I quit TransAm *Updated*
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#71
10-11-2007Quote:
I agree with a lot of your points!You gotta do your Due Dillegence. However it still ends up a crapshoot. Not knowing how much one is getting paid, the employee's cost of bennies, and the companies safety rating is inexcusable. However, things like expected mileage, % drop-n-hook, hometime, etc. are all a fudge.Originally Posted by devildice
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In the end, you pound down the road. Sit around at shipping, receiving, truckstops, and rest areas. you wonder why it takes an hour to load the truck and six hours to unload (or vice-versa). You get paid X-cents a mile, you overpay for crap benefits. You count how many days your dispatcher is off. Once in a while you ask your dispatcher if you are doing something wrong because of all the crap runs. He tells you, "your one of my favorite drivers because you don't whine and bitch."
You can research the company propaganda until you are blue in the face. In the end you are dealing with people. If you have problems dealing with people, you have no chance in this business.
Just go where they tell you to go. Get there when you are supposed to get there. QC your pick up drop messages timely. Don't waste your hours of service!! Kick back and wait for the QC to beep. Then put the hammer down.
This stuff isn't that difficult!
"you can research all you want but the sad fact is sometimes companies dont add up to what they say there are going to"
I guess we can agree to disagree.....I whole heartly believe if a person does some reasearch before signing on the dotted line, and that does not mean just reading post on these message boards or speaking with recruiters......need to get out and speak to as many drivers for a certain company in person to try (and I say try) to get the most current and correct info as possible. Combine the internet, recruiters, and current drivers and a person should be able to come to a somewhat educated decision as to whether that company is the right fit for them. It is better than doing nothing at all.
Originally Posted by ROCKYROAD
The more research the more confusion!! Each company has a different turn to the screw. In the end, you pound down the road. Sit around at shipping, receiving, truckstops, and rest areas. you wonder why it takes an hour to load the truck and six hours to unload (or vice-versa). You get paid X-cents a mile, you overpay for crap benefits. You count how many days your dispatcher is off. Once in a while you ask your dispatcher if you are doing something wrong because of all the crap runs. He tells you, "your one of my favorite drivers because you don't whine and bitch."
You can research the company propaganda until you are blue in the face. In the end you are dealing with people. If you have problems dealing with people, you have no chance in this business.
Just go where they tell you to go. Get there when you are supposed to get there. QC your pick up drop messages timely. Don't waste your hours of service!! Kick back and wait for the QC to beep. Then put the hammer down.
This stuff isn't that difficult!
"you can research all you want but the sad fact is sometimes companies dont add up to what they say there are going to"
#72
Ridge Runner , 06-24-2007 05:24 PM
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There is no sub-lease or anything of that sort, the drivers are just working for the lessor, not the company.
The trucks will get priority dispatch since they are lease trucks.
The drivers generally get paid a percentage of what the truck earns, some get paid by the mile, and some even work for a set salary. Since they get priority dispatch the miles are generally higher than company drivers and the pay is usually better than what a company driver would make. Of course the guy who is leasing the trucks is making money off of each of those trucks too.
Dan
Yea, I know how THAT works, but he sounded like the guys was leasing a truck from a lease/purchase O/O. I started out driving for a O/O that leased his trucks to a carier. I, and he did very well in that kind of set-up. Maybe I mis-read the post, but yes, people who OWN a truck do lease it to a carrier and pay someone else to drive it and both usually do very well.Originally Posted by SilverWulf
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Then I have NO idea how they are doing what they are doing. Maybe TSBS?
Easy, the guy is leasing the trucks from company X and hiring drivers to work for him. The company qualifies the drivers and they go through the company orientation and all that, but the guy that is leasing the trucks is their boss once they are hired.Originally Posted by Ridge Runner
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Originally Posted by spencerian
Yes, but they are driving a leased truck from another driver. He is leasing those trucks as well. He's not a o/o
Then I have NO idea how they are doing what they are doing. Maybe TSBS?
There is no sub-lease or anything of that sort, the drivers are just working for the lessor, not the company.
The trucks will get priority dispatch since they are lease trucks.
The drivers generally get paid a percentage of what the truck earns, some get paid by the mile, and some even work for a set salary. Since they get priority dispatch the miles are generally higher than company drivers and the pay is usually better than what a company driver would make. Of course the guy who is leasing the trucks is making money off of each of those trucks too.
Dan
#73
"ROCKYROAD":
Please provide the source for you statistics. I think you read that on the #&$!house wall, you made them up, or read them on a motivational poster.
What a pathetic loser!! Rock, I didn't get where I am today by allowing circumstances to control me. Obviously, you are not capable of doing that.
How many previously non-existant jobs have YOU created, Mr. Know-it-all!!
:P
Sounds like Crete-Drvr, aka: Prodigy2 is trying to make a comeback.
Please provide the source for you statistics. I think you read that on the #&$!house wall, you made them up, or read them on a motivational poster.
What a pathetic loser!! Rock, I didn't get where I am today by allowing circumstances to control me. Obviously, you are not capable of doing that.
How many previously non-existant jobs have YOU created, Mr. Know-it-all!!
:P
Sounds like Crete-Drvr, aka: Prodigy2 is trying to make a comeback.
#74
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Please provide the source for you statistics. I think you read that on the #&$!house wall, you made them up, or read them on a motivational poster.
What a pathetic loser!! Rock, I didn't get where I am today by allowing circumstances to control me. Obviously, you are not capable of doing that.
How many previously non-existant jobs have YOU created, Mr. Know-it-all!!
:P
Sounds like Crete-Drvr, aka: Prodigy2 is trying to make a comeback.
Temper, temper!! Trying to add a little levity to these normally dismal threads! Originally Posted by Useless
"ROCKYROAD":Please provide the source for you statistics. I think you read that on the #&$!house wall, you made them up, or read them on a motivational poster.
What a pathetic loser!! Rock, I didn't get where I am today by allowing circumstances to control me. Obviously, you are not capable of doing that.
How many previously non-existant jobs have YOU created, Mr. Know-it-all!!
:P
Sounds like Crete-Drvr, aka: Prodigy2 is trying to make a comeback.
But now you got me typing!! Control of very much is an illusion - the pages of history are littered with despots, dictators, and louses who thought they were in control. Remember Al Haig's famous line after Reagan got shot, "I'm in control here!" Fortunately circumstances (a little thing called the Constitution) knocked him right on his kiester and exposed him for the buffoon he is.
#75
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Temper, temper!! Trying to add a little levity to these normally dismal threads!
But now you got me typing!! Control of very much is an illusion - the pages of history are littered with despots, dictators, and louses who thought they were in control. Remember Al Haig's famous line after Reagan got shot, "I'm in control here!" Fortunately circumstances (a little thing called the Constitution) knocked him right on his kiester and exposed him for the buffoon he is.
Okay, Rocky!!Originally Posted by ROCKYROAD
Temper, temper!! Trying to add a little levity to these normally dismal threads!
But now you got me typing!! Control of very much is an illusion - the pages of history are littered with despots, dictators, and louses who thought they were in control. Remember Al Haig's famous line after Reagan got shot, "I'm in control here!" Fortunately circumstances (a little thing called the Constitution) knocked him right on his kiester and exposed him for the buffoon he is.
You can turn off the "bold"!!
Your example of Al Haig is a splendid example of what happens when people react to a situation rather than respond to it. What's the difference??
Reaction is reflective of emotive forces; fear, panic, anger, despiration, betrayal.....many emotions which, left unchecked, leads people to take actions without thinking things through. Consequently, by taking action without thinking things through, without considering the alternatives, or CREATING alternatives, and without considering the CONSEQUENCES of those alternatives, people wind up swinging blindly, and getting themselves in to deeper trouble. The problems then escalate, the workable alternatives become fewer, and the ssituation becomes increasingly dire.
This is where you finf professional victims; life "happens" to them.
Contrast that with response:
As a pilot, the first rule in handling any in air emergency is to do everything possible to avoid and prevent them. At the same time, if an unforseen situation does indeed present itself, the next rule is "Fly the airplane"; in other words, don't become so focused upon the problem that you lose sight of what will keep you in control.
The BEST example of differentiation is exemplified on a YouTube Vid which is a recording released by NASA, where Apollo 13 blew it's O2 & fuel systems; a tripple redundant failure.
Now, I'm not talking about the movie, Apollo 13, I'm talking about the actual mission.
To listen to the flight crew, and Gene Kranzt, you would think these guys had taken healthy doses of Valium; they made tha actors in the movie look paniced, although their circumstances were extremely dire.
They dealt with the situation, rather than allowing the situation to deal with them.
Gotta run, but my compliments to you on the example that you offered; 1st Class, Mate!!
#77
spencerian , 06-25-2007 07:25 PM
Agreed. All I wanted to post was that TransAm had me wanting to quit.
But I took control!
I used the CHOICE of voicing my concerns.
But that's really all I can do. Now if they decide to work with me or not is anyones guess.
But I took control!
I used the CHOICE of voicing my concerns.
But that's really all I can do. Now if they decide to work with me or not is anyones guess.
#78
jteamomaha , 06-26-2007 06:17 PM
Useless, your words are intelligent and eloquently written. Many, many more Drivers need this very advice. Such a breath of fresh air to see that here, keep it up, please. 
#79
spencerian , 06-27-2007 03:36 AM
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jteamomaha you have something on your nose....Originally Posted by jteamomaha
Useless, your words are intelligent and eloquently written. Many, many more Drivers need this very advice. Such a breath of fresh air to see that here, keep it up, please.
