is it worth the switch?

NAH. I'll stick with what is known. Doealex said it best. Bird in Hand and two in bush. 2700 contract etc.

From now on never work with family where possible in life. All it does it busts them up.

Home is nice but expensive. So there is no real point in going regularly unless I or we have been out long enough to get saddlesore having stacked money, we'll go home for a month or winter. By then we will be raring to go soon enough.

 

Forget about a reference from your current job if you break it. Not a major deal if you stick with the new job for awhile

 

I can’t say anything about breaking a contract, but I will say this:

Once I made the switch to hourly local work, I will NEVER go back to mileage pay. F that. Especially now that I load/unload my own trailer with my own forklift. I do everything on my own time. I don’t have to wait for any shipper/receiver, I don’t have appointment times, I don’t have to follow any route or fuel plan, if I pull in to my fuel stop and there is a line, I turn around and go somewhere else. it’s awesome.

These jobs are out there, you just have to be patient. Put your resume on Indeed and just keep your eyes open, but don’t rush it.

I don’t mean to slam OTR drivers, they do their thing and I do mine, and everyone is (hopefully) happy.

 

I don’t know about breaking a contract, but being home most nights, sleeping in your own bed, being around family and friends and still making good money. Local.

 

If you pay off your contract and leave you have fulfilled your contract. I’m assuming this is to cover CDL training. Your debt is to be paid with time or money which way you decide to pay is your choice. I vote for paying the money and starting the hourly gig. Teaming OTR always ends up sucking

 

As a prospective driver I was told I should talk to drivers of the company or school I was considering to find out if what was being said was true. Maybe that advise would apply to you. It would help answer a major question.

 

If you take the new job, you will have earned enough to pay the $2700 in two months, so by month number 3 you will have come out ahead, assuming that the current company is paying you less than new company is offering. And being home daily is always nice.

 

Since you can make more with the new company and be home every day, I believe I would take that opportunity if I were you.