Paying Your Dues....
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That's Good Advice for everybody to keep in the back of their minds, New Employees usually start out at the bottom and will have to earn the trust and respect of their Manager, Dispatcher etc by paying their dues and showing up ready willing and able to get the job done before moving up to the Big Time....This has got to be especially True for a Rookie Driver
Dispatcher:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.OWI:
Operating While Intoxicated
Guy is absolutely right and i couldn't agree more. It only took me a couple of months to go from 1500 miles a week to being dispatched over 3000 - 3500/week. I simply ran hard and made every delivery on time or ahead of schedule and my dispatcher started sending me better runs and asking if i would pick up extra loads. Those "favors" really show them that you are willing to go the extra mile and next think i know i started seeing extra money with the extra loads. Whenever i do a "favor load" for my dispatcher he throws in an extra $50 on top of the mileage for the load. Lately i have been picking up 2-3 extra loads a week and although i wind up staying out a few extra days the wife really likes the extra cash. :-)
Dispatcher:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.HOS:
Hours Of Service
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Recently I have noticed a lot of people mentioning staying with their first company for a year and "pay their dues" concerning being a rookie in the trucking industy. I just want to make sure that people are not thinking the 1 year time period applies to both things. 1 year of safe driving will get you the experience you need for later if you decide to move on to a company. Now so far as 'paying your dues' sorry but there is no time limit. It's different for everyone. It could be 6 months or it might be 5 years. All depends on you as a personal and how you handle yourself out on the road and in your dealings with your company. And if you decide to change companies then you start all over with proving yourself again.
Just wanted to post and make sure everyone knows that the first year of driving is not the same as 'paying your dues'. To totally different things and time periods.