Hourly pay dilemma when running local.

Listen pal, if all these pilgrims didn’t come here to ask, WE might have to do actual work. So, do us a favor and get on board with the team here, savvy? Lol

 

Ask your company for the policy. Then you will know exactly what is expected.

But to shoot holes in your logic. Your job is to move the freight. Do you think if you were in a warehouse and a truck arrived early that the warehouse manager would let you sit around 3 hours till the appt time to unload it? No. Because you are being paid to work.

 

Yeah, you really do realize you're in the wrong doing and getting awfully defensive about it. Having to sit around and wait for 3 hours at the destination and choosing to sit around for 3 hours at the origin is very different. What would be your explanation to your boss if there was an unexpected traffic jam and you ended up 2 hours late with your first load of the day? Now you missed your scheduled appointment and you have to sit around all day waiting for them to work you in and you only get one load done?What's the boss going to say when he finds out you were sitting around for 3 hours and should have been at the receiver when the accident happened?
This has nothing to do with any "super trucker attitude" this applies to any job, you sit around milking the clock 3 hours a day habitually I don't know of any job that's not going to fire your ### when they find out, and they will find out eventually. I look forward to your post looking for a new job because "the boss was a jerk and fired me for clock milking."

 

There’s your answer. If he doesn’t care, power to ya. His is the only opinion that matters.

 

If the work is there you do it. if it's not there and you have to wait, no guilt.

 

Not that I'm agreeing with the op or anything, but the warehouse and plant I shuttle between do exactly that. Mostly it's a shift change thing, but if the driver tickes off dock personal I've seen the dock guys stare at their watch and refuse to unload one minute before the window time. And take until the end of the window to finish.

 

You agreed to a job at the pay rate they’re giving you. If that’s not sufficient, be a man and tell the man you need a raise, or find a better job. You sitting idle on purpose is the weak way out.

 

You are wrong for it IMO, if the carrier treats you right why wouldn't you treat them the same? Why don't you ask to get switched to paid by the load?