longhaullounger
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This topic came up in conversation at my place a few days ago. A driver got cut for lack of freight and was given a longer run that I, an extra, had been doing for a while. So then I, in turn, got told I had no freight.
I called a senior driver and asked if he wanted a long weekend, to which he said, "Yeah, that sounds good." So I didn't miss much pay in the end. But I kept getting different stories from different guys on how this is all supposed to work.
The gist was that when a driver is cut from his bid, one way sends him to the top of the extra board while the other way sends him to the bottom of the extra board. But nobody seemed to be able to agree on which situation leads to which outcome.
Finally, one was telling me something like if you get cut from your bid by a senior driver who was cut for lack of freight, you can file a claim with FedEx Freight for whatever income you missed because of that decision? Sounded weird to me. Most jobs I've had, if you get bumped out of work, that's just too bad.
Anybody able to help me find the chapter-and-verse on this?
I called a senior driver and asked if he wanted a long weekend, to which he said, "Yeah, that sounds good." So I didn't miss much pay in the end. But I kept getting different stories from different guys on how this is all supposed to work.
The gist was that when a driver is cut from his bid, one way sends him to the top of the extra board while the other way sends him to the bottom of the extra board. But nobody seemed to be able to agree on which situation leads to which outcome.
Finally, one was telling me something like if you get cut from your bid by a senior driver who was cut for lack of freight, you can file a claim with FedEx Freight for whatever income you missed because of that decision? Sounded weird to me. Most jobs I've had, if you get bumped out of work, that's just too bad.
Anybody able to help me find the chapter-and-verse on this?