Swift vs pepsi

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  1. trackdog

    trackdog Bobtail Member

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    Hi there im in a pickle, pepsi has offer me a job as a driver to drop off pepsi 's to there store loacal, but i still gotta do there background check, drug test, etc. Or should i go with SWIFT which i already have done. Pay with pepsi is about 15.40. Im post to leave monday on 8/16/10 with swift. But pepsi has asked me to do the drug test on tuesday. I m a rookie to trucking. and no job for the last four months. and a wife. please help
     
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  3. PeterbiltLover

    PeterbiltLover Light Load Member

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    ill be in harrisburg pa on monday for orientation with swift...im coming in experienced..so let me ask this. how does your wife feel about you being otr or would she want you home every night? then you got to look at your expenses on the road, as far as food goes mainly....
     
  4. Bent Wrench

    Bent Wrench Medium Load Member

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    A wife? Forget OTR... unless she will drive team. Then put all your stuff in storage and go tear up the highway.

    Pepsi is AN answer maybe not the right one. Take the Pepsi job and keep looking.
    NOTE: OTR companies will not recognize Pepsi driving experience.
    Scrap metal roll off trucks are another good local gig if you are near a port.
    Containerized garbage/cardboard etc is another area to look.
    Armored car? Document shredder? Lots of alternatives to OTR.
     
  5. Powder Joints

    Powder Joints Subjective Prognosticator

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    Pepsi, However your going to be loading and unloading, store route. Or is this between the bottling plant and warehouse.

    If you can handle the work Pepsi by far is the superior offer. Get hurt at Pepsi and be set for life, just joking... But check out what they expect.
     
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  6. Powder Joints

    Powder Joints Subjective Prognosticator

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    Who care what OTR companies recognize there the starting place, Pepsi is where most of the OTR people want to be...

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    THE ANSWER WOULD BE, THANT RIGHT PEPSI
     
  7. Bent Wrench

    Bent Wrench Medium Load Member

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    There are two angles to the Pepsi deal,
    Bottler or Distributor?

    I can't remember which but someone was poo pooing one of them round here
     
  8. Phantom 69

    Phantom 69 Light Load Member

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    Pepsi of course..Home everyday..probably off the weekends..Being home in your own bed every night beats a long 3-4 weeks on the road in a truckstop anyday! And you'll have steady work.Someone's always buying a case or 2 of Pepsi..Knowing what I know now..I'd go the Pepsi route..That's my .02!
     
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  9. Powder Joints

    Powder Joints Subjective Prognosticator

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    You would be hard press to find a company that has no ex-drivers with axes, if you know what I mean.
     
  10. trackdog

    trackdog Bobtail Member

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    my wife is fine with me being otr, swift has also offered me dollar tree account. they say on that ill be home every couple nights.
     
  11. trackdog

    trackdog Bobtail Member

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    its store to store route driving
     
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