Corrigan Moving Sytems...

First off I am new here but I have doing a lot of reading for the past four or five months and would like to say thx for all the great information. I will try not to ask to many questions that already have been answered..lol.

Here is the dilemma. I just graduated a trucking school and a company called Corrigan Moving systems has hired a few students from this trucking school (brand new trucking school, I just graduated and it was the school's class ever) before and seems like a good company to go with since I would prefer to stay local because of the wife and our 1 year old.

I went in for the interview and the company wants to start me off at $14.50 and hour with potential to top out at $18-$19 an hour (based on performance) after a year and a half. They work from 7am till when the job is done, and was told some days the job can be done in five hours and other 12 hours. The bring supplies, do all the packing, moving to and from where the shipment is going, and even do the cleaning up after the move. The company moves anything from a one bedroom apartment, warehouse equipment, and even vehicles. I was straight up told driving is only 30% of the job.

Now even though I'm not really a fan of this whole packing, loading, and unloading deal I will do it because my wife is impressed because I get to be home more and I'm with that because I get to see my one year old more but they drive automatics, you will only drive a tractor trailer combination 60% of the times (vans and box trucks the other times), the first three months they dont want you to focus on driving but more so on how to pack boxes and load a trailer correctly..............

Okay before this gets to long I'm worried my little driving skills and know how I currently have will be lost and I will be of little use to an actual trucking company that drives and docks when I want to move on to a different company in 2, 5, or 10 years because I have not done much actual driving and backing up to docks and things I really want to learn how to do.....do I have valid concerns?????????????

I love my family but I want to drive and learn more about shifting, backing up, and etc and I'm thinking of pursuing and over the road company for a year or two I just dont know if my concerns are valid enough and I should look elsewhere or just try this company out????

Thx for reading...and sry for all grammatical errors and such!

 

Ah I see well this company is different. They keep a low staff and as I said previously they just don't move apartments and furniture which makes them different. For instance they are moving a lot of the vehicles at the auto show this season. They have drivers and driver helpers and he said his guys are averaging 40 to 54 hours a week right now but my concern was in the driving itself. Thx for your speedy reply.

 

Thx @ Chinatown. Yes I live 20 miles outside of Detroit. Corrigan mentioned having an over the rode division and I wl inquire. I have made calls to Maverick and a few others and they told me about regional positions but said they can not guaranteeme home every weekend??

I am just trying to get experience as I know which type of trucking jobs I want but they all told me to get experience and reapply.

 

Thx! I appreciate the information and I contacted the job placement guy at the truck driving school. He applied me to something called matrix and PMTG which I heard some bad things about. I understand this is new for us and she is not gonna like it 100% but hopefully it works out as she comes into the lifestyle more. I will check out those companies you named.

 

Foodservice is actually my ultimate goal as I've worked in foodservice warehouses for years and I kind of know that side of the business. my desires for home time are just home on the weekend. right now I just want to get a good company to go with and gain some serious driving experience so I know how to drive. Thx!