Please Help Me Decide...

For a few reasons, I am going to be leaving the company I currently work for. I now have two different opportunities at my back door that I could go into. I just can't decide which one is better. So, I'd like some input on these two companies and which one you guys feel is the better option.

Company A: Regional position. Frequent trips to Detroit, Chicago and Milwaukee, also to Lansing, MI and Auburn, IN. Those are their top five popular places and the places I'd be going to the most. All of the places they go to in the big cities are on truck routes, so it's nothing too terrible, no blind side alley dock backings downtown Chicago in the middle of a busy road or anything like that. This company pays SALARY. They said $50,000 a year to start, and I'll get reviewed on a monthly basis and it has great potential to raise. So, depending on the taxes taken out, I'm assuming I'll be taking home about $650-$800 a week, every week, consistently (of course, because it's salary). This company is a 12 truck fleet. I'd only be working Monday thru Friday, occasionally Saturday. If I work Saturday, it's added to my paycheck on top of my normal salary pay. I'd be driving a 2005 Kenworth T600 with a manual transmission and be running paper logs. The owner of this company isn't switching to e-logs until literally the last possible second that he's forced to, lol. So that's pretty sweet. I'd also only be gone overnight in the truck 1, MAYBE 2 nights a week. Otherwise home every night.

Company B: Also a regional position. Lots of loads into Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, occasionally Pennsylvania and New York. Most customers are frequent customers, so for the most part, the stops aren't random. This company pays by the mile; I'd be starting at $0.40 per mile. I'd probably average right around 2000-2500 miles weekly. They pay all stops, loading, unloading, D&H and layover. They also have a fuel incentive program, where if I get good fuel mileage in my truck, I can potentially make a crap load of money each month. I'd be starting out driving a rental Ryder Freightliner Cascadia with a manual transmission, and eventually move into a company leased Freightliner Cascadia Evolution with an automated manual transmission. Their company trucks have APU's and refrigerators. I'm not too keen on driving an automated manual, so I asked if there was any way I could stay in a manual. They told me yes, they'd just keep me in a rental truck. No big deal, I'd only be gone 2 MAYBE 3 nights a week in the truck, otherwise home. No weekends, unless I was coming back from a run on a Saturday. So I really don't need the fancy company ride with the APU and refrigerator. I have a plug in cooler anyways and don't really take anything with me besides drinks and snacks.

I literally can't decide which company would be better. I really like that I could earn a lot at Company B, but I also love love love the idea of having a salary, because essentially I'd have a "safety net" when work slows down, which they said it does big time in the winter. So no matter what I'd do, I will be making a decent paycheck every week. Even if I take a day off with Company A to go to the U.P. or something, it won't affect my weekly salary pay. And of course, they are a smaller company, very great guys there, and I like the truck I'll be driving much more than a Cascadia.

Any input on this is greatly appreciated. Either way, I'm choosing one by next Friday. Next week is going to be my last week with the company I am with now.

Thanks guys!

 

Why B? In what opinion, what makes B better than A?

50,000 a year is much better than I am making now. And no, I'm not leasing. I know better than that. They lease trucks from Ryder as their company trucks. And what is 1099 companies?

Neither of my options are hourly. One is salary, one is per mile. And Company B didn't pitch me with miles, he literally showed me the sheet that they use that tracks every single driver's miles per month, and most were 8000-10000 miles monthly. Yes, I'm talking about the regional guys, not only OTR. So he didn't try to pitch me to get me hired with that. Both of these companies are small. Company B is only about 40-50 trucks strong. Family owned, super super nice guys. Almost everybody that works for them loves them and their job. It took me a month to get this regional opening, if that means anything. And the guy that had to stop driving regionally only had to for medical reasons otherwise I'd still be waiting for an opening.

I am local/regional for the company I work for now. I ABSOLUTELY DESPISE LOCAL WORK! That's one of the many reasons I am leaving my current company... I currently make about $400-$500 take home at the company I am with now. Per week. I am living paycheck to paycheck right now, dipping into my savings every week. It sucks.

 

By the way guys, I heard someone mention home time.. Home time is what I desire. I only wanna be home one to two nights a week. And both of these companies can make this happen. I also despise local and OTR work, both of these companies offer the exact type of driving I desire.

 

Thanks for clearing that up. I know for a fact Company B doesn't pay like that, neither does the one I work for now. All the taxes and crap get taken out automatically. I'm pretty sure Company A is the same way, I will know more about that tomorrow when I go talk to them. But thanks for bringing that up, very good point!