Millis OTR journal

Marcos replacement didn’t last very long.

 

Well hopefully the replacement's replacement is better.

 

First time this has happened to me. Had a delivery to Elkton guard said drop it in k 23. Get back to k23 first fleet trailer in spot. So go to next available spot. K27. Now after k27 there were 30 mt spots. So I had trainee put it in 27 right next to the trailer in 26. We got it backed in, we were in the process of dropping it when a first fleet driver pulled up flew out of his truck saying 27 was his spot. I told the guy that 23 was our spot and just moved down to next closest. Lol he told me to ####ing move it. Just made me laugh. Which sent the guy in a rage. Started calling me names. Told to go back to the office if he had an issue. Stomped off and dropped his trailer across 3 spaces.

 

Last 3 months there has been a complete reorganization of dispatch. I think Pat is the last OTR dispatcher left from when you former millis drivers were here. I could be wrong but was just thinking about it today.

 

Pat was my dispatcher when I was there. I don't think he was all that popular with some of the more senior drivers, but I liked him because he did what I needed a dispatcher to do. He told me where to go and when to be there and left me alone. A "strictly business" kind of guy.

Are the new dispatchers still in BRF or are they moving it all to Iowa?

 

Still dispatching out of BRF but with all the changes who knows.

 

Back when Millis would charge $500 up front for training we had better trainees.

 

Why?

 

I’m just going on my experience with the several trainees I’ve had since they jacked it up to $7500 with no cost up front. It seems like making someone come up with $500 made them more serious about getting their CDL. I’ve had several trainees just go about the entire process with a crappy attitude. Many of them already have horrible credit so what’s another $7500 ding against it.

 

I agree with you… Making them put money upfront essentially is making them invest in their future in this industry and when people don’t have any monetary incentive, they don’t care