Walmart here I come 2.0

Discussion in 'Wal-Mart' started by truckdriver31, Aug 21, 2018.

  1. truckdriver31

    truckdriver31 Road Train Member

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    the ones that got sent home had no choice. it was ether no pay or pto day.
     
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    Hammerdowntrucker Light Load Member

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    You say extra driver as if we are 2nd class drivers. I know of a few guys that went on the extra board so they can start on Mondays.
     
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    Tell me the last time it happened in our region.
     
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    We're not. Im back on extra because they moved tbe truck i had to a start time i didn't like. Now im back extra. Still home everyday. Slip seating isn't bad when you have close to nothing to move. It makes more sense for guys like myself to slip going home each day anyhow.
     
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    I havent had an unpaid day off since i got here and last year a bad ice storm prevented me from getting to work for 3 days. And i have 2 weeks on the books as of right now.
     
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    I haven’t heard of any drivers at my DC(6080) ever getting sent home due to no work
     
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    truckdriver31 Road Train Member

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    i havent seen it in my region ether. all im saying is it has happen.
     
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    truckdriver31 Road Train Member

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    nah i see you the same as me. a driver is a driver. wm see's it different.
     
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    did yall have someone to get in trouble about the layover stuff. i seen them pink signs up everywhere.
     
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    2 reasons. One is because they need to update it at the computer so the optimizer sees each truck correctly and two because some guys assume they are done and push out their time manually for the next day having plenty of time to run.
     
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