New Pay Package

1. I have no idea what did or didn't happen in your case. Would be interesting to find out. I know you are a good one.

2. I readily acknowledge that it is not the place to try to consisently drive 4,000 miles as a solo driver. Look someplace else for that.

3. I will say however, the people that like to drive 2,000 to 3,000 miles per week (depending on how hard) at a really good mileage rate and accessorials will do well.

4. Right about the time you and Tow left there was an exceptionally unusual slowdown in freight that occurred, that was shipper-driven. Shipper demand went WAY down for a couple of months during that period. I'm not saying it happened to every single company out there, but I know that it happened to many. It rebounded quite a bit from that short-lived period. However, to say you were not moving at all repeatedly for extended periods of time and not getting ANY miles during that period - can't explain that, that shouldn't have been the case.

 

Hey, that's almost an apology. Of sorts.

Kinda like that familiar Gordon line, "Your recruiter shouldn't have said that."

A little heart felt groveling would be nice.

Joseph would enjoy that.

So would I, in fact. C'mon, HOAT...

HOAT: Grovel, grovel, grovel, grovel.

Yay! HOAT!

 

Interesting to see HOAT again focusing his attention on how good working for Heartland/GTI is. According to his posts, up until 2 days ago when the pay raise was issued, he had been offline since July 26, 2014, a time when there was little activity and no controversy. Strange...

 

2000-3000 miles a week would have made me happy at that pay rate. That's still over $1000 a week, which is decent pay. When I left GTI, I was at .40 plus the .02 for the reefer side. And there was a whole lot of weeks where $1000 was not going to happen. And not from me going home or turning down loads. Hell, I would take the dry van freight at the lower rate to keep moving, which I did when I could. But there were quite a few instances on me dropping my longer load for a local/short haul that the local drivers or a driver low on hours could have run.

I don't work for you any longer because GTI/ Heartland did not hold up their end of the bargain.

 

That sure seems pretty clear to me. People leave for all kinds of reasons - my own being rather unusual, not my own decision, and totally unexpected - and for anyone to try to dismiss a driver's reasons because it's uncomfortable seems petty to me.

 

Might not hear from me for another 3 months after today, we'll see. You all would get tired of me!

 

Oh, 'fess up, Joseph. You mean the new drivers, like me, dispatched by Bri and what-was-her-name (I'll remember in a minute, called her The Intimidator). You know, the new guys who had collected a nice, fat sign-on bonus and Gordon basically ran us like local drivers, paid mileage until we worked off that bonus. Only then were we welcomed into the club.

Man pants, Joseph. It's time. Long overdue.

Man up. Some of US got the short, dirty end of the stick.

The Gordon schtick.

 

Drum roll, please.

Waiting for Joseph.

Mods, not insulting anyone. Please indulge us...

Drum roll...

 

There was a lot I liked about GTI. The fact that we're a western based company. The terminals with showerS!!!! in them (I work for Lessors, one shower at only one terminal, lol) and the other amenities at those terminals. The paid scales, the trucks, even those stupid little bunk windows (I love having them, don't ask why, I just do), the great health insurance, prepass,etc. everything was there that I truly appreciated coming from smaller companies my whole career. Vic had said it once. I was coming in with a different experience than a lot of guys. I disagreed with him then, I thought trucking was trucking. But I came from a different culture. Plus I'm a Philly/Jersey guy coming in with a "IT NEEDS TO BE DONE YESTERDAY" view on things. I had no idea what I was getting into going to a culture like Gordon Trucking where it was a little more relaxed with drivers who didn't have the drive and hunger that I do.

 

You weren't the only one. But I think you and I came in with different expectations.