My time with Schneider

Keep it coming OPUS 7! I'm enjoying reading your posts!

 

I'm also looking forward to hearing more. Sounds like the "open road" will be a breeze compared to this!

Keep the faith, man!

 

I'm enjoying the write up as well.

My orientation and first week with Trans Am has been a breeze, hate you've had so many issues over there.

 

Enjoying reading this. Keep looking forward.


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I'm not going to waste your time on my journal of my 1 1/2 yrs with SNI.
I resigned today after being on vacation this past week, which I requested 3 wks. prior, and haven't got my vacation pay, which I was told would be this week, after vacation ?
SNI is a very "cornfussed operation" more of management, by panic ?
With no ability to create and secure planed movements for your next dispatch, till there's a problem.
Empty trailer management is what sets you up to fail, when you can't secure an empty trailer for your next pickup, when that consignee doesn't have or won't release one to get your next pickup on time.
Here's where your time is lost, communicating the situation, and wait for the new plan operations has to come up with.
There's no "heads up "communication from planners, customer service to shippers or consignees, when it's critical for an empty to be released with following up with another empty trailer or inbound load at a later time?
I've given back more to SNI then what they started out giving me in dispatches to generate my revenue.
I made 3 out of the possible 5 bonus quarters during my time.
There were 4 "setup dispatched" moves to my truck, my team leader, had set up for me, that would take place toward the weekend, or after her shift was done & she had gone for the day ?
When 2nd shift took over the running of the operation, each of those moves, were taken away from me, followed by a message of "that load isn't not going to be ready when you get there".
That's strange 2 of those assignments were "live loads" ?
There were no replacement loads to run, just "contact your team leader in the morning".
I'm of the opinion Schneider is moving to be like a Land Star carrier of all O/O for all the increase of drivers I've seen.
They & teams are seeing all the freight, that doesn't run by rail, they leave you in a regional lane to run short haul freight, for which your OTR.
There were situations in regional that had some sort of problem or situation that prevented you from making delivery that day, and force a "rest period" on you which prevented you from receiving your next assignment, which would keep you roll'n.
Came off a 34 in Atlanta last year, and for the 1st day a total of 126 mile, making local monday deliveries for someone who didn't come to work that day.
There were never any bonus or reward with a "high miler run" for doing them the favor they asked of you to save a delivery or load pickup.
I could go on about my experiences at SNI, I'm not, I'm on to a new position next week, I'm Blessed to still be here with good health, and strength to keep work'n.
SNI was not "a fit" for me there's better pay and work for "newbe's" and drivers with experience, then having to deal with SNI.
Blessed & Happy Easter to All & Their Families That Read This Thread

 

That was not a tornado, that was opus 7 when the instructor told him to stay late.

 

Reading Opus7's post made me start to sweat and shake, It brought back the horrid suppressed memories of when I got my CDL Trianing with Scnieder at West Memphis,Arkansas in 1992....Now I'm going to have to go see my shrink LOL

 

do you really have to go thru all that just to drive a truck?