Is this really how it is?

Both of you should hang in there. It will get better,,,,,, then it will blow,,,, then it will be better, that is the nature of the business. I promise this though, after he gets a year or two behind him it will likely be much better.

He will be able to pick his company based on pay, routes, home time, etc. There will be a lot of options after he has a year OTR, regional carriers that are home once or twice a week, fuel tankers that are home most nights, local LTL that works for hourly pay, etc.

There is always the possibility that you could become business owners and have your own truck (or two, or ten) and determine what and where you will haul.

I wish you both success.

 

Don't give up, the apology is more than some get. Get the year in, be content with driving a company truck and it will go by fast. I started in '77 and I cannot believe how fast it went.

It will get better but you are not alone in this struggle.

 

YAY!!! I'm so happy for your good news and thank you so much for letting us know. A number of us are praying for y'all and to hear the news was wonderful.

 

If you look at it as a J-O-B, you will be dissapointed.
If you look at it as a LIFESTYLE....as a way to hobo around, escape reality, and avoid responsibilities at home while watching sunsets and rainbows...you'll be happy as a pig in the mud.

Look, folks
Trucking is a JOB...not a lifestyle.
A lifestyle is eating right and working out.
Being GAY...is a lifestyle.
An open marriage...is a lifestyle.
Smoking crack and turning tricks to support your habit...is a lifestyle.

Driving truck for a motor carrier....is a #### JOB...not a F-N LIFESTYLE.
WHOEVER DECIDED TO WRITE OFF THE POOR PAY...POOR LIVING CONDITIONS EXPERIENCED ON THE ROAD AS A LIFESTYLE...MAY BE PARTAKING IN THE SMOKING CRACK LIFESTYLE.
OR METH!!!!

 

Paddington I totally disagree with you...
For one, people don't get into trucking to avoid their responsibilities at home..anyone who avoids their responsibilities at home would do so no matter what they do as a job, as a career or whatever...

As for trucking being a job not a lifestyle.. that may be you approach to it... that may explain you level of dissatisfaction....


What do you want to get out of life? What are your Life Values?

You don't think your job or career is a part of that... What you do for a living, you spend a good portion of your life doing... There is 168 hours in a week, if you work 70 hours a week that leaves you 98 hours, if you only sleep 5 hours a night, that gives you 35 hours of sleep, leaving you 63 hours in you week, if you sleep 7 hours a night, that leaves you 49 hours... so you have 49 personal hours and 70 working hours...
Work values are those values that relate specifically to the amount of satisfaction we get from our career. But our values pervade all aspects of our life. We don't leave them at the office when our work day is done.

It is not just in trucking... people become there profession... If you walked into a room of 10 guys.. you knew 3 were cops, 2 were truckers, 2 were car salesman, 2 were farmers and 1 a hair dresser... Could you match the career with the guys, pick out who were the cops, the farmers, the truckers, the construction workers and the hair dresser.. you probably could...

Most successful people in life and career say the same thing... Enjoying what you do is important to success... Those who can do their work and also find a way to enjoy it are the ones who are successful...

I enjoy life and that enthusiasm and passion flows into all I do... and, I do believe that is why I am successful in life and career...

I am 45 years old and my house is paid for.. one of vehicles, my 2006 Chrysler Sebring is paid off, I am still paying on my new mercury, but my Harley will be paid off in a few months, i own two horses, I have money in the bank and a beautiful and wonderful partner to share it all with... I didn't do or get all that by having a job... I did it by making success a career in whatever I choose to do... By making what I do a lifestyle.. making the most of it and being satisfied...

I think it is sad that after 10 years you have not found a way to find satisfaction in what you have chosen to do...

I don't do drugs... why would I need to... When I am enjoying life and enjoying what I do for a living... Which right now... is being an OTR truck driver...

Being Gay is a lifestyle? perhaps for some, but not for all, not for me. it just happen to be part of the greater whole of my being... The whole is greater than the sum of it's parts... My being gay to me.. is like my being right handed.. or brown eyed... Is being right handed a life style.. is being brown eyed a different life style than being blue eyed...

Trucking is a lifestyle for me... I spend a good portion of my time in my truck and on the road.. my approach to it may be different than yours... But, my approach to it leaves me very satisfied and grateful for the opportunity and the money I am making.. Does your this is a J-O-B approach do that for you?

 

are you bragging about owning a 2006 chrysler sebring???

 

Yes home time can be nerve racking some times.

Most of the years when my time comes to go home at the end of the year, I come in a week early just in case.
I've DH from Long Beach one year and Vegas and all the way to Minn.

Well this year I said I have time.
Will do 1 more load..

Well I had to change plane tickets twice..
Put my wife on the orginial flight..

Then 3 weeks later I finally got on my flight..
Cost a few bucks. Thank goodness for frequent flier miles.

But keep your chin up there are good months and bad ones.
Just try and hang in there

 

You expected dispatchers and management to have a heart ??

 

I do actually enjoy my sebring... fun car to run errands in when the weather good... top down... But I was bragging about owning a sebring... just that it is paid for... That I am not out enjoying trucking to avoid responsibilities at home... It was in response to another post...

However, My custom Harley Bopper will be paid off soon and completely mine... and that is braggable... LOL

I was just pointing that I am not a hobo... I have a home, family and things...I do enjoy seeing the beautiful sunsets, rainbows and scenery that being an OTR trucker offers... I am not escaping reality because I can appreciate those things...