If they were paying you by the mile for local work I don't blame you. Just wondering do your short stints at jobs hinder your ability to land new jobs?
First week on the job
Discussion in 'Tanker, Bulk and Dump Trucking Forum' started by pattyj, Jul 31, 2014.
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You would think so would'nt you but believe it or not it does'nt.Anymore companies look at your mvr and csa.Many get turned away just for that.I've had so many job offers but nothing what I thought it was so I turned them down.Two of the companies said well if you're interested in the future give them a call.I'm even eligable for rehire at Heyl.
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Sounds simple enough thank you much.I figured that's how its done.Right now im slip seating and get a different trailer.Hopefully it'll be a nice day Monday so I can do my first run solo.
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Im glad i'm finally able to put my hazmat endorsement to use.I've had it since 2002 and renewed it last April.Only needed it very few times thruout the yrs.This company requires it.
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My first day solo.Did'nt start out good at all.I get to the trk assigned to me and the keys wasn't in there.Dispatch spent a half hr looking for a spare,never did find any.So he calls the driver who had it last and he took the keys home.So I wait over a half hr for him.They I had to unhook the trailer he was hook to and take a different trailer.Ya I wasn't a happy camper.Not a good start to a newbie's day.Then spent 15 minutes trying to get under the pipe to load my trailer.Once trailer was loaded, today was better.I get to the job site was there almost 4 hrs.But it didn't bother me because im getting paid by the hr and for now im only doing 1 load a day.Tomorrow I go back to that job site.
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Good for you pattyj!! Curious.Does your sitting time pay the same as you're driving time? Or different pay scale??
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It pays the same.But what I don't like is you don't receive any pay if your load is cancelled and you're already at the yard did pretrip getting ready to hit the scale.I talk to my boss about that today.Tuesday and Friday I get there did pretrip and then the customer cancels.So that just added to everything bad this morning.
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Plus once I got to the job site,I open the hatch and the wind blew the lid back over right on my finger.I keep thinken it can only get better.[QUOTE="semi" retired;4181818]Roseann Roseannadanna said it best, "It's always something, if it isn't this, it's that".[/QUOTE]
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