Who has defeated 'burnout'? How?

So many guys are tired of the 6 day weeks you cannot get vacation time less than several months from now. I just had Christmas to New Years off. I will call-in sick if I sneeze these days.

 

The company has a Retention Dept and I'm talking to them. However, this 6 day week nonsense is the reason for most of the departures from this account. Seniority #1 left last summer. New-hires stay about 6 months then they leave. My complaints are we get no overtime, even though we are hourly, and we are required to work overtime. Yard truck drivers get Overtime after 40 hours, not us.

BTW truck driving is EXEMPT from overtime laws. You may know someone getting paid overtime they are not REQUIRED to be paid overtime pay.

 

You're exactly right Patty. So many OTR guys tell me us hourly drivers enjoy traffic jams and slow customers because we make money. I'm monitored by the minute and have my personal schedule down to the minute so I have time to sleep, wash clothes, buy groceries, etc. I know some tumbleweed sitting through a green light just caused me to eventually be 15 minutes later meaning I've got to decide what to skip doing when I get home, not to mention that I will know be caught up in the factory shift-change traffic that makes civilians fleeing Baghdad seem like a picnic.

 

They can only allow 2 drivers off on any day and drivers have used up all vacation slots for months. If I stub my toe or get an eyelash in my eye I'm calling in sick.

 

Thanks, I'm dedicated and home every day to sleep/shower. When I come back from vacation by the 2nd week it's like I never had a break.