Profile For Baby Orange

Baby Orange knows...

Big orange isnt exactly known for their good business practices, you dont have to go far on any forum to find an example of that.

Just wow.

How so? 3 months and you’re an expert on Schneider’s business practices? Impressive.

The information on most every forum is not vetted. Usually written by disgruntled, former employees that for a variety of reasons failed, blaming their company. Not worth the effort to read it. Schneider is not a bad company. So please stop now with quoting hearsay and posting false information.

Seemingly you continue seeking advice, yet the information we have provided isn’t what you want to hear. Try to work it out with them...and I suggest conducting yourself professionally and with humility. The contract you speak of; read it before accusing them of a breach.

You approach them with the attitude of; “I’m gonna show them” and they will quickly show you... the door.

Thats why i put my name as baby orange lol. Right on man.

There might be some kind of miscommunication going on here. Are you on a dedicated account that requires you to pick up and drop off at the same place every time you take home time? If that's the case, it may not be possible to get you closer to home.

If you are an OTR driver you should be able to request home time wherever you want regardless of where you live. For example, you just send a message to your DM telling him you are taking home time on the 15th in Grand Rapids. Ask for confirmation on your request.

Just as our members shouldn't be making assumptions about your character until they know all the facts about your concerns, it's important that you try not to make assumptions about your employer until you've tried to communicate with them again.

Im OTR. I am eligible for home parking. I told them I wanted it at my house, they set it at their terminal. I didnt realize it till I took time off in Grand Rapids thats when another DTL told me. It occured to me that was the reason I was having to bobtail back home 3 hours each time. Furthermore it definitely ruined my return to work pay because their terminal is WAY closer to the places I was running than my house. I suspect that they just made a mistake and thats why I want them to fix it. So im seeking advice to get it fixed, but I have to prepare for the alternative. Big orange isnt exactly known for their good business practices, you dont have to go far on any forum to find an example of that.

Breach of contract? Explain how? Please read every bit if info and I mean every last word you can on this site. It will help you to understand this business. Show us the contract!

Im working with my recruiter to get it now. Having an employee working and then not paying them for the work theyre doing is a breach of any contract. Peonage went out a long time ago.

When I was with Schneider, they didn’t pay for your commute to and from work, but they listed your park location so the planners could route you out of the house. I think some are getting this mixed up.

E.g. I would drop my load at Mobile, AL, bobtail home to Pensacola. I didn’t get paid to bobtail home. But, since my park location was Pensacola, they’d route me (when I came back out) to pick up an empty, oftentimes in Pensacola and I did get paid from my park location to the pickup (which could be $0).

Baby Orange, just ask your DBL or Driver Manager, whatever they’re called now. You’re not gonna get fired for asking. But ask from the perspective of making sure the info is correct, not as if they broke a contract.

Right on. Yeah thats what I meant when I said I wasnt getting paid to return to work. I wasnt getting paid for the miles that I was driving to get back on route which was hours out of the way. I definitely dont want to burn any bridges but this is gonna be touchy because its a "he said, he said" situation. Ill try not to accuse any one of anything. But im not gonna let them dominate the conversation either.

I don't expect, nor do I get paid, to take my truck home, for hometime..I'm not get paid driving from home to grab me an empty trailer to begin my new week....I start getting paid, once I hook up my empty and head out for pick up....

It's a privilege to drive home, from where ever my last load delivers lol.... Saturday it was a 65 mile drive home B/T on THEIR fuel!

"A privilege to drive home"? If I wanted to walk home each time I wouldve worked for CR England. Schneider agreed to pay me a certain rate for work if I earned my CDL and came and worked for them. I am not wrong for wanting the money I was promised. With your advice i might as well say "oh yeah man its cool that yall had me bobtailing home 3 hours each time which led to me running out of time most of the time and not being able to get home on my promised time at home and not paying me for miles that I was driving".

If you dont mind a multibillion dollar company not paying you for the work you do thats fine. But I expect to be paid as agreed.

Interesting, id never in a million years even consider getting paid for the commute into work. Guess I just don't have the entitlement mind to think that way. I park my truck at the nearest terminal usually. If it's just a reset, they calculate the trip from the location of my truck when I start in again after the reset.

Maybe I'm missing something, but it's a work truck, not my personal vehicle. My urge is to say "shut up and do your job". But I'll refrain from it. Hell, I figure I'm happy making money and trucking along in life.

Interesting, I guess since my 1000s of other fellow Schneider drivers are getting paid to do exactly what I was not getting paid to do I should just shut the hell up? Yeah right man.

"I asked him to change it"... Then the final sentence, "I haven't said anything to them about it yet."

Which is it?

What to do? Does your manager have a supervisor? I'll bet he does.

On day 1 I told him it needed to be put at my house. It was not done. I just havent calles him out on it yet.

Obviously talk to your driver manager. You resort to the internet instead of talking to your chain of command? These are the same people that can fix the problem.

Three months in and you want to claim some fake drama against the company over some oversight that you have not discussed with your boss? Time to grow up, driver.

I asked him to change it to my house and he didnt do it. What more could I do? Pardon me for asking for advice before making my next move... driver...

Hi all! So to start off I am relatively new, im exactly 3 months in. I am under a 1 year contract with Schneider because they paid for my CDL with a CDL school. I recently changed my park location to grand rapids temporarily for time off and in the process i discovered that my park location had never been changed to my house, instead it was left at the OC about 3 hours from my house. Im about to change my park location to my house (where I told them it to put in the first place). It recently occured to me that because my DTL never changed my park location (even though I told him to on my first day) to my house which is 3 hours away I was not getting paid to return to work and that I was having to bobtail home 3 hours everytime which I just thought was normal. Due to the fact I did work that I wasnt getting paid for im fairly certain that Schneider violated our contract. I have the BOLs to prove it. I wanted to know how to proceed about making this right and see if anyone has had a similar scenario. I havent said anything to them about it yet, any advice I could get would be much appreciated.