Forced Dispatch? How do you avoid conflicts with dispatch?

While true, I have flat out refused a few loads before. 99% of the time it was I put in for hometime and they wanted me to go the wrong way to make that happen.

 

nothing is forced in life unless your broke or are willing to trade in your freedom

 

Countering dispatch time frames with your own alternatives that work for you is always a fun game.

Surprising how many times it takes before they're trained well enough to automatically calculate the loads in a reasonable time frame.

After you break in the dispatcher at a small company, that's when you start noticing the owner calling to dispatch you and playing bad cop. I've heard it all: "Come on, you have plenty of time to do it." "That's an easy run." "Well, I guess you just don't want to drive. Ok. Fine." etc.

I've even had owners conference call with the broker on the line in order to discuss delivery time frames. I guess they wanted the broker to know what they were dealing with. Not very professional if you ask me.

 

Forced dispatch could means trips to New York City.So if you see those words in a companies ad ask them if they go to NYC alot.Also could mean a lot of west coast in the winter.

 

There is forced dispatch. While many of these comments sound noble, if your a company driver at a mega, and you turn down a few loads for no good reason, watch what happens. And it gets no better if you lease a truck at a place like that. You turn down loads under a dispatch system, and you will starve quickly, which might be better than starving slowly, because they will just let you sit there.
The only way to be the master of your own destiny is to book your own loads.

 

Imagine the nerve! Being forced to drive through rush hour traffic! Or being told that this load need to be there in the morning! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE COMPANIES?
OP, if someone tried those tactics on me, I would just sit in the truckstop, until I felt it was time to move. And I would DEMAND that they pay me for sitting!

No one is going to tell me how to run their truck..........

 

One thing about non forced dispatch companies, many of them have incentives for doing crap runs. I've seen companies advertise higher pay for short runs, California runs, NYC runs, Canada runs, multi drop loads, etc.

Pay enough for it and you'll have guys fighting over those 12 stop NYC runs. Meanwhile other guys who want to do nothing but drive, with little traffic, get those loads.

 

Forced dispatch means you are given a load with pick up & delivery times. You aren't given multiple offers and pick what you want, you don't pick a liad from a load board.

Dispatchers are not drivers. You don't ask them how to drive. They are not drone operators. You are hired to drive. You make driving decisions. Surgeons don't ask hospital administrators where to cut.