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<blockquote data-quote="HomeDelivery" data-source="post: 1171142" data-attributes="member: 33696"><p>yes, and that's part of your name!</p><p></p><p>when I'm done, though, i don't RTB; i go straight home... some routes is as little as 10 miles away while others, like the one i was covering the past week, was a 2 hour drive home (65-75 miles ~ it was the same time to drive back to the hub)</p><p></p><p>the previous driver that quit this route was getting scammed out of <strong>free labor</strong> for 3-5 hours a day! driving to/from the service area was 3-4 hours total depending on traffic</p><p></p><p>the pre-load/sort are compensated for the contractors, but some of them don't pay their drivers to load/sort their own vehicles & pocket that part of the settlement for themselves. I've read about <strong>one terminal</strong> that actually pay their drivers a flat fee to preload/sort their own vehicles, which would be the right thing to do... and they wonder why i switch back to being an hourly during peak. </p><p></p><p>During peak, it's best to get in the building as early as possible so you can wrap up your vehicle and be on the road (you're fighting against daylight time since winter sucks as dusk is at around 1630-1700). so they'll sacrifice waiting on the packages for up to 3 hours or more <strong>unpaid! </strong>As an hourly-temp, i walk in & the temp agency starts paying me as i sort/load my vehicle... if they have late freight or late wrap-up of the sort, cha-ching for me, but sucks for a contracted driver</p><p></p><p>----------------------------------------------</p><p>back on topic, watch out for one of the heater core hoses; they zip-tied it to a metal brace & that's going to rub over time... use that foam insulator as a spacer as talked about w/ the A/C hose earlier</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HomeDelivery, post: 1171142, member: 33696"] yes, and that's part of your name! when I'm done, though, i don't RTB; i go straight home... some routes is as little as 10 miles away while others, like the one i was covering the past week, was a 2 hour drive home (65-75 miles ~ it was the same time to drive back to the hub) the previous driver that quit this route was getting scammed out of [B]free labor[/B] for 3-5 hours a day! driving to/from the service area was 3-4 hours total depending on traffic the pre-load/sort are compensated for the contractors, but some of them don't pay their drivers to load/sort their own vehicles & pocket that part of the settlement for themselves. I've read about [B]one terminal[/B] that actually pay their drivers a flat fee to preload/sort their own vehicles, which would be the right thing to do... and they wonder why i switch back to being an hourly during peak. During peak, it's best to get in the building as early as possible so you can wrap up your vehicle and be on the road (you're fighting against daylight time since winter sucks as dusk is at around 1630-1700). so they'll sacrifice waiting on the packages for up to 3 hours or more [B]unpaid! [/B]As an hourly-temp, i walk in & the temp agency starts paying me as i sort/load my vehicle... if they have late freight or late wrap-up of the sort, cha-ching for me, but sucks for a contracted driver ---------------------------------------------- back on topic, watch out for one of the heater core hoses; they zip-tied it to a metal brace & that's going to rub over time... use that foam insulator as a spacer as talked about w/ the A/C hose earlier [/QUOTE]
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