How to Choose a Company to Work For

The first thing the pros on this site will want to know is.....where are you located?
Best of luck in your new career.

 

Been trying to decide this for months. Soon as I settle on one I change my mind two days later. Just have prioritize what's most important for you.

 

Lots of information in here, but don't get lost in the complaints. Settle down, make your choice, and stick with it. Figure to be there for at least 6 months, a full year is better. Not for your employment history, but for your learning curve. It takes a while to get good at this. My major areas are: 1. reliable miles 10-12K/month. 2. Honest pay. Other than that, truck companies all haul freight for money, trucks are trucks, and driving is driving. Changes every day, in other words.

 

Do you want to handle freight? Drop and hook? Tarp/Untarp? Have an APU?

Just a few more questions to consider to help wittle down your decision. If

your looking in your area you'll get peoples responses. Good luck to you.

 

can someone tell me about Carolina Cargo Rock Hill South Carolina?

 

Your first company is probably the most important because it is there that you will learn how to become a truck driver. There is so much more than what you learned in CDL school...routing, fuel loads, how to make pickups and deliveries on time across multiple time zones, how to deal with cranky dispatchers and counter people. You will learn what life is really like out there as weather and traffic conditions change.

Look into Prime Inc. They are a 48-state carrier with several divisions (so you have options later on without changing companies) and their training program is thorough and comprehensive; plus they pay more than others for new drivers, which is important!

Good luck to you.

 

1st , try and decide just what area /niche you want to occupy in trucking. Do you want ORT , do you want regional , do you want local? Then , decide if you want to do reefer , flat-bed , van , tanker , heavy-haul , drop deck , fuel/gas , food service....lots of areas to ponder. After that , start really looking at companies , closely looking now , I've always known it to be true that if a company has drivers with 10 years to 12 , 15 + or - along with a few in the 20 to 30 years of service with said company , they are doing something right. Drivers don't stick around just for money /benefits.....always something better ( they think around the bend ) , but they do stay for companies that treat them well , and have good , ( read well maintained equipment , both trucks & trailers ) I'm no expert , nothing close , but I did stay in the industry for most of my adult life , spent over 30 years with the same company ( GSF ) before retiring in 2011.

Like I said look at retention rates of a company , ask the interviewer how much time the average driver for his company has in , if it's less than 5 years for their most senior driver....they need to passed by. Hope I made some sense for you . Good Luck in your up-coming career!

 

Horrible with extremely low pay.