Any Good Companies?

OMG Are you lost....hope you have an open delivery date...

Sorry could'nt resist...

 

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For the most part this is true, for most of todays drivers...
but the other side of the coin "Attitude relects Leadsership"
Truck driving isn't for everyone,,particularly those with a thin skin.
Most can't seperate "a bad day" from an ongoing problem.
But in their defense, the other side of trucking is really changing as well...
Competition for freight is feirce..unrealistic promises are made.
Some companies are trying too make trucking an exact science..when we all know it's not.
The economy has forced people into an industry they would otherwise avoid. Myself included..but I am a bit older then most new drivers. (50 yrs)
Well I've given several examples,,for both sides..but have no idea when if at all it will get better..

 

Trucking is as stressful a job as any other, but in many other branches of industry a worker/operator is in some way able to see his/her boss almost daily (sometimes too many times during a day). We don't. And there is the problem. I can recognize my dispatcher's voice easily, but not his face. We are becoming separated. And we are supposed to be a good team.
A few years back i broke my leg and stayed at home...been dispatching my parents (trucking family) and let me tell you...they made a lot more $$ and it was not stressful for them at all. I would have all the directions, a load as soon as they unload, i even paid lumpers at Sysco for them BEFORE they arrived...was fun. But it was fun because we made a good team. Like a racetrack driver and his "team".
Also, before that i ran a city semi in Chicago for 3 years. Been treated like a king. Made a good buck. All cause i was in direct contact to the people dispatching me. They knew my problems, i knew theirs.
What i'm saying is that you as a company driver may not have an option of getting close to a dispatcher if you got 200 of them. But as an owner operator or a driver in a small company make sure that your dispatcher is a team member, that he can trust you and that you can trust him/her.
Also, in these times there will be a lot of bad work, short miles, long unloads, bad runs in general. Don't go blaming a company for every bad deal.

 

I learned a lond time ago that the only differance between trucking companies is the 800# on the back of the trailer.

 

some people fit in certain companies and others do not, you have to be a loner in this career for sure. make sure to ask the right questions and hope that the company is honest with you. you will have to take a lot of b/s in this career as well and not a regular 9-5 job. not for everyone, and you can see which ones are just belly aching cuz they didnt get their way and others who have true and honest problems with a company that are legitimate. the best thing i see is dont drive for companies that are always hiring, they have a high turn over rate for a reason.

 

What i have learned on this site,is to take things with a grain of salt .
I have seen drivers get screwed period. But i have also seen guys with awful work ethic cry,##### .

So there are bottom feeder companys out there,and not just trucking.
But i feel if you are hardworking and pay your dues things can get better.

 

It all depends on what you think a good company is.
I think 99% of all irregular-route, over-the-road common carriers are complete garbage...and I'd quit the biz for good if I had to go back to one of those jobs.
But someone else might hire-on to one of these outfits and think they discovered King Solomon's mines.
Some guys like sleeping in rest areas, waiting around for no $$$ for a load, never getting home on time, eating truckstop food, .30 cpm, stripped-down governed company rigs, weekends on the road, etc.
It's all in what you're willing to put up with, I guess...

 

It has not changed much in the thirty some years I have been trucking. Everyone has an opinion, likes, dislikes, needs and wants. Like a politician said once about the difference between the two parties "There is not a dimes worth of difference between the two".