What do you do when your company hits you with a bait and switch

#### I just call Phoenix after hours and ask them if my terminal won't tell me. Even at my terminal they may not say, but if I ask if there's more time on the load, they'll say "when do you think you can legally get it there safely" or something like that... that's when I know I have a little to a lot more time to get it there.

Normally I'm trying to deliver early though, so lol

 

Yea man when they reschedule you can bet your ### that I'll either be having it repowered or leaving it on the side of the road and going home. Zero chance I'm babysitting their freight.

 

IIRC there was a terminal in Pennsylvania that was notorious for not giving out window information. Idiocy in my book. When I drove for Swift I was based out of Jurupa Valley, and they were always up front with customer requirements and very lenient with the need to run out of planned route to make a schedule in winter.

 

Knowing that brokered loads have "time windows" is gold for a driver. Most carriers don't want drivers to know that brokers are given windows by receivers more often than not. Shippers not so much.

 

Jonestown I believe. Highest fuel prices as well. I try to avoid the entire region if possible.

 

Funny thing is, if I am ever late, it's almost always to the shipper. What is normally completely within my control is getting the freight delivered on time. I can't really help when I'm dispatched on a load.

 

Yep, that's the one.

 

Next time wait till you're parked for the night then accept it then do your post and log off duty.Then tell dispatch sorry I've already done my post and now on my ten.