Starting at Schneider

I admire your courage and conviction it takes for that.

 

Moeller Trucking | Employment | Current Positions Open
This one doesn't show if wife can ride, so you'd have to call about that.
No Northeast freight.

 

Marten Transport | CDL-A OTR
This one has a guaranteed pay program and other decent benefits.

 

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Have you started the applications yet?

 

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Great job!

 

I stayed at Schneider past one year....for several different reasons:

• I had a shakey employment history prior to Schneider -- & wanted to build a history of better stability
• I saw all those accounts that Schneider works (beyond the "dollar store" boobytraps )...& the different freight types -- & didn't want to leave all that opportunity that existed under one carrier
• Driving for a mega-fleet does offer A LOT of advantages. I still miss those DC cafeterias! And all those oh-so-nice additional parking options.
• I didn't want the hassles of changing employers, starting all over at the bottom again with seniority, learning new systems & new computer/tablet programs, & having to "prove" myself again...to a new fleet & new dispatch

All this to say.....you might find a much better gig inside Schneider -- rather than just leave the company outright.

A Schneider veteran of many years "coached" me....that the real money for drivers at Schneider....was in intermodal.

Why?

Intermodal was/is Schneider's most profitable fleet -- so they could afford to treat their drivers better.

NOTE: Intermodal is NOT all day cabs. Some tractors/drivers stayed out....& drove in sleeper cabs; that's how I did intermodal there.

And...since intermodal works with the railroads -- intermodal freight is MUCH MORE CONSISTENT....than a lot of OTR there.

Either that -- or a dedicated account with one of the big-box retailers....might be worth a good look.

-- L