Pro's & Con's of Dispatchers

What do you like and dislike about your dispatchers? Be honest!!

 

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Best thing about my dispatcher is I don't have one. We have set routes that are bid on and are expected to be an adult and do them. For overtime days it's the same except it's "Do you want to do run X, all I got is crap runs left though." When I say no he moves on to someone that wants the money more than I do.

 

Ex drivers make the worst dispatcher.

 

LOL

 

Why ?! I was sure they should be better ...

 

Nope he is right

just read the comments posts about doing a gizillion miles in one day.

 

I was dispatching my car carriers back in the days ... drivers appreciated my work much more because i avoided pita areas and cars , drove myself same routs

 

Because you can't get 2 drivers to agree on the color of the sky, let alone one being 'the boss'. All the disagreements would start with 'when I was a driver.....'

I always believed that dispatchers were Pro Con (artists)

 

Yep the truth. My worst dispatcher was a driver and was smart as a rain gutter . If you leave a driver's seat and take a massive pay cut to drive a desk , there's probably something wrong with you.