.
Fire them. If I have to pay a babysitter or a cheerleader I do not need you. I get the cheerleading crud here. Do not need it, fortunately John knows this about me and skips the weekly or monthly thank you calls for me.
I believe in a simple system. I do my job, John does his, Charles and Kim do theirs...........
Everyone makes some money, the company stays strong, I stay less annoyed at the rah rah crap.
Yeah I guess there is the type that needs positive reinforcement. I'll never understand them, but I know they exist. I would much rather the thanks comes in others performing to the level I do.mtnMoma Thanks this. -
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If you only have 5 out of 50 drivers that suck you are probably well above the game. This is an extremely tough profession which probable doesn't need to be said with the high turn over rate across the industry. Most folks are just not too bright whether it be the trucking industry or some other profession (we did elect G. W Bush for two terms). Whether you are a dispatcher or a lowly grunt driver you have to maintain some what of a zen buddhist mentality. You aren't going to rush through D.C. traffic at rush hour. Be at peace with what the situation is presenting on both ends and deal with it accordingly.
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