Looking to get out of Foodservice

I don’t mind it here and there but wouldn’t want it to be an every day ordeal.

 

FedEx freight city driver

 

Maybe go work for a temp service for a while till you find something you like. That’s what I’m doing in Dallas right now. I’m doing it for other reasons, but I’ve worked at a few logistics outfits that have lots of Mon.-Fri day routes that pay 23 & up hourly.

 

I can applaud you for that. Actually staying at a job and not just bouncing from company to company every three months. Can definitely tell you are not a otr driver. I am the same way, did 17 years at ups till I put my pension paperwork across and went to work for Coke.

 

Yep, job hopping want get you anywhere usually. I did 18 years at one company, not trucking, 4 at 1st trucking company, wish I was still there. OP, I’ve done food service, mail runs, LTL at temp company. LTL is definitely less work. You might look at Ryder & Penske logistics in your area, if the temp companies can pay drivers 20+ hourly, full timers must be doing pretty good.

 

What about Shaw Flooring? Practically checks off everything on your list. They appear to have a plant in Houston TX.

Shaw runs exactly like LTL. Daytime drivers are called LTL drivers and are no different from any of the other LTL P&D drivers out there. Only difference is they specialize in nothing but flooring.

Depending on what type of run you have, you may have up to 15-20 stops delivering to retail stores or flooring showrooms, bulk deliveries, shuttling loads form DC to DC, or yard jockeying. Deliveries can be anything from carpet, tiles, wood flooring, cement boards, adhesives, etc., basically anything that involves flooring. Loads are usually palletized and unloaded with a pallet jack and liftgate if they don't have a dock, or by forklift if they do, or tailgate the load to the end of the trailer for the forklift to take off. Carpets are normally unloaded by forklifts with carpet pole attachments.

Paywise, Shaw is around $27 an hour around my area, but I think it's around $24 an hour on average nationwide. They have different 8 hour shifts. Shift 1,2, and 3 will vary as each DC will have different start times. They also have what's called a "B Shift" which are 12 hour shifts. Some DC's, you can have a 4 day work week at 10-12 hours a day, or a 5 day work week at 8-12 hours a day. OT is paid after 40. WEEKENDS ARE OFF. Don't know about the benefits but they do match whatever you put in for the 401k.

Overall...they're a fortune 500 company and have one of the largest private fleets in the nation. You can do a lot worst than work for Shaw.