WHAT THE BEST..Option.???

My thought is this. Although switching from job to job never looks good on a resume, it looks worse if you are not driving. BUT, make sure you check out both of these companies, with other drivers and with the Better Business Bureaus. Also, as for your child, yes he will miss you. He will get over it. It's easier for a child that young than it is for one that's older. Again, a big BUT, you will be missing out on a whole lot of development and a lot of FIRSTS. You will miss birthdays, holidays, broken bones, tears, hugs he needs from his daddy. Mommy will then have to provide ALL of that, and is she TRULY willing? Also, you will have to get used to your child not knowing who you are, each and every time you come home. So, good luck, in the long run the choice is completely up to you.

 

You might want to have a slow cautious and quiet discussion with momma. She's the other half of your life and if she ain't happy you definately won't be... especially if it turns into child support.

 

Switching from job to job only explains the bullet proof glass in the dispatchers office. Your a young man with a baby and a CDL driver, there are other options where you can make real good money. The trucking industry HHG driver positions do not advertise like the frieght part of the industry. Check the yellow pages for moving companies like United Van Lines, Mayflower, Graebel, and go talk to the dispatcher. They will start you on local crews and most start local at $16 hr until trained. Then once qualified you can stay local, or OTR and try to survive on $120,000 yr. in pocket after expences. The only problems you will have is getting that baby grand piano down off the third floor. Done both flatbeds and HHG, in my opinion flatbed drivers are way underpaid.

 

Y'know - there's a lot to be said on both sides of the argument.

However, why have your sights set on OTR at all? There are all kinds of local jobs - and many take rookies/newbies. I was accepted (but declined) a local job. Work nights. Home days (well, occasional extended runs) home weekends. *salaried*, so no worries about miles.

Can take a look at tanks, too. I was in line for a sweet tank job, but the deal fell through (no fault of the company - they told me up front it was a contingency thing).

The point, of course, is that dump/cement are not the only local options available for newbies.

 

What part of MS are you from? just in general if you wish. I am from northeast MS, I might know of some companies that will give you both, money and home every day or every couple of days. If you live close to this area, look around. Development everywhere! Steel mills, Toyota, and lots more mean better jobs all around.

 

Just out of my noseyness, why only 6 months before leaving SNI the first time around?