I'm baaaaaack!!!!!!!!

No "I told you so's" coming from me, since I kept my yap shut on this move. Since I never worked for Celadon or Risinger, I'm not properly informed enough to say yea or nay on a move.

That said, given what you have been through, I would've made the jump, too. That "wage lock" sounded real good, especially with freight the way it's been. Too bad Celadon is doing their best to avoid making good.

I'd recommend looking for a smaller carrier in the area of your folks, but they are getting hammered every bit as hard as the bigger carriers right now. Market sucks for everybody, and I wouldn't be at all surprised if we see another round of smaller carrier shutdowns like we did in '08. So sticking it out with a bigger carrier (with more capital to weather the storm, as it were) might be the safer option. A little money is better than no money at all, yes?

Stay safe and warm!

 

Have you considered grocery store deliveries? Aldi has a DC in Greenwood. Don't know who the carrier is tho.

 

A career change might be what you need,it's getting harder and harder in this industry,I have been at it for 24 years, I quit for 2 years and came back.

 

You just gotta keep things in perspective Captain. When I start ruminating about how unfairly the world is treating me, I'll see an article about those refugees in the Greek islands and thank the Good Lord that I don't have to make the choices that they must make. Stay in your home and possibly be killed by homicidal fanatics or jump in a rickety boat with no real destination and possibly be killed escaping from the homicidal fanatics.

Thru all history, really until just the last 100 years or so, humankind has teetered on the brink of starvation. I've never really (really) had to worry about where I'll get my family's next meal.

Things seem dire now (I've been there myself) but things always seem to have a way of working out. Maybe this is exactly where you need to be so that you're directly in the path of that next great opportunity. God has an ironic sense of humor and He's got perfect timing. All we can do is just keep plugging along and let Him do His thing. You're very smart and you're a very hard worker, so you've got a huge advantage over most of the population. Just keep things in perspective.