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Yeah. My wife has a friend who's a long-haul trucker. He gets profoundly disrespected by the current system, including showing up at 8AM to an appointment and b
by SomeCallMeTim 9y ago
Yeah. My wife has a friend who's a long-haul trucker. He gets profoundly disrespected by the current system, including showing up at 8AM to an appointment and being made wait all day, and sometimes into the next day, for his truck to be unloaded/loaded and ready for him to take.
And he's paid nothing for that. There's no penalty at all for wasting the trucker's time. I cite this as evidence that the truckers have no effective lobbying body, and therefore will in fact lose most of long-haul jobs over the next 15 years.
- themaninthedark 9y agohttp://www.getloaded.com/load-board-blog/post/Whats-the-Best-Way-to-Collect-Detention-Fees http://www.getloaded.com/load-board-blog/post/Whats-the-Best... It looks like your wife's friend needs a better broker because all the companies we deal with charge us. Our shipper won't schedule a truck unless we know that the load is ready due to how steep the fees can be. When we shipped some equipment to a major trade show, they try to schedule it so that the truckers have a minimum wait but the show will also pay the detention fees back if they were the source of the delay.
- csours 9y agoJust because you're getting charged, doesn't mean the trucker is getting paid.
- SomeCallMeTim 9y agoHonestly, I would guess you've nailed it: The delivery company is collecting a fee because they are only paid for per delivery, so making a driver (and truck) wait doesn't otherwise make them money. But there's no guarantee that the fees are passed on to the driver. Just in case, I'll pass a question back through my wife to see if some truckers are actually paid for waiting. They talk to each other; I bet they all know if anyone is paid to wait.