first year

I've had broke people try and give me advice about money a few times. Told all but 1 they were nuts. He simply said "don't do anything that I do or did"
I took him seriously

 

I would say it depends on who who work for and if you have a good dm.

When I started in 1988 things were much different, it was more of a brotherhood. Other drivers would go out of there way to help you, and companies treated there drivers very well for the most part. Some companies even had a waiting list to get hired.

 

Things were very different indeed. It's not that I think drivers simply don't care today, they know most drivers have phones, and help is a button away. Back then, we were all in the same boat, and you helped someone, because sure as heck, you would need it down the line. It was considered "part of the job", and yes, employers looked for that. One job I had, I went in face to face with whoever was on the door, and said, "I'm a natural born leeever puller, and you'd be a fool not to hire me",,well, that and good references, and was driving that very afternoon after a 5 minute "test drive". They could tell in 2 minutes if you knew what you were doing. Today, not so, you may never even SEE the boss, until you screw up, that is, and everything is logged electronically at the Pentagon. Different indeed. I remember back in the late 70s, UPS was the absolute utmost in driver pay. It was what all other job pay was based on, sort of. One never got a T/T job at UPS cold quarter. You can imagine my surprise seeing a recent tv ad for UPS looking for T/T drivers.

 

I couldn’t answered this because I started back about 45 years ago, when you was green, you would drive the crappiest equipment they offered and work yourself up. Todays individuals are spoiled rotten, if your not getting in a brand new equipment, they want NO part of that company.