My Apology to you on Behalf Of TQL

Thats a whole different story.Must have been a ####ty realtor. That all depends who they hired. I have seen realtors who know how to negociate and others that don't know what the hell they are doing.

 

What’s the history of TQL. I could swear I once dealt with the Owners Father, who claimed to be a small brokerage. They were one of my favorites to deal with. 2004-2006 or 2007? Maybe. Then all things went downhill.

 

Okay, my apologies. You'll have to excuse my cynical nature. After dealing with brokers for many years drivers and owners tend to expect the worst.
Good luck with solar.

 

They were. In the last 10 years they went from around 4 offices to 56.

 

I understand. Ive been here for a few months and quickly came to hate how they do business. It honestly reminds me of the movie wolf on wallstreet especially when phones start going crazy.

 

I have been reading about the things that TQL does for a while now.

Why is it that they send a confirmation, but you do not have the load unless you have a dispatch sheet? They apparently are the only broker that does that. What is the reason behind that?

Also, how much of their Freight is double brokered?

 

No, people make promises we drivers now have to execute. Appointments and so on. Way above our paygrade.

Im not here to pick on you or anyone, but Brokerage is one thing I know enough to steer clear of, I would be dead 15 years ago engaging in vices to remove such work every night.

 

Giving you the rate confirmation is a way to assure us that we have a truck for that certain load. But if for some reason the customer backs out on TQL then TQL can call u and tell you load is cancelled and doesnt have to pay you. But if u have been "dispatched" and u show up to shipper and load gets canceled then TQL is required to pay you.

 

Also we are required to make a certain amount of calls a day and cover loads. And so to reach that goal we have to call everyone.

 

It does not make sense to me as far as getting a confirmation and then making the truck wait for a dispatch sheet.

The way that I understand it, a shipper hires a broker to move a load for x amount. When the broker finds a carrier within x amount, they alert the shipper that they have a truck, then they confirm the truck and the deal is done. I see no reason for not being finished with the agreement at that point.

It sounds to me like what you are suggesting is to hold the truck without actually confirming with the shipper, which actually sounds a lot more like they shop around for a cheaper truck.

Who cares if they cancel the load? The shipper pays for that.

Unless you are suggesting that TQL does not send the dispatch sheet so that if the shipper cancels the load TQL can keep the money rather than giving it to the carrier?

Either is despicable.