my apologies to the king..

well folks it appears that the slow season has arrived (early november as usual).

Been home for a few days waiting on a work call (poor mans qual com beep) hehehehhehehe

time to clean gutters and chop up some leaves and twigs!

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Faster than a 60 MPH bullet....

Boy, sure wish the slow season would hit here too... LOOOOONG shifts are getting to me!

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Does roadway hire truck school grads? Getting my training at Teamster local 251. I start on Monday.

I've had better jobs. And worse.
The reason for the thread is to give you
enough information to figure out if Roadway
is the company for you. It can get very complicated.

The Drivers who make the list usually say they are
happy to be there. Many will complain about several
things about being a Local Delivery Driver. But they
know that with their Union Retirement, if they make
retirement and are healthy they have it made.

My terminal had no road drivers, our loads were picked
up by road drivers from other terminals so I won't comment on that.

What I did learn is that I was among many casual drivers that worked at my terminal, were laid off and
never were called back. I got the impression as I worked that I would be one of them, so I would ask my TM
how I could improve and what I was doing right and
wrong. He tended to be vague in his answers but
complimented me on the amount of pickups I
made in a short amount of time.I kind of got the impression that a TM at a Union company is a politician's
job, but at a non-union company a TM is more of a leader. When he ended up laying me off over the phone he said it was because they were not seeing enough freight to justify keeping me. Some people don't have
a problem being laid off. Perhaps they enjoy collecting unemployment. Or maybe they are one of those that make the list. If so perhaps Roadway is for you.Now, I
make less money but go to work at 6am M-F and am
finally enjoying being a Truck driver. I may be late in
answering your question, but I hope this helps someone...

the differences between working at a satellite and at an urban break bulk are huge..

a lot of "casual hires" never make it onto the seniority list at satellites - but the ones that do are set for life.

at break bulks - it is easier to make it a career.

depending on where you live - the choices vary.

I hire in full time (non casual) and have never been laid off

I hired in in early 2005 as road driver number 218. 3.5 years later I am low 100's (tons of retirees and a few guys screwed up). - and hope to have a dedicated run (bid) in the next 2 years.

My experiences have been good - but required a huge change in my outlook and rationale.

Going from being an OTR O/O of a small "fleet" to working for someone was weird... but it has worked out well when you figure the balance between stress and home time.

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Faster than a 60 MPH bullet....