FedEx freight or Saia freight, which is the better choice for retirement?

Yes saia pays ot after 45

 

@nash6289 - As to your original question, you might check out truckingboards.com to ask drivers who work for each company what their retirement benefits are. One may have a better 401k match or profit sharing or whatever.

 

No they pay after 40 i work for them

 

Fedex over Saia who is fire happy.

 

What state are you in? West coast? Ohio is 45.

From what I understand, California, Washington, and Oregon have strengthened their laws to not exempt truck drivers from overtime pay after 40, which the federal rule does (truck drivers are exempt from federal overtime regulations). That is why for most of the country Estes doesn't pay OT until after 55 hours, and Old Dominion doesn't pay OT until after 60 hours, for example.

The former Con-Way has an interesting relationship with overtime pay. In the North, they pay OT after 8 hours in a day. In the South, they pay OT after 50 hours in a week if I remember correctly. This was because the threat of a union was stronger in the North, so they tried to keep their pay structure very close to the union carriers.

It's interesting how the politics of a region can affect how people are paid. The flip side of that is it also affects cost of living. To each his own.

 

@lcfd15 and @luis916 - Maybe you guys can clarify something for me. Saia is one of the LTL companies I recommend, but I feel like people should be fully informed about their policies up front, which I'm not sure they detail at the point of giving someone a job offer.

Specifically, I am wondering about their cell phone ban. Is it true that all cell phone usage is prohibited while driving, including while using a Bluetooth headset? Does that include listening to music or podcasts on your phone with it mounted on the dash/windshield? Can you use Google maps on your phone? I know with driver-facing cameras you'd be caught eventually if you violated the headset ban, for instance.

As a linehaul driver, I can't imagine not being able to talk to my fellow coworkers at 5 am when we all could use a little help finishing up the night. I didn't care about it when I worked P&D because of the constant hustle, but that phone can be a lifesaver in the black abyss of the road at night. I know Saia is a top-tier job and that $100k is possible as a road driver there, but I think prospective drivers should be fully informed of what those rules are before they commit to a job there.

 

There is a cell phone ban...even on blue tooth
Driver facing cams are coming
And in tenn its OT AFTER 45