See, I am here as a friend not a foe. This is why most dispatch/driver relationships are generally tense and there is a lack of communication there. Because they both assume about each other.
Well not really... most reasons for a tense relationship seems to happen on the part of the dispatcher who for a lack of a better term is a controlling sh*thead.
What I mean is that you have yet learned the most important fact in this business, you need that driver and you have to respect his/her position in the big picture.
The lack of communications is usually one sided, that is on the side of the company and many, if not most control the flow of information to the contractor who uses the information for either decision making or other business needs.
You assumed that I make commission on brokering loads, in which I do not. The commission is set forth to further motivate dispatchers in keeping the trucks moving.
I don't assume anything, you have not disclosed who you are, where you work or for that matter your real world experienced. SO if I have an assumption, it is based on the experience I have which simply is that many dispatchers who are on commission first turn a buck for themselves, then the company and then if possible for the contractor - a backwards thing at best. This all leads up to the point that if the company is worried about margins being on each and every load, they should not bother having leased drivers.
But we have been having a real problem with truck drivers lately giving themselves raises or staying O.O.S. It ****es us off. Because some of our drivers are getting rediculous with it.
Well as I told others, I will tell you this - too d*mn bad, live with it. It seems your company micromanages the drivers, bad thing, and from all you wrote, the immaturity of the business you are part of may be a great example to be used on how not to run a carrier.
May be the problem you are having is the reflection of your poor management of the resources you have on hand, just maybe?
If it was some of our nicer drivers, I would put for the extra cents/mi. to keep them running. But if you are a P.I.T.A., then I am not going to bend over at all for you.
This tells me a lot about how you look at business and how you think you are the important part of the chain.
I dont know what company pays drivers 1.64/mi. I was told by other company's drivers (1099 drivers) that we at 1.30/mi are slightly above average. But 1.64/mi is a big jump. Is that company paying you deadhead too? How many miles are you getting a week?
Well the one I'm contracted for does regularly, I think a lot of contractors don't accept loads under $1.75 all inclusive, so it seems to be a common rate. I won't tell you what I make on my dedicated work, you wouldn't believe me because it is far above that $1.64 a mile - far.
You are also assuming that many of us operate under the idea we need DH and we strive for miles - it doesn't work that way for many of us because it is about revenue, not miles.
