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I drove for DOT foods, great company, one of the rare family run companies where the sons did not screw things up and it's still a great company as it grows.

Excellent pay and bennies, you'll make more there your first year than most veteran drivers. True family/small trucking company atmosphere even though they're kind of a big company now.

 

I'll tell you what. If I was going to driving school and lived close to a Dot D.C. I wouldn't give it a second thought I'd be applying. This is a good time for unexperianced drivers to step foot into a driving career at Dot.

 

I drive for DOT Foods I got hired May of 2014... This year I'm on pace to make 65k plus. And seeing some of the other drivers paychecks that's low. I hardly touch any freight. Mostly Subject to count and turns... But the breakdown's aren't bad alot of stops are count on pallet so you're not touching anything but you get paid the same as if you broke it down these type of stops tend to be the smaller operations... I prefer multi stop mom and pop customer's. It breaks up the day and your not on the same dock all day... I get home 2 or 3 times a week and weekends off... I love working for the company, good family atmosphere... If I had to say something negative it would be down time...

 

Good luck in food service. Don't forget, there's companies that are 100% no-touch freight in case you get burned out @55 yrs. old.

 

There are positions at Dot that are no-touch freight... They're hiring transfer drivers right now where all you do is drop and hook...

 

Down time meaning sometimes your load isn't ready when they say its going to be ready i.e. system issues, drivers not getting the back haul back in time... So some drivers are stuck waiting around the yard for hours...But this doesn't happen all the time... I look at it as a trade off for the amount of money you're going to make... I don't think any job is 100% perfect but for me DOT is pretty close... They say give it at least 6 months to find your niche.. This couldn't be truer...

 

I was also speaking to a transportation manager... He said that Dot is seriously looking at paying the driver for taking a 10 hr break... Much like wal-mart does... Which would be sweet if it actually happens...