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<blockquote data-quote="Buffet Master" data-source="post: 5267944" data-attributes="member: 86736"><p>At our Hub we have 100 bid runs and 146 drivers. When we rebid you can choose to go to the call board. For the spring to fall cycle, probably the top 8-12 guys on the board are pretty high seniority guys. They like 3 and 4 day weekends all through the summer.</p><p></p><p>The call board guys bid every week on the vacation cover jobs and any open bids if there are any. Again, you can pass on bidding to be on call.</p><p></p><p>Work that needs covered is called from the top of the list down. Dispatch has to have a driver present to witness the phone call, so there is no skipping guys as retribution or whatever for passing up on work the previous day.</p><p></p><p>They will go through the list twice, which at that point they start at the bottom and force guys in. Generally how you start your week will set it up, for example, Monday you take a run that starts at 7pm, more often than not you'll be in a 2 to 4 hour window of that time the rest of the week.</p><p></p><p>Our dispatch is pretty good with if you work, get up later you can call and they'll tell you "looks like nothing coming up the next 4 or 5 hours, give a call back then if you want" so you aren't totally in the dark on it. We also generally have enough work on weekends that if you get caught in the scenerio of the OP, you just pass and make up the hours Saturday if you want your 5th punch.</p><p></p><p>On call isn't a bad deal here. Maybe for the bottom 10 or so guys, slower weeks they might be in the hub 2 or 3 days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffet Master, post: 5267944, member: 86736"] At our Hub we have 100 bid runs and 146 drivers. When we rebid you can choose to go to the call board. For the spring to fall cycle, probably the top 8-12 guys on the board are pretty high seniority guys. They like 3 and 4 day weekends all through the summer. The call board guys bid every week on the vacation cover jobs and any open bids if there are any. Again, you can pass on bidding to be on call. Work that needs covered is called from the top of the list down. Dispatch has to have a driver present to witness the phone call, so there is no skipping guys as retribution or whatever for passing up on work the previous day. They will go through the list twice, which at that point they start at the bottom and force guys in. Generally how you start your week will set it up, for example, Monday you take a run that starts at 7pm, more often than not you'll be in a 2 to 4 hour window of that time the rest of the week. Our dispatch is pretty good with if you work, get up later you can call and they'll tell you "looks like nothing coming up the next 4 or 5 hours, give a call back then if you want" so you aren't totally in the dark on it. We also generally have enough work on weekends that if you get caught in the scenerio of the OP, you just pass and make up the hours Saturday if you want your 5th punch. On call isn't a bad deal here. Maybe for the bottom 10 or so guys, slower weeks they might be in the hub 2 or 3 days. [/QUOTE]
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