So called owner/operators

It's a diffrent kind of snow you guys get compared to ours. They are both miserable and can mess up a guys day pretty quickly tho

 

I'm not a car hauler but I am an owner operator. I am interested in the dynamic between the O/O and the business / owner that one would lease their truck and themselves to. It seems that there should be an attitude of partnership between the two. However, in real life it does seem to be quite different. Not that everyone is like that but most contracts are in favor of the business to a major degree. Everyone is working to make money. Where is the mutual respect ? At the end of the day does the business owner not try to rule over the owner operator? No offense to anyone I am trying to learn how this "relationship" should be viewed by both parties.

 

Not once did I say you're taking too much. Hell I don't even know what you're taking and it's none of my business. But dont come on here calling us who question your "Authority" so called owner operators. At the end of the day you gotta do what's right for your situation just like we have to do what's right for ours.
You might not be on the other side of the desk like slant 6 but I think you've already forgotten what it's like on ours. We aren't privy to the emails and the direction of upcoming traffic so we gotta take every load on a per load basis. Which means every one HAS to be profitable. Cause remember allied? You'll never know when it could be your last

 

Just an FYI skinny.
Been on both sides of the desk. First licensed for Class 1 in 1974. 15 years before CDL. And I still hold the license. Still have my withdrawal card from the IBT also. Been there and done it in all kinds of weather.

 

Good for you. I too was on the other side of the desk. Was a terminal manager for Hansen's for 5 years. Do we both get cookies now?

 

I like cookies. Can I have one too?

 

OK, So then you know how the game is played, yet spoke out your rear.

Couldn't cut it from the T/M's seat?
Screw you

 

No actually I felt like I was betraying the guys that I had working for me. I brought most of them in. I hand picked the perfect team. Our numbers were outstanding or damage rate was near nil. But then I started seeing how the company got greedy. Taking a bigger percentage and saying that the MFG adjusted rates. Paying damages that weren't caused by my guys just to keep dealers happy AND charging the drivers back for it.
So I went back to the side I belonged on.