am i wrong to insist on training pay

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by ad356, Jul 28, 2018.

  1. IluvCATS

    IluvCATS Road Train Member

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    Can’t u do what the megas do and simply have a slave to do all the driving and the work and you simply call it “training “?
     
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  3. LtlAnonymous

    LtlAnonymous Road Train Member

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    I mean, that's what I was thinking. Don't lift a finger. Make money for nothing.
     
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  4. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    my point simply was, if he has to stay at any farm for x amount of time, that's the time to teach. if no long wait times and he has to "beat feet", then just wait till the next stop....

    easy-peasy
     
  5. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    then play a recorded message and give her a bed comforter.....cheaper in the long run.
     
  6. Allow Me.

    Allow Me. Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    In one sense you should be "honored" that your boss appreciates you as a trainer. I've had at least a hundred jobs over the years and all of them I've jumped in feet first and commited myself to that job/boss etc. Hey. I work for you, you give me a job, pay me..I give YOU my best that I know, You can count on me to show up, sober, and get the job done. I'll come in early stay late, whatever. I won't fudge up your equipment or get tickets. You won't get any complaints from any customers. I may even come in on my day off to clean my truck (which I've done many times) or fill in for someone whose called in sick.

    Try this this week.....tell bossman you want a week off from training, just you, your truck and the milk barns. see what he says.
     
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  7. Jazz1

    Jazz1 Road Train Member

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    As a employee I do nothing free. Those “duties as required” are for volunteers.
     
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  8. Just passing by

    Just passing by Road Train Member

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    So, another honeymoon comes to an end. Who would've thunk?
     
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  9. Hulld

    Hulld Road Train Member

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    If you have to teach someone to do all the testing correctly it can absolutely take two or three hours extra if at every farm you pick up you have to teach.
    You see if you do the testing wrong and suck on a farm with bad milk you just contaminated the whole trailer load and it can’t be used period.
    Now if you already picked up 7 farms and you load a bad farm on number 8 someone has to pay the previous 7 farmers for their milk that can not be used.
    Then add in farm pick up in the winter on narrow back county and town roads with two feet of snow or more on them and you can start to understand this isn’t your everyday freight haulers job.
    A lot of responsibilities with farm pick up...
     
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  10. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    Pretty simple....don’t like it? Leave. You could have another job tomorrow. Sounds like a job that should be paid hourly and not by the load anyways.
     
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  11. IluvCATS

    IluvCATS Road Train Member

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    Be sure an teach the trainee about posting on here.
     
  12. marmonman

    marmonman Road Train Member

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    You should get drama queen pay !!
    Your income would at least quadruple !
    You should also be Employee of the every month .
     
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