Arnold Drivers, What's your 20?

I figured it was a Link thing because it was never that way with Arnold going back to 2010 when I started. The planners fighting for and keeping drivers in their running areas was non existant. This has been my first runs west though since the merger.

 

Anj I do not understand how things are so great for you. I was a Link driver and things were a hell of alot better there then at Arnold. I gave Arnold the benefit of the doubt went through the chain of command as high as I could take it. Had conference calls with all of them and to be very honest nothing changed. I have spoken to other Arnold drivers and they have similar complaints and specially Link drivers where the miles are not there, sitting till the next day cus there are no loads, always getting heavy loads over 40, 000 lbs, having to pickup lite loads and taking them to the rail and the list continues. Not to mention office staff or night dispatch, they prefer to attend meetings then to take care of the drivers that are out there. What's five minutes to someone's time to take care of an issue. What's so hard to have someone call you back with a solution. When you start seeing your check at the end of the week for less than $1000.00 its time to move on.

So either you are BSing everyone or your in tight with upper management and you are their premadona. Cus you are a company driver am an O/O and should be making more money than a company driver and believe me Arnold needs to take a good look of their company. At Link we had alot of good accounts and management lost most of those account cus they hike the rates. There are alot of drivers leaving and dispatch at night is only one or two if that in the Jax yard.

 

Wow... Primadonna? Your post is ignorant and insulting, but if you wanted to show yourself a fool, you done good owner/op!

 

So.... I'm at home, under a load. GP failed to respond to comms regarding getting the load handed off to another driver for del. Today, FM realizes there is a problem and starts blowing up my phone. Meanwhile, I've left for OKC, an hour west of home. He wants to know where the trailer is. Sorry bud, the rig is in front of my house and I'm not there so now we have gone from snafu to tarfu. I call GP, but as usual, it's either hold for 10-15 min or call gets dropped. Bummer... for GP. I'm in OKC with family.
I get a call from an owner/op that my FM gave my number to (without my knowledge or consent). He's empty in OKC and they want him to repower the load. I explain the problem and he realizes it's a no-go. Late this afternoon, he calls back to say he msgd GP and told 'em what the deal was. They did not reply...
Guess what? GP is now fubar on this load all because my FM failed to respond all day Thursday. I have zero sympathy. I did my job. Welcome to the church of the painful truth...

 

I wouldn't call it ignorant or insulting. It's the truth. There are so many drivers including yourself (richi) that is so unhappy with arnold that the miles are not there, to much down time from one load to the next. For example being empty early afternoon and not having a load to the next day. Dispatch is a joke, calling the office and trying to resolve an issue and you get cant talk to you send message via computer. Then you do that and they take hoirs to get back to you..

How many drivers have their week planned out not many cus if that were true then we would all be talking great abouthis company and not complaining.

 

You're talking Jax obviously. It's different if you're dispatched out of Duncan. Much better.