another driver told me to dictate terms to the boss??

i dont know too many milk haulers around here that pay hourly. i would be pretty thrilled with hourly pay and if there was a job that paid hourly i would have jumped ship already. being paid by the stop sucks. the guy that picks up that farm when im off waited 2-1/2 hours yesterday. we will see what happens tomorrow, but if things dont improve and improve fast my boss and i are going to have to have a little talk. im not sitting around being uncompensated for. i will make a few phone calls and have something lined up within a few days. construction starts soon, and i have dump truck experience. if i keep waiting at this farm, my boss is going to politely feel the heat, i will threaten (politely) to leave and have another job lined up.

i have done the math. the run only pays $150 per day. if i sit there 2 hours (for example) and now have to pay the babysitter another $20 (she gets $10 per hour), i subtract $20 from my $150 and now i have only made $130. someone like my boss would say that's NOT his problem. WRONG. it is his problem. if i got compensated for that time then i would be able to pay the babysitter and not subtract that from my already low earning for that particular day.

not too long ago my wife was on maternity leave. which i NEVER liked this situation it was much less of a big deal with me when i didnt have someone sitting at my house that i had to pay hourly.

the problem is the farmer looks at from the viewpoint of a customer. its his cows and his milk he will be done when he feels like it. my boss looks at it from the viewpoint as he is only getting paid so much to haul the milk away. i look at it from the viewpoint of an employee who's time is valuable. the whole entire thing is a mess that im tired of dealing with. unfortunately so far i have been the one loosing. its going to have to change or im out. if i leave my boss will eventually replace me, and that replacement will eventually get fed up and quit. it will be a vicious cycle that im guessing has already repeated itself.

 

i have felt my hands were more or less tied over the winter, not as many options. i have much more bargaining power if my boss feels threatened that if i get fed up enough i can just go back to dump.

 

dont get it? dont get what? that im supposed sit on my ### lacking compensation to sit there. there are other jobs out there. am i giving up on trucking, no. im not even going to quit my current job unless i cant get a reasonable compromise to this situation that doesnt involve me just eating trout.

how about this. if he aint ready i pull up to his milk house, pump what he has tell him to have a good day and leave. enough is enough. this has been going on for 4 months. its not like i havent been patient.

 

at this point i havent done anything such as threatening to leave. i have just put up with it, but that time is coming to an end where i wont tolerate it much longer. i would also never threaten anything unless i really truly had something lined up. if it came down to it i would lay it out like this...... i have another job lined up, if you wish me to stay this is how you can keep me. im a good driver, punctual, good driving record, and keep a consistent schedule.

if you dont want to fix this serous problem i have with this situation, thank you for the employment but my time is not free. have a nice day. i simply leave it at that, and start working somewhere else within a few days (provided i have that option to go to).

have another job lined up and give him the opportunity to fix the situation, actually DO something about it. if he doesnt do something about it..... so long, no hard feelings