Tale of the 7/7 (2012)

OK the pay was cleared up. I received conflicting information concerning my settlement email & my actual pay. The email did not reflect the numbers I keep personally. Instead of blowing up I decided to wait & sleep on it & see what really hit my account. What was deposited into my account reflected my personal accounting. I don't understand why my settlement email is whack...but I received my money & that's why I work.

The only other issue I have is my insurance. It was supposed to kick in on February 1st. I hadn't received anything in the mail like I was told upon hire. I called about the 20th of January & was told to expect it within a week or two.

I called them last Tuesday and they were surprised I haven't gotten it yet....

I'm home now so if it doesn't come in the mail today I will call them a third time...and will every day now until I receive it. I have a fax at home, so I will suggest fax or overnight. I'll keep you followers posted on this Roehl snafu.

As for the numbers I ran 2,962 miles this week. Still hoping to consistently break 3,000. But the mileage is good.

 

I called and was given the number to call in setting up health insurance. I got payroll to email me over the summary of benefits.

I got in touch with the insurance vendor and got set up for the family and I. Insurance kicks in March 1st. Any luck by barring repeating historical procedural inaction's...I'll get the cards before then

 

Terrible week. Treated like dog squeeze....again. 1689 miles for the week.

Asked to take a "sold" truck up to Marshfield from Ellenwood. Not a problem. The problem began that it took a week to get me there in a truck that had no APU or would idle....and they kept me up in 19-29 degree night weather.

They NEVER answered my q-com message the two different nights I sent and documented my concerns. When I finally get to Marshfield, the truck I'm assigned has a long list of shop work needed to be done....a full day & night.

When I confronted my FM that it shouldn't cost me money to deliver their truck, (1600 miles 7 days). Keeping me out in the freezing cold and with a week not having my truck ready to get me out making money....She say's to me, "you just want to take the bus home from there?" I told her "send me the message I'm fired!"

She had a impossible time accepting me voicing my concerns and tried to turn it into I had an attitude....This conversation we had at a normal tone, no foul language or raised tone....well hers did a little.

I get this new old truck that begins to sputter and miss between 35-55 mph and luckily made it back to Atl...to go in the shop.

I used today to fill out applications. Tomorrow after church I'll put out more.

I should note that you are automatically signed into the 401K. I had said at orientation this was nothing I wanted. Was advised then I'd have the opportunity to elect to opt out...not true.

So once the system begins to deduct, you call an outside company that manages the fund to "opt out." It takes up to a month to STOP the deductions. THEY DO NOT REFUND YOUR MONEY. Was advised this is the way Roehl "legally" set this plan up, they only manage the funds. I would have to discuss the refund with Roehl.

Talking with Payroll I was told this was outlined in the benefits package that I received...that I never received. Notice my previous post, payroll emailed me the insurance information only as I didn't know to expect anything else. This was a mute point to bring up & remind them of this....because I'm am dog squeeze from the multiple levels in Roehl I've experience since starting.

Thank goodness those guys that wash the trucks in Marshfield will talk honestly & treat you like a worthy human being.

This is by far the worst company I've ever experienced. Surely the founders never envisioned what I'm experiencing. This company has grown to the size now where it a percentage game now...manipulate the numbers into the direction you need them to fit the projected bottom line. Personalization is lost in the translation. Everything is now a statistic.

Let me add one more...somebody mentioned they thought Marshfield was more like a "nice hotel"....NOT any hotel I'd stay in. It's a #### hole....just laid out to look like there was actually a thought process. NOTHING fancy or comforting about it.

...Man do I miss Mike Starnes and the way he ran a trucking company!