Central Transport: No OT until 55 hours?

even being retired, i'd work at micky d's as well..

free food..>!!!!!...no traffic, restroom nearby, and "reasonable hours"

 

The restaurant industry is getting a bad rap, here. I’ve worked with a lot of amazing people in that industry. The ownership makes all the difference. If it’s a corporate store, then it’s crap. All the stores owned by someone with <10 stores were amazing, to work with. Sole proprietors have the best managers, which means the best leads and the best crews. My ex-wife was a co-manager under an ownership who wanted her to take on a store by herself. I was contemplating joining her and us running it together.

 

They're hiring in my home town. Line haul would start me at 34 an hour plus line haul pay. Their ad for P&D drivers shows lower hourly rates. It doesn't mention what their OT policy is. It does say 1st year drivers are averaging 100k a year. Hmmmm? 100k a year an in my own bed every night. I'd speculate that a driver could do worse. Heck fire there's OTR companies out here keeping guys out for 2 weeks or more barely breaking 70k or less a year. Funny thing is if I were to take the job then I would be driving out of the same terminal address where I began my trucking career in 94. The company that taught me to drive was leasing the building from central transport back then. When in later years that company moved out, Central Transport moved back in an opened a terminal up there.

 

A friend ours owns a Carl's Jr. franchise. He says his employees that do the best work are the senior citizens. He'll hire every one he can get. He's tried hiring welfare rats, and recovering dopers, and homeless people and they were all disasters.
He'll take a gray haired wrinkled elderly person with a good work ethic every time.

 

Had a bunch of worn out prostars with maxxforce at their memphis terminal.
Old trailers were bad shape.

 

I doubt McDonald’s in tifton Georgia is paying 19 dollars an hour.

 

Tifton has plenty of turf and sod companies
Those are out and back deliveries , since the turf and sod won’t live long if it stays on the truck .

 

It’s not hard to advance in the restaurant biz
A friend of mine owns 11 zaxbys with her brother .
Anyone who has some work ethic can get promoted to store manager in a few months .

same with any store
I know someone who started at Sherwin Williams paint store working the counter and in a couple of years was the regional manager

same with auto parts .
I knew someone who started at Orlieys and became store manager in a few months and then regional manager and in a couple years was over every store in five states .


But there is also no way I’d ever be a supervisor again
Especially of part time constantly quitting folks

I used to be a supervisor of five people when I was the facility manager at a large conference center ,
It was good for me at the time , big raise , learned a lot etc , but no way I’d do it now .

 

I worked for Central in the 80's, when they were still Teamsters. Wasn't the best place, or equipment, can't believe it's gotten any better.