Roehl lies to vets

Dont have much time since I'm on my 34 hour reset but be forewarned if your on the "Honors Program" that Roehl will take advantage of you and lie about your hours and other rules if you do not make yourself completely familiar with the program. I've been driving for Roehl now for about 9 months and am on the honors program. When I selected the program I asked them if I could get the manual and rules book. They said they didn't have one available (lie #1). I wanted one so I could read how the program works, pay, hours etc... Lie #2 came when I saw that a check was shorted time and money. I called payroll and asked about my hours. They said I had worked half a day which is why my check was less. I asked them how many hours it took to make a full day. They did not know "ask your DSR." I asked my dsr, he said uh, er, I think 6 or 8 hours for half a day (big lie, major lie). I had to call the Gary Term. training and recuriting to get an honest answer (I work out of Marshfield). I told them my dsr didn't seem to know how many hours I needed to work for a full day. They said "B.S. everybody knows the work rules. We went through this with all the managers". Not good. I called my dsr and said its 4 HOURS FOR A FULL DAY! All of a sudden he was a ####### expert on the program. I said because of that you have shorted me at least 3 times. He says its payrolls bad (lie #3). I notice that Roehl managers would rather die than addmit they had made a mistake.
I'm going to take this up the ladder but I dont know who is initiating this. I know managers take advantage of our ignorance and the fact that I'm new and they colaborate on the lies. Im regional Flat. My dsr is Whalen H. (somewhat new). The manager is Greg Ch**man. All who I've spoken to agree that he is an #######. I'm sure Greg is telling Whalen to cheat me on all rules until I find out the truth on my own.
In my opinion Roehl is a great company for drivers who want long haul and will stay out for long periods of time. I chose the Honors Regional program cause I have a family and want to be home on weekends. To fullfill my obligation I must work 11 out of 14 days but regularly work 12. I drive 6 to 7 days at a time. I should get 48 hours off every other weekend but that doesn't happen unless I ask for the time as though I were asking for vacation (they don't like that). I've talked with other company drivers at shippers while tarping and for many companys I'm basically working OTR and getting paid regional.In my opinion if Roehl only wants long haul drivers then why even bother with regional programs. Answer is to draw suckers like myself into driving for them and then they basically do what they want with me (forced dispatch).
And if Roehl is such a great company then why do they blatanly lie, to a veteran no less! If you are reading this and you are not a vet your reaction will probably be so what, thats trucking. But if you are a vet and especially if your new I would like to hear your input. I have considered writting to Rick Roehl and delivering it in person. There are veterans who are now returning from service in Iraq and to lie to these veterans is about as low as you can go and should be punished by firing squad.
I have other issues with this company (using tire intertubes as securement equipment, what the hell!,and thinking that its ok for a regional driver to do a reset in a parking lot) and will rant later if I have more time. Want to hang with the family for now.

 

Only if you do not know the rules of pay and your DSR lies to you about how the pay works (I'm salary) like mine did. I had to call Gary recruiting and training to get an honest answer. Where they got me was the "half day". I would drive for any where from 5 to 9 hours on my 6th day out and then I'd get my check and see it was short by a couple hundred dollars. When I asked them why they said because I had only worked half a day. O.K. I said now what's a half a day. There answer was (I was asking payroll) whatever my DSR "codes" the day as. When I asked my DSR what a half a day was he said he didn't know which was a complete lie. It's 4 hours. Remember that. If you work 3 hours and 59 minuits on the last day, it's a half a day. If you work 4 hours you get paid for a full day. Once they found out that I knew the truth suddenly they had me driving nine to eleven hours on my last day out usually just barely making it home before I'd run out of hours. Remember this, Roehl may be a good company but because you're salary they will want to keep you moving constantly. All these drivers sitting around waiting for a load... not us buddy. There is no such thing as a "slow season." As soon as you send your 13 you'll get another load assignment. (Make sure all your stuff is put away before you send your 13 cause in evo 3 they'll put the pressure on you to see if you can handle the pase.) Typically, when I was on evo 3, they'd put in the load comments something like "you need to get the the shipper ASAP as they will be closing in 30 min." And I'd be 45 min. away and my tarps wouldn't be folded cause I wanted to get unloaded and send my 13 to show them I was fast, blah blah... My Evo 3 DSR realy liked me cause I really hustled and I was off evo 3 in 2 and 1/2 weeks. Since then I've learned to get my my "house in order" before telling my DSR anything. I still hustle and I like the work. I also like the fact that flats go places vans typically don't go (middle of a cow pasture, down some back country dirt road thats 10 feet wide etc...).

The up side to salary is you won't have to wait unless you go to pick up steel. These places have a system and typically they put you in a waiting lot once you've gotten there and checked in. I usually get these load on Friday 6 or 7 hundred miles from my home (home, what the hell is that!).
If your a "scateboard" driver, most of the time wherever you go, your the only truck there. I really like that.
Sometimes I can be a major cry baby but I should have learned the program front and back and I didn't expect Roehl to lie so blatantly, Jerks!Fly or Drive, are you going Flat or Van. I chose flat cause I like hard work. I get filthy dirty and soaking wet in the summer and wind burnt in the winter but I'm 47 years old and I'm very fit (even for a guy in his early 30s) and since I'm old school I believe in an honest days work. Also, I'm one of these guys that wants to learn all by myself and I dont ask questions. If your in training you have all the time in the world to get all the answers before you go out. I went to another school and came to Roehl completely dirt ignorant. I think you'll like salary especially when a shipper or a con does a shift change or whatever and there you sit (your still getting paid). Just don't forget to tell you DSR they're making you sit cause they are ripping there hair out while your kicking back!
Oh ya, if your 7/4 7/3 they will try to get you moving on your last day off (on day four or day three). You'll have to remind these dishonest turds that the four and the three are actual days off and not just some arbitrary number! Good luck!