I think there's a lot of confusion here in your thread. You are not talking about LTL you're talking about truckload with the 53' trailers and the sleeper tractors from what I can tell. You're post could have said:
UPS Freight truckload vs. Conway truckload. You're getting mixed responses with people talking about on call and working the docks which is the LTL side.
Con-Way or UPS?
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All I know about the con-way position is that it is home every night as well and involves more loading and unloading. -
Sounds to me your comparing UPS freight truckload with COnway LTL,,, See your a wanna be truck driver. If your home every night thats likely LTL.. So comparing the 2 is like apples and oranges... Guess the easiest way to answer your question is... IF you dont mind sleeping in a truck go with UPS, if you like your bed like me.. Conway's for you
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DSR (Former Employee),
Pros: pay, weekends off, home daily(though only long enough to sleep)
Cons: horrible treatment, cameras in cabs, no breaks
Long days without breaks, they call all their employes DSR's (Driver Sales Representative) do to a loophole in the labor laws that state labor laws do not apply to sales reps, if you work the dock all day and decide to take a break after 12 hours they can and WILL fire you for stealing company time!
Aside from being treated horribly this is a great place to make money if you cant find a driving job elsewhere, they start at $20hr (or $0.42mi for LH) and work you 60-70hrs a week whether you like it or not, If you work on linehaul plan on sitting on the side of the road for a few hours every Saturday morning because they WILL run you out of hours every Friday night.
They will hire people fresh out of driving school so this is a good place to get the 1-2 years driving experience that other companies require!
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