Schneider percentage program.....

[marcel27208]

are there any other owner operators on the schneider percentage pay, that frequent here??? i need to vent some issue!!!!

1. picked up load in NC, going to chicago....i got to the AA hwy in KY and was sent a message saying i have the wrong trl....i check paper work everything seems fine, turns out my load assigment had wrong BOL#, so SNI gave me wrong number to p/u load......have to turn around with load and take back to NC, 600miles NO PAY!!(300 both ways)

2. when a load cancels, it screws up your week!!!!!! wednesday night i select a load going from chicago to memhpis,TN,,, pick up was for friday, thursday evening i get hit with the message load cancelled!!!!! so just curious, friday morning i call shipper to find out what time load is gonna be ready(cuz i had load info on my qualcom) she told me a time and said she even suggested to SNI that truck arrive as early as possible, it was a preloaded trl and shipper open 24/7. that just made me irate!!! because its thursday and not much left on the board picking up friday, so i end up having to deadhead to milwaukee to pick up load going 552 for 1.18....... have a feeling they gave my load away!!!

3. They recently switched the pay period which now ends saturday night, and for guys like me who like to go home every weekend that just doesnt work for me.... Xmas coming up so i stay out 2weeks(left last monday, going home friday) and still didnt get to good weeks in,,,,


I enjoyed my time at schneider, but alot of things have changed, i talk to other o/o's from other companys and i cant believe some of the discounts among other perks they recieve..
Tires,fuel,...you dont get really any discount,,,,what is 2cents?? im sure they get discounts but dont pass it to us,,,,,, only thing convienent about the tire purchase program is ur able to get tires w/out cash. if you pay cash for a tire its the SAME prices as if you were joe scmhoe off the street.

[TomB985]

1. picked up load in NC, going to chicago....i got to the AA hwy in KY and was sent a message saying i have the wrong trl....i check paper work everything seems fine, turns out my load assigment had wrong BOL#, so SNI gave me wrong number to p/u load......have to turn around with load and take back to NC, 600miles NO PAY!!(300 both ways)

Did you not look at the shipping address on the bills?

[marcel27208]

Did you not look at the shipping address on the bills?

yeah of course...like i said they gave me wrong p/u number and bills say to illinois......

how could i have prevented that? there isnt a way

[TomB985]

That's why I asked .

I've heard lots of stories of drivers grabbing the wrong trailer, or accepting a load going to a different destination than they are dispatched to, because they simply didn't pay attention to what they were signing, or the number of the trailer they were picking up.

So, if that load was going to the same place...why wouldn't they let you run with it?

[marcel27208]

1 i pckd up was going to GA.......it seems there was a shipper and sni error......

[mike3fan]

1 i pckd up was going to GA.......it seems there was a shipper and sni error......

thay you had to pay for.......nice

[solo379]

If the same thing would happened in my company, and that would be a shipper mistake, I'd get paid full rate regardless. If that would be a mistake on a dispatch part, they would at least pay for my fuel, and make it up to me, any way they can.

[lowrange]

That's really crummy if they don't cover that.

On a different note, I hear Schneider has stopped training. Well boys, it's getting interesting. We'll see who the last drivers standin...er...sitting are. That doesn't count Solo sitting there with his cognac painting landscapes with snowflakes.

[solo379]

That doesn't count Solo sitting there with his cognac

Hey! I earned that drink! BTW It's bourbon....

[mike3fan]

That's really crummy if they don't cover that.

On a different note, I hear Schneider has stopped training. Well boys, it's getting interesting. We'll see who the last drivers standin...er...sitting are. That doesn't count Solo sitting there with his cognac painting landscapes with snowflakes.

How's things going on your end?

I deliver tomorrow in Detroit and there isn't anything in Michigan until Jan 4th

Needless to say I really need it to pickup after the first of the year.....but not expecting it to.

[lowrange]

Hey! I earned that drink! BTW It's bourbon....

Ok, just as well, boubon! Need a little Coke with mine, though. So, are you really painting landscapes? Maybe you just bug the wife all day? I bet your toenails were never so clean and well trimmed. I've got a week or two (or more) coming up myself.

[lowrange]

How's things going on your end?

I deliver tomorrow in Detroit and there isn't anything in Michigan until Jan 4th

Needless to say I really need it to pickup after the first of the year.....but not expecting it to.

You know Mike, there are only about 50 of us in the mileage program. So far, it seems like they've been able to scrape off all the loads we need. I've gotten paid for sitting for three days a could of times (I loovvveeee surfing the internet on layover), but they've kept me moving for the most part. The percentage guys, they can tell you their story themselves...

We'll see about next year, huh? Just today, Chrysler shutting down for a month...I've been expecting a whole lot of fall out to actually begin in 2009 (we found out after a year that we were in a recession all of 2008!?- who buried those numbers!?!) Doesn't sound like QC has anything for me until next year, either. We've just got to get ready. Make sure you've got your plan B, C and D, I guess.

[solo379]

So, are you really painting landscapes?

Not yet, but I'm planing to! Somewhere warm.... Enjoy it, while you are still ahead!

[Heavy Duty]

You don't think the are loading the ORANGE trucks ahead of the lease operators, do you?

[marcel27208]

You don't think the are loading the ORANGE trucks ahead of the lease operators, do you?

i dont know about the lease operators, im an OWNER operator,,,,,,(unless your talking about drivers leased to SNI) :-)

i dont know what there deal is?

[Heavy Duty]

Think of Donnie Schneider as a big owner operator.Whose trucks is he going to load first?

You are a lease operator, you are leased to Schneider. Getting home every weekend can be hard to do no matter where you work, you end up turning down good work to be able to go the direction you need. These are tough times, you have to do whatever it takes to make it.

[marcel27208]

ok i see what u are saying....when u said lease i thought u were talking about the ones who lease trucks from schneider...... thats what i would call a lease operator...

[Hawkjr]

there was a Schneider O/O at our Wal-Mart DC Terminal the other day in the Drivers Lounge.. and he clearly said he is not happy with their way of business.. His Quote "I've been here two weeks, and i put in my two weeks notice in last week"

Thats the Pumpkin for you!!!

[GMAN]

An owner operator isn't required to give a notice, but it might help to get their attention. I am surprised that any owner operator would leave a carrier after only 2 weeks.

[solo379]

I am surprised that any owner operator would leave a carrier after only 2 weeks.

Exactly my thoughts! Not enough time to figure out the system....