Thinking about changing companies....need advice...

Never heard a bad word about Dayton Freight I say go for it.

Sometimes change is good.

 

have you talked to the boss about it?

the money, not about changing jobs. lol

 

Ask Dayton to have a current Dayton P&D driver call you and have him describe pay and conditions. Don't mention what you hope it pays or hope the schedule will be, etc. You want to know what is happening, he doesn't need to know your preference or he'll just tell you want to hear.

 

Again, why would anyone do that? Do you think that they would actually put a driver on the phone with you? Especially if they were desperate for driver's? Not saying that Dayton would need to do that. That's simply flawed advise regarding all companies.

 

I agree. I think its more important to figure out what's important to you in a job then find an adequate match. I think too many drivers listen to embellishments of an experience and expect the exact same story. That never happens.

I think you should go to the interview and hear what they have to say. You can’t have fear of the unknown when you haven't received a job offer yet. You make a change only if you think the offer is going to be a significant upgrade than what you have now.....first things first. Gotta do the interview number 1.

 

Isn’t talking to currently employed drivers a very common practice when hiring onto a new company?

I rarely if ever done it myself to be honest. I’m just expecting that the driver I’d get to talk to would turn out to be the 23-year company vet who bleeds the company colors. He was there when the owner’s pride and joy was born, and now he’s working for the owner’s baby boy. He has had many good conversations with the owner since he hired on; he’s even on first name basis with most of the office. Right, so in my head, he is saying the company is god’s gift to the trucking industry while simultaneously making about what your average company driver makes at a place like Crete, which is fine enough. And he’s got a good truck and gets good loads.

But if you go and talk to one of their regular drivers at the truck stop, he starts off with a big sigh and a shake of the head before telling you that the trucks are junk, the trailers are garbage, the loads and customers suck, the pay ain’t even close to what’s promised, he hasn’t seen home in months; dispatch couldn’t get a round peg through a square hole if they had a 10-pound sledge, instructions, and there’s four of em; the rest of the office couldn’t care less about anything at all, and every night he’s fighting the alley cats for the thrown out roller dogs. “But, you know, it’s alright.”

LOL