Marten and their false promises

So you're whining about them not paying for detention because you were late?...

That's sounds like its your fault...no customer will pay detention when you didn't make your appt time..

You've supposedly been driving for 20 yrs??..you don't know this yet??...geez.

 

And you complain you wont get paid detention if u fail to provide all necessary info? Of course you wont get paid how would you feel if you dont get a P/U number from dispatch but you got everything else? Upset a little? 20yrs come on what local? Come on driver its common sense.

 

I call ######## on his post, I currently work for Marten now , and never have I had an issue with det pay as long as ur there on time with pickup and delv. I have been here almost 3 yrs and the det policy has gotten better and better it went from very little to 17.00 an hr as of March 19.


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Do you like having 3 cents taken out of your cpm to process your per-diem pay ?

 

At roehl we have a procedure for detention.

To claim detention you must:
1. Send in a message on quallcom with how many hours your claiming
2. Write your in and out times on the BOL and have the customer sign it
3. Write the detention time on your trip sheet.

Its a few hoops to jump through, but i got all my detention pay on my last check plus my quarterly bonus. I was thinking of going to Marten after Roehl after talking to a Marten driver. He really enjoyed working for them.

I've decided to stay where im at though. Anyway, sorry for your luck, but companies have policies for a reason. If your late for an appt. thats on YOU.

 

Walmart doesn't sign Bills of laden. They just stamp it. Also I've received loads that were going to be late before we even receive them on quallcom. Maybe thats what he's talking about. Grainger won't sign them either.

 

When I said sign i meant if they just stamp it or whatever. Whatever the customer does when they receive the shipment. I write my times down if its beyond 3 hours(the first two hours are free, after that I start getting detention, if its less than 3 hours i dont bother claiming anything).

I will say i dont claim detention if its a drop n hook. Im usually in time but if its a drop n hook and it goes beyond 4 hours then ill claim. but under that i dont worry about it.


The only time I claim is when im on a live load/unload and the customer keeps me there wayyy to long. Like at a distro center i was at the other night. 6 hours, 4 claimed.

 

On the bright side you wont be burning up all that time tarping your loads, so your "Rat Box" will be kinder to you in the future.