Quitting over the road for home nightly and the economy

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Mototom, Jun 21, 2022.

  1. DRTDEVL

    DRTDEVL Road Train Member

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    What a coincidence. Our spotters make $20 with OT available at 1.5x. Our local dedicated drivers make $22.40/hr straight time, 40 hr scheduled weeks (can take extra shifts for coverage as long as they have the hours), 100% D/H.

    Seems to be good enough to keep drivers for years on end, some have been running the same dedicated routes locally for 2 decades.
     
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  3. buddyd157

    buddyd157 Road Train Member

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    i did a short "stint" at pepsi. i can assure you that not only will you be unloading trailers, but you will also be picking up and restacking all the 2 litre bottles that fall over, due to the warehouse NOT shrink wrapping the pallets properly.

    1 week of that BS, and i had, had all i could take, and never showed up for work.......

    beverage companies (here) are seasonally directed...spring, summer and fall, you go like gang busters...winter time, you get time off, try paying your bills then.
     
  4. Mototom

    Mototom Road Train Member

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    Not doing routes for coke. I’d be hooking up to a trailer shuttling it to a pickup at night and another driver would take it where it needs to go. M-F mandatory weekends optional. It’s actually a difficult job to get here. They only hire once or twice a year at most.
     
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  6. ProfessionalNoticer

    ProfessionalNoticer Road Train Member

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    I completely understand and I'm certainly not bashing you nor your choices. I just can't get over that company and their well...I'll digress.
     
  7. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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  8. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    So if he shows up black faced you would be cool.
     
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  9. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    I don't care if he shows up looking like a Martian. I wasn't being serious in the least.
     
  10. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    And if CocaCola came out and said that none of their employees would be allowed to wear dreads, would you still be jovial?
     
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