drive with O/O or company?

in the "A-typical" scheme of working for an o/o, they DO NOT pay any taxes, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE to set aside money each week, maybe set up an account with a CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANT, and send in your tax money on a quarterly basis..

in the "A-typical" scheme of working for an o/o, they DO NOT HAVE any benefits, like health, dental, etc..

in the "A-typical" scheme of working for an o/o, they DO NOT pay into the unemployment fund either, so if you become unemployed, you WILL BE up ship's creek WITH OUT any unemployment money to collect.

in the "A-typical" scheme of working for an o/o, he/she CANNOT GUARANTEE you will either work every day, or PAY YOU when you are driving an empty trailer. most usually pay you WHEN THE TRAILER HAS A LOAD.....

do you wanna work for free...???

do you wanna pay your own taxes..??

do you wanna chance having a health issue and no medical coverage..??

do you wanna NOT get a weekly paycheck..?? (but still have to pay quarterly taxes..??), and you had to dip into your (tax savings account) because you DO NOT work every day..??



if so, then go and work for an o/o........you have been warned.

 

You will learn alot more with your O/O friend.If you can prove your experience you shouldn`t have trouble moving on when the time comes.

 

not sure how it is nowadays, but years ago, any experience working for an o/o was NOT considered by many companies..as it was NOT verifiable, because anyone could have written a letter or answered a phone, and said the person worked for them. i think absolute verifiable experience is required.

but who knows, things change..i mean at one time Werner demanded at least 2-3 years SOLID experience before they would even open up your application..

now look at them....just another "A-typical" meat market.....

 

You will likely learn more working for an owner operator than for a major carrier. If you plan on buying your own truck at some point, you can learn much more with the owner operator as to how to run (or not run) a truck. If that was the case, whether the guy took out taxes would not be a factor. Some don't have the discipline to be responsible for their own taxes, others do. Benefits would not be much of a consideration for me either. I figure that I can buy my own insurance. Again, you are there to learn. But, those are things that would need to work out with your friend. As far as whether it would be a good idea to work for a friend, that is something that you should consider. It can work well for some, not so good for others. As far as proving experience, just hang on to your log books. That along with a recommendation from your friend should be sufficient to prove your experience. When you say your friend is an owner operator, is he leased to a carrier or run his own authority? If he runs his own authority then any potential employer can check to see that he had authority during the time you worked for him. If he leases to a carrier then the carrier will need to approve you and they can document that you drove his truck.