(Nashville) Looking for new job

First Fleet is in Murfreesboro. firstfleetinc.com
I think they run mostly grocery chains accounts out of that home office location. Mostly Kroger. They are a regional account.
I'm not a big fan of them anymore because of the AI baby monitoring that they have started integrating in their fleets over the past 2 or 3 years. No driver facing cams .... yet. But you said you weren't worried too much about forward facing cams so, maybe its ok for you. They have the following to close, lane departure, speed (going down hill etc), rolling stops, etc. All that AI stuff.
They do have Volvo's & Petes. Usually 3 year old & less trucks. They do keep their equipment up. I can say that about them. If it aint right, get it fixed! Pay is maybe average but that depends on the account & the contract you're working under.
Really good benefits though.
Depending on the contract your on, they have yard mules, city drivers, local, regional & OTR positions.
First Fleet runs dry vans & refers. They do have offices all over the US so, if you need to move around later... They run a lot of different dry van & refer accounts throughout the US.
I'm working on a Georgia Pacific account .. cardboard & some paper.
They have some Flowers (bread products) accounts. West Rock (paper) accounts and a couple of grocery accounts.
Truck speed varies per account. Anywhere from 66 to 71 I think. I think the grocery accounts are at 71.
Depending on the account, they could have a decent sign on bonus & some have guaranteed pay... and that varies in rate & day / week guarantee.
Uniforms (if that's what you want to call it). Mighty poor choices in my opinion.
They do have pre-pass & I seldom ever get pulled in across the scales. Very seldom.

In the end, it's a job. It's not the top of the line, but it's a job and it's certainly not the worst. I'm only staying here because I only have 18 months until retirement. I really don't wanna be moving around this late in the game. There's good & bad about this company just like any other. A person could easily do better but you could do worse too. In my opinion, they're average.
FYI, I've been in a truck seat in one manner or another since 1982... 43 years.

 

The two guys who started FF & Averett, actually started out as co-owners of First Fleet. I guess there was riff somehow & one of them left and started Averett. Same colors & same design.. just different companies... & competitors.

I dont know anything about First Express.