Be honest, is trucking a good job?

Haul cows...?
I'll leave that to the guys that have the stomach for it.

 

guess were you live plays big part in a driving job. around here no where to work other than McD etc., wally world, or gas station. can go to school and learn a trade, drive an hour or so and make $10 to $15 and burn half that up in gas a week. so 12yrs ago i went to school got my cdl. did alot of searching and got a regional food service gig being home 3 or so different days a week. then some different companies and even was O/O for 4yrs. fast forward to now have a dedicated run gone tues to fri, drive my new(used) prostar home, and know what my check is ever week. yeah im known as a trk # cause they never hear from me or forget i even work for them lol. sometimes i have to send mess. asking for my load info cause they forget.

 

I tell young, single guys all the time to go into trucking. Save your money Maybe take some online classes in your off time. Get to see the country. It's not all bad. As for me, it can get tough with a wife and four kids. But we deal with it. I worked in an office for a few months when I broke my back. I swore I'd never do that again. I love the sunshine too much.

 

It is very much a good job, if you can handle the stress that is.

Trucking isn't easy like most think.

 

Not only would it be what you make of it, but having a passion for driving, and truly dig the idea of driving an 18 wheeler, that'll go a long way. If you're just broke, and looking for work, you mostly likely will not enjoy trucking.

 

I was otr for a year for a company. now im local hauling containers as a O.O, it still has its up's and down's but all in all its not that horrible. trucking is what you make of it. If i had to id go back to OTR but as a o.o this time.

 

It is all in what you do and how you react to situations, some people get stressed over things that don't bother other people, as for me I can say without a doubt that this is the easiest job I have ever had by a large margin. Delivering pizza was as least twice as hard and probably twice as dangerous.

 

I became a trucker because I can't stand hearing the same thing everyday...

"GET THAT FILE FILED, SORT THESE REPORTS, SIGHN THIS, DO THAT BLAH BLAH BLAH."
I had enough and just walked away, Monday I left work early, Tuesday I didn't show up.

 

Actually, Doctors, who are required to spend tons of dough in seven years of school, are going to get a 67% haircut under ObominationScare. In small claims court, I see lawyers in their 50s fighting $1,200 claims. Many industries suck now--talked with a carpenter or tuckpointer lately? This economy has hit just about everyone save the politicicans, public sector workers, and ultra rich like Hollywood Stars and George Soros. Furthermore, many 'salaried' positions white collar workers suffer in have 60+ hour weeks too. Trucking is not as far from the everyday toiling for the average worker as you make it out to be.

 

My job in encorpera paid well, but I had to kiss ### constantly and pretend to like people I hated all day.
Office Space and The Office were not far off. They were documentaries.
If you want to come home from work every day feeling like your soul has been destroyed just a little bit more, work in corporate America.
The money is not worth the misery. Nothing get's done. You just look good, sound good, pretend you're busy and stay off the radar screen.