Saia

No recruiter. It's LTL, got to fill out an app then at the interview the TM gives you the whole deal. Depends on what you are applying for. City driver is hourly and stays local, does 10-15 stops, unloads mainly by pallet jack. M-F home everyday. If you do linehaul you'll work nights drive to do a layover (hotel) in a daycab and come right back or do a meet and swap trailers and be home the same day. 400-600 miles a day. Usually drop and hook. Not sure if they do dock work. .46.5cpm sounds about right.

 

So do they work a 7 day week with a two hr call in like a typical freight company

 

Not 100% sure cause I've never worked there. Most LTL's work 7 days linehaul and do a 2hr call in. Mine does that. It can vary on the company. City local guys tend to work M-F days. I'd apply online and ask when you get an interview. Also there is a ltl board on www.truckingboards.com some Saia guys could clear this up for you. I couldn't find much here when I was researching them.

 

They are always hiring in SLC, I have met a surprising amount of Saia Driver out looking for different Jobs. They never say they hate it, but they are never happy about it. I get emails every week from them, but I'm not sitting by the phone praying that tonight I might actually get to work, and then be laid off in the winter

 

Out in that area I doubt they'll lay off. Maybe city but linehaul in that area stays active. My company stays busy thru the winter and I run over there. Single axle isn't all that fun crossing wy or I70 in winter either. There's corporate BS that goes on over there like most LTL's that drives drivers away from LTL or to a company with less BS. If drivers are always leaving that means there's chances for a bid. Unfortunately you have to start at extra board at any LTL unless you get extremely lucky and walk on into a bid, very doubtful. Not saying it can't be done but very hard. These companies work off seniority doesn't matter your driving exp, gotta start at the bottom. Look at the bright side better then starting part time on a dock then having to move up. It's a good job if you don't like it you can get into another LTL fairly easy while working LTL.

 

I got lucky several years ago and did line haul for a small ltl company called DATS. I liked it, I just hated driving at night, because I couldnt get any sleep during the day because of rampaging kids at my apartment complex lol. I actually made more money on the extra board than half the guys who had bids, because I did alot of runs for senior guys that wanted days off. It was nice, but learning doubles and triples in winter was tough.
Thanks for the info