Random LTL Rants (all are welcomed)

they changed the extra board (again)
Still on the extra board, but it's always been "do this run all week" and then it changes the following Monday (as someone else rotates to the top of the extra board). Fair, sometimes you get good runs, sometimes you get a 1000 locals, but it evens out.

Lately it's been all locals for me (i mean 3+ weeks) and it's like WTF? Turns out because the board is full (they added two more trucks) the board isn't moving and rotating? how much sense does this make?

And then last week they change it from assigned runs to assigned start times. Well fine, I don't really care where I"m going, BUT I NEED TO PLAN where I'm going. check construction, weather, etc. (not a huge deal in summer but it can be). but If i don't know that???????????? (and we run 500 miles in any direction it's a big deal). Whatever, they mostly kept me moving.

so this week I wait for the weekly call (that is supposed to come at 4pm and never does) and they say "oh we're changing it to on call, so if we have enough runs we'll call"

ummmm, yeah, so at 8pm (and i live a good hour away) i called my boss (not dispatch) and said "yeah, too late now. not driving two hours to work 5 or 6 hours and not staying up all day to not work"

he's unhappy too cuz his trucks aren't running and if you can't keep people moving and employed they leave (Denver, super hot driver's market). It's idiotic.

I might (maybe) wait on call during days, but i'm not upending my life and sleeping all day to be awake at night to NOT WORK.

Crap needs to change.

 

Get ready for 14 hour days with one 16 hour day a week(abuse of the 2 hour on duty time extension to get home). ####ing corporate morons. Wonder what they will say when the few drivers left all quit after being run into the ground like government mules.

 

Hey, that sounds familiar

 

"It's the fault of those lazy truck drivers. They just don't want to work!"

"Excellent analysis, Smithers! Here's your annual bonus(which could have hired four more drivers for that yard)."

 

Yep, soon to be followed by "gee,why do we not get any applicants for our open driver positions?"