Is this a good job?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Safe-Driver, Jul 17, 2024.

  1. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    You do know that grocery warehouses, where reefers primarily go, are notoriously slow, don’t you?

    I had half a trailer of cooking oil at the Food Lion DC in LakelandFL, got there on a Wednesday, Friday afternoon was told that they were not going to be able to unload until Monday. I called my company. No detention. Monday morning, the company owner calls pissed off because he saw the truck sitting on the yard.

    Don’t do it, hand. I don’t care what they pay per mile, without layover and detention you’re going to go bust pulling a reefer. Even if they tell you that they have direct contracts and customers and a high percentage of drop and hook, there’s a reason why they don’t pay layover and detention.
     
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  3. Safe-Driver

    Safe-Driver Bobtail Member

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    I kind of wish I took this job now

    I am having a hard time finding something now. Pride turned me down because I have 2 DUI’s from over 17+ years ago. Swift turned me down because I don’t have 10 straight years of work history. I won’t take a job that has driver facing cameras so that rules out about 80% of companies out there. All the other jobs require 1-2 years of experience. That pretty much just leaves bad companies left that I won’t go work for just to gain experience. I am already employed so I am not desperate. Don’t think I am going to find something now. Kind of getting exhausted from applying. It’s sad, I like driving but finding a good job in the beginning is like finding a needle in a haystack.
     
  4. Blagoje

    Blagoje Medium Load Member

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    We're in a "take what you can get" type situation with the job market being the way it is right now. To be honest you're not in a position to make demands about things such as driver facing cameras. I have a squeaky clean record with plenty of recent experience and I have only gotten one offer over the past 2 months of applying with countless companies throughout multiple States. If you want to do this you WILL need to make some sacrifices in terms of what you want.
     
  5. Safe-Driver

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    Nobody ever said anything about “making demands,” and that’s being a bit dramatic. I am choosing to not take jobs with driver facing cameras, not “demanding.” Demanding would be if someone offered me a job with a camera and I “demanded” it be removed.

    Also, since I am already employed and have the power of choice, I absolutely am in the position to do what I want. If I don’t find a job that doesn’t have a driver facing camera, then I just don’t get in this industry. I don’t need to be desperate enough to take a job I really don’t want. Folks shouldn’t be accepting driver facing cameras, and if enough people stood up and said, “no” to them, then they wouldn’t be making its way into the industry, which only opens the door for even more invasive technology down the road. Sorry if you are desperate and need to put yourself in that situation, but I am not.
     
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