Leaving a career job for trucking

You will love it. You deal still deal with petulant cry babies...but at least you can tell them to get bent because they are adults lol. You will make WAY better money too.

Any prospects on companies?

 

20 years in the United States Marines
4 years of college, Business Administration ~ Finance
20 years manufacturing.
~ Production Operator
~ Quality Control
~ Lab Tech
~ Fork Lift Operator
~ Team Leader
~ Supervisor
~ Senior Supervisor
~ Automotive Parts Press Stamping, Assembly
2nd Career? 90% + managerial/supervisory

HATED IT!

Third Career \ 61 years of age \ OTR Trucking

Only 3 regrets

1. Wished I had done it 24 years ago when I retired from the Marines

2. Wished I was more experienced and better at it, (See #1 above)

3. Wished I had switched to another more qualified trainer. He's a great truck driver, great guy more or less, just not so good at Training

 

Lots of companies say they require "X" amount of experience. Ignore that and apply anyway. In my case, I investigated until I found the name of a senior recruiter. He helped me with the application so the system didn't dump it for lack of experience.

 

Trucked out of high school.
Went to college.
Did 1 semester at U of M.
Wasn't for me..that was 44 yrs ago.

 

I, like you, am seriously thinking of leaving my career (in a few weeks) and driving a truck teamed with my hubby OTR. We are still exploring all of our options. He originally had a fading issue if he was driving a long boring stretch, he would fade...hard. Well we have totally changed our eating habits and have eliminated all sugars, carbs, veggies, fruits and alcohol and it has made a world of difference in both of our energy levels...no more driving fade! Still researching our best options. Best of luck to you.

 

We only eat meats, some hardy cheeses and water...no fruits

 

Carnivore...all meats, some hardy cheeses and only water. Amazing!