ABF vs. SEFL...pros and cons for a new driver? Training, benefits, equipment, etc.

It's 4 weeks in a nice hotel. No doubling up. I had a ton of fun. Still talk to the guys I went with. I wasn't thrilled either but it's 4 weeks out of a job that most people make a 30 something year career is a drop in the bucket.

 

Who was that tmc?? Lol

Comfort inn. Breakfast provided. They rent your group a minivan to tool around with on weekends and took get back and forth to school

 

Yea my original cdl school teacher wanted me to go there so bad....on the thursday of your last week you'll get road tested by a safety guy (from corporate) and then will fly out Friday sometime. Probably report back to work on Monday.

 

Well i work for SEFL in hazelhurst Ga and i love it. I worked the dock for a while at 17 dollars an hour. Then they put in a truck and my pay jumped to 21 dollars an hour. Then while i was in training i never had a pay cut. And i trained for 4 weeks doing pickups and deliveries. I ran west tallahassee out of valdosta ga. Pay is excellent on both p&d and linehaul. While i was in training i was in a new truck and i got a new truck when i got out. Depending on your location you may have to travel for training and orientation. But they pay for your food, room, and pay per hojr and mile,to drive back and forth. Southeastern is non union. And i work about 60 hours a week. I drive and work the dock when i get back in. And i also hook sets when we are done breaking freight. I love it and im just glad not to be otr. The only downside to me is unless you have a city truck then you have to share a road truck with a linehaul driver and those trucks are assigned to the linehaul guy so be ready to slip seat

 

BubbaGumpshrimp your union dues are going to be 2.5 hours a month. So roughly 40.00 a month.

 

yup you can make more money is true
and you can become like the rest of society
spending more effort to get out of work then pride in your job
the dumbing down of America
we deserve the crap we are

 

Where do you get off with that comment "spending more effort to get out of work then pride in your job" nonsense. When I had the unfortunate experience of having to work nonunion OTR now thats a lazy mans job.