am i wrong to insist on training pay

When you are paid by the load, time is money. Training a person thoroughly and correctly takes more time by default. I average 3-4 loads per day.

When I train, you can easily only have time to haul 2 loads...that's taking money OUT of my pocket. To compensate, my company pays a guaranteed "training pay" to anyone that is training a new hire. That pay averages about $50/day more than what I make on an average day by myself.

In my opinion, that's the way it should be.

 

You sound like a good hand . Why are you wasting your time working for that guy

 

Old ad356 at it again.
I've hammered you just as much as the next
Guy on here on multiple threads.

But I'm with 100 percent on this one.
There's a reason why trainers are paid a few
Extra bucks.
It's one big dam headache that you don't need.

I hire on as a driver,not a trainer.
I don't even want the chump change they
Try give me for training.

There's nothing in it for you but a miserable
Days work.
I'm guessing that none of the other drivers
Will do it, so he keeps dumping them on you.

This is your first chance to make a stand.
We've all done it.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you have to
Turn in the keys to make your point.
This won't be the last battle either.

Every time I open a gallon of milk I think
About you. I chug it down with a smile
Knowing that you done your proper
Milk testing when loading it. Lol.

 

Maybe you’re actually training your replacement and unfortunately you are the last to know..

 

Ozark pays 75 per day plus you get full pay for every mile the truck drives, whether you or your student drives it.

While training me my instructor was taking home 2800 dollars a week.

 

Find out where those four drivers went. Maybe that's your opportunity. Bottom line, you should be paid for the extra work and the folks in this thread dumping on you simply don't understand the milk biz. OTOH, you should have learned by now that complaining isn't the way to go.

 

I tried to explain the milk business to some in this thread but it appears to have fell on deaf ears.
Or maybe blind eyes is more appropriate...

 

Fair points, all of them. But as a trainer (I’ve done my fair share of training, but never in the milk biz- not drop and hook though, we unload every piece) isn’t it your job to watch over him and not allow him to make those mistakes that will cost you hours to fix?

Sure, watching over him adds a little time. I get it. Really, I do. But as a good trainer you know where your trainee is at and you make sure he doesn’t make that “fatal” error.

I respect your opinion, and your reply was awesome. Well thought out, explained great etc etc. thank you. But a good trainer won’t allow a trainee to make that mistake that sets them back 3-4 hours. The milk biz is tough, I get that. But it’s no tougher than any other driver unload business. When proper procedures aren’t followed poop hits the fan. It doesn’t take 3-4 hours to prevent poop from hitting the fan. In any biz