Driver with over 20 years experience making the jump to IC Choice!

Discussion in 'Schneider' started by LifeSucksThenYouDie, Jul 20, 2015.

  1. Home_on_wheels

    Home_on_wheels Road Train Member

    1,258
    1,136
    Apr 19, 2015
    Cruising the USA
    0
    They don't force me to do anything!!!
     
    PoleCrusher Thanks this.
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. TennMan

    TennMan Road Train Member

    7,866
    9,658
    Sep 21, 2011
    Hazzard County Jail !!!!!
    0
    But they try by adding the trailer drops in workflow.

    I don't move empties unless it's going to the shipper.
     
  4. freightwipper

    freightwipper Road Train Member

    9,366
    11,439
    Mar 24, 2014
    OTR
    0
    Still whatever way you look at it's currently more loads for us.
    Why have you heard are we on the verge of losing it?
     
  5. dieselfuelonly

    dieselfuelonly Road Train Member

    2,475
    5,086
    Nov 12, 2012
    Chapel Hill, NC
    0
    Probably poor service. If I remember correctly I've seen that done before with another account, they move stuff over to the IC board when it's jeopardized because apparently statistically IC's are more ... "something" ... can't remember what it was, better at ETAs, less services failures, something like that, I can't remember which.
     
    TennMan and PoleCrusher Thank this.
  6. PoleCrusher

    PoleCrusher Road Train Member

    7,503
    82,190
    Aug 26, 2014
    LLMF
    0
    We have a lot more at stake than a company driver.

    While many drivers do care about doing their job well, we have incentives to provide excellent customer service. Things like keeping accounts and having SNI's freight base grow mean more.

    Personally FW, I think you did the right thing, SNI really can be a PIA when it comes to liability issues.
     
    freightwipper Thanks this.
  7. LifeSucksThenYouDie

    LifeSucksThenYouDie Light Load Member

    109
    91
    May 31, 2015
    Washington County, MO
    0
    That is almost exactly what we were told. They said they wanted them hauled by ICs and this was Schneider's last chance to keep the account.
     
  8. freightwipper

    freightwipper Road Train Member

    9,366
    11,439
    Mar 24, 2014
    OTR
    0
    If Schneider can't trust us doing high service loads they won't give them to us.
    I'm not going to screw around. As long as Schneider gives us good loads I'm going to have the intention to always do the right thing even if at the moment it'll cost me a little time/money.
     
  9. PoleCrusher

    PoleCrusher Road Train Member

    7,503
    82,190
    Aug 26, 2014
    LLMF
    0
    Only problem is Amazon has some screwy appointment times because of the way they run their operation. I've watched some of their loads sit on the board because they come up 12 hrs before the pickup. Yeah the rate is great but it's a d/h at a specific time and everybody is already booked out.

    You just can't expect everyone to sit around waiting when other good loads are there.
     
    LifeSucksThenYouDie Thanks this.
  10. LifeSucksThenYouDie

    LifeSucksThenYouDie Light Load Member

    109
    91
    May 31, 2015
    Washington County, MO
    0
    First day of orientation.
    1. Arrive at 6:30 and do nothing for the first hour.
    2. We listen to how much paperwork is screwed up while taking book test and getting physicals and drug tests done.
    3. Look at our trucks and sign leases.
    4. 15 minutes for lunch.
    5. Shop foreman talked to us for about an hour.
    6. Operations manager talked to us for about an hour.
    7. Sign agreement with SNI.
    8. Insurance video and sign insurance paperwork.
    Over 13 hours, could have easily been done in 8.
     
  11. PoleCrusher

    PoleCrusher Road Train Member

    7,503
    82,190
    Aug 26, 2014
    LLMF
    0
    Get used to things taking twice as long as they should.

    Its the Schneider way
     
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.