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I’d leave. Not your problem they don’t have loads for you.

Also he’s bashing your old dispatcher who did a good job. He’s bashing you to other people as well.

Call your old dispatcher and see if he can put you on.

 

ONe, make thaqt ONE bad week, a new dispatcher that comes on board while the boss is on vacation and everyone is yelling leave. you just have to love it.

 

Hell yeah id leave, everything was good with the old guy and this new guy is screwing him. You work to make money, not #### off and wait for the new guy to get his act together.

 

See if you can go where your old dispatcher left to. An established company with dedicated hauls doesn’t just slow down the instant you get a new dispatcher.

 

What kind of boss impliments big changes and then goes on a 2 week vacation... Id give 3 to 1 odds that your old dispatcher took his business with him... He left before he got fired so he could take said business with him and his clients wouldnt see a disruption in the service he provides.

Find out where he went and follow him.

 

I bet my odds on this post.

 

Think about that, how do you figure the new guy is screwing him?
Do you really think the new dispatcher just thinks well I will just sit on all these loads and let ALL of the drivers cool their heels fow a week, then I will start doing my job when I feel like it.
The dispatcher likely is more worried about his job than the drivers.

I will say it is a good possibility that the old dispatcher has taken the freight, it happens all the time. I know of several companies that got their start exactly that way.

 

The winds have changed and one epoch has ended with the departure of the old gaurd who did good keeping you 5 employed without sitting. He probably kept the politics (Arguments) from bleeding over to you as well.

You five will need to consider moving on. The company is entering a time of decline if you all are sitting for the first time in years. We do not sit. Not as truckers. When we sit it's for one or two reasons, and I think in your case the company dies with the departure of the old dispatcher and will be mismanaged by the new one who has no fear of working for a dying outfit. And unfortunately may be a author of your company's demise through making you 5 sit. Your customers will complain for sure.

Start looking for other work. Quality work that never sits. If its one thing in life things change and sometimes not for the better. My parents said it, and It is my turn to say it as well. You probably already see it coming.

Good luck. Use the time to rest up and then make the changes you need to make in life. Whatever happens with the new man is not likely to be any better.

 

Yeah I guess he could have, either way it’s sketchy to say the least.

 

It doesn’t add up, does it?

Happy drivers looking forward to going to work (remember the strip club economics, when they’re throwing money at you, you keep your arse onstage). Travel agent leaves and INSTANTLY the money stop. But the owner says the travel agent was a POS and he was going to fire him. Hmmmm

He was communicating well, keeping everything flowing and moving and they were planning to fire him. Does that even make sense? Guy was rock solid on point but lousy...hmmm...

If that were true, and he were doing such rotten job, when they brought the new guy in, absolutely nothing would have changed. But suddenly, the whole crew of A Gamers are sitting around and no one is throwing money. What does your senses tell you?