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Originally Posted by Bumper
So what happened to Regional? Did you ask him? I thought this was a major part of the deal....
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Yeah, his answer started with..."I don't know what the Recruiter....."
First, he sent out this load assignment.. then tried to switch it-- said he couldn't let me go through the house with it-- to far out of rt- I'd have to drop it in Ft. Smith. Then they wanted me to pickup a live load Saturday(today) between Noon-1700 in Ft. Smith- and take that through the house and deliver Monday morning 6am Chicago.
so if that hadn't been ready until 5pm+4hrs to house= 9pm Saturday then 10hour drive from home to Chicago--- that would have been 13hours tops at home(mostly sleeping hours) .
Yes, 3 out of 4 weekends at home was a major part of the whole Regional concept that I signed on for.
But alas, a good job is hard to find- at .43cpm being worked to death OTR-- is better than jumping ship suddenly for say-- KLLM( .43cpm- unknown milage(promises)+ unknown home time.
It's just the principle of the fact-- that it looks like they are going to try to run me 7days a week- at .43 instead of system pay of .48cpm.
This weekend will work out to 34+ hours-- and that's ok- I got to get re-established and get some $$$$$ coin flowing in- but it looks like a big dark cloud looming on the horizon-- constant head aches trying to get home for the weekends.
And it's not like I don't like the idea of running 3000 miles in 7days. Hell, this last week I actually ran that 3000 in more like 6 days--- and I could turn that in 5 just as easy if there were no "hitches", "snags", Murphy's Law- then hit home for weekend(recover).