linehauler1212
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total b.s that our whole terminal was off Monday with no pay I would have rather worked but not this company they just stick it to you any chance they get
Pretty standard operating procedure for this time of year. All LTL companies are slow now so they cut when they can. You just need to concern yourself with lay-offs at this point. This company takes pride in sticking it to you without you seeing it coming. In this dog eat dog world SAIA stands alone at the top.total b.s that our whole terminal was off Monday with no pay I would have rather worked but not this company they just stick it to you any chance they get
Calling in to central looking for a run was discouraged and frowned upon when I worked at saia...So instead of picking up the phone to call central for a run you make a thread about it two days later.
Very true!Calling in to central looking for a run was discouraged and frowned upon when I worked at saia...
Very true!
Any extra work is usually assigned to whoever Central wants. It’s just a power trip for those assholes. They have a list of their favorites. You should know that. I wouldn’t give them the satisfaction of saying no. **** them!I don’t know why, I called all the time when I wanted to work extra. Figured they’d say there’s nothing if there’s nothing. Doesn’t hurt to ask.
Any extra work is usually assigned to whoever Central wants. It’s just a power trip for those assholes. They have a list of their favorites. You should know that. I wouldn’t give them the satisfaction of saying no. them!
Well, linehaul has priority and system drivers even more so. Why would they pick a city driver that ‘had’ to work days or ‘had’ to be back or could only work X amount of hours, etc.... If you want to run linehaul all you had to do was become a linehaul driver. Simple.
Should a linehaul driver be able to work the city if he missed a run?You are missing the point. During my tenure, ALL drivers were warned about calling in to central looking for extra runs. You have clearly identified yourself as a L/H driver. For the sake of argument:
If you are Linehaul, and didn’t miss a run during the week, but I am City and missed 1 day due to “short staffing”...and there was an extra Linehaul run on Saturday, wouldn’t it make more sense to give it to me, rather than you? Think about it. Even in the spirit of teamwork. Or, do you disagree?
Should a linehaul driver be able to work the city if he missed a run?
You are missing the point. During my tenure, ALL drivers were warned about calling in to central looking for extra runs. You have clearly identified yourself as a L/H driver. For the sake of argument:
If you are Linehaul, and didn’t miss a run during the week, but I am City and missed 1 day due to “short staffing”...and there was an extra Linehaul run on Saturday, wouldn’t it make more sense to give it to me, rather than you? Think about it. Even in the spirit of teamwork. Or, do you disagree?
City always had the opportunity to run Saturday. You just put your name on the list because most line drivers didn’t want Saturday at my terminal. They were supposed to go by seniority but the never did.
You are missing the point. During my tenure, ALL drivers were warned about calling in to central looking for extra runs. You have clearly identified yourself as a L/H driver. For the sake of argument:
If you are Linehaul, and didn’t miss a run during the week, but I am City and missed 1 day due to “short staffing”...and there was an extra Linehaul run on Saturday, wouldn’t it make more sense to give it to me, rather than you? Think about it. Even in the spirit of teamwork. Or, do you disagree?
Do we have to cut and post the paragraph from the driver handbook again? The simple fact is central uses the drivers that they know want to work and the drivers that are dependable and don’t make excuses when they are called on. If you want to work keep a good relationship with the dispatchers and they will work you all you want. I know what it says about calling them but I’ve never had nothing said to me about it. If I’m gonna have to work on Saturday I’m not going to sit by the phone and wait on them for hours.
The days of me wanting to work weekends, in order to make up lost work time or to make an extra run, are long over. However, I found the best way was to call early, on a Sunday morning. By this time of the weekend, any extra runs had already been scheduled but the last minute stuff, that pops up for whatever reason, still needs to be moved. Like Suicidejockey posted, if the Sunday Central guys know that they can depend on you to bail them out, and if there are late breaking runs, the Sunday guys will schedule you and be grateful that you called. I never had a word said to me, either, about calling.Do we have to cut and post the paragraph from the driver handbook again? The simple fact is central uses the drivers that they know want to work and the drivers that are dependable and don’t make excuses when they are called on. If you want to work keep a good relationship with the dispatchers and they will work you all you want. I know what it says about calling them but I’ve never had nothing said to me about it. If I’m gonna have to work on Saturday I’m not going to sit by the phone and wait on them for hours.