The paid holidays are New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas. On linehaul, we are off New Years Eve but the night of January 1st is a scheduled work day. It’s always slow night but varies depending on where it falls in the week and how that might impact freight levels. At or near the bottom of seniority you can pretty much guarantee that you’ll be working. I think I’ve been off twice in the 10 years I’ve been on linehaul. Also, this year Christmas Eve and Christmas fall in a Saturday and Sunday This means there will be a 4-day weekend but they still have to determine which 2 weekdays they will close that will least impact service.
That Baltimore will be made into a relay if there is any doubt it could be turned safely. Allentown is a 591 mile turn out of my terminal that can be done in under 10 hours drive time, but on Monday of last week a lot of their runs, including out of my terminal, were relayed because there was no way they could be safely turned with the driver arriving back at their home terminal in time to get the freight onto the street for delivery.
Doing some research and reading what u have to say pitt ohio sounds like a pretty good company. Is there anything u would change or want different? Not looking for u to bash ur company just curious what could be better
I don’t remember if it was the 1st of the month following 60 or 90 days of employment. It’s certainly not more than 90 but I think the dental might be after a year?? HR can give you the current info, it’s been 12 years since I dealt with it.
I would personally prefer bid runs. We are given a list of about 30 runs that we number in order of preference. Runs are the assigned based on seniority, with each driver receiving his highest pick that is available of the remaining runs when it is their turn. Then we have to wait for a phone call to be told our run and any “offered” runs that came up that are not part of the bid. Then if you go to a terminal such as Harrisburg, where in my case there are 8 possible destinations I can be sent to, we have to wait until we get there to find out. Again, this is my pet peeve and not an issue for all drivers. I just feel that more consistency would make for higher quality time off as I would be better able to plan how to spend my free time during the week as I know my start and finish times (barring unforeseen circumstances) each day without having to wait for a phone call or until I arrive at a destination terminal. Other than that, my only issues are things that have impacted the industry across the board such like increasingly complicated and unreliable equipment, an ever increasing amount of “safety” features that can be distracting and annoying, and micromanagement of drivers.
I’m not sure what I did but my reply to this is attached to another response in this thread.
So do u put in ur order of runs u prefer everyday? So if I am understanding this correctly the call u and tell u what run u got out of the list u put in for and tell u what time that run starts at? And they offer u other runs u can take at various start times instead of the one u put in for? So do u never really know what time u start and finish at day to day? I would think most guys would just keep putting in for the same route everyday
Putting in for the same run every day works best for the top few drivers. What limits the options though, is that with most of our runs there are only one per night with a few that might have 2 or 3 going to the same terminal. The runs for the night are not even determined until between 5-6 pm and while we might have 3 Harrisburgs tonight, there might not be any tomorrow night. Because of this, drivers need to be flexible in order to make the most money. Fortunately our start times don’t vary widely. I can show up at 8pm daily and be good for any run we have. “Cut” times at my terminal are anywhere between 8:30 and 10 pm but we leave whenever the load is ready. The offered runs I mentioned are runs that aren’t on our list if preferences, but are put together to cover “leftover” loads that didn’t fit in when runs for the night were being planned. For example, the Pittsburgh terminal is 44 miles from my terminal and both terminals have a load destined for the other. They could have a driver do the round trip and then another run, but there is no other run. The next best thing is to have a driver from each terminal move their load then take a load out of each other’s terminals. For example, instead of a Pittsburgh driver and me both going directly to Carlisle, Pa, I would go to Pittsburgh then Carlisle and they would come to my terminal and take our load to Carlisle. Carlisle is one of our picks but Pittsburgh to Carlisle is not, so it becomes an offer to anyone who would prefer to do that over their pick for the night, beginning at the top of the seniority list. I hope this is clear because it is certainly a lot simpler then what I’m describing here LOL.
That definitely help to clear it up and makes more sense
Some city drivers complain about how we make more money for less work, but when there’s an opening in linehaul no one wants it and they hire off the street. I thought more money for less work was a good thing! Then they say they’d would transfer over if it wasn’t night shift. That’s the only time the job can be done! Sheesh.
Thanks for your reply.
