Am I Crazy? Need Advice

I would stay where you are at because if you think that poor leadership is a problem where you are at, it is a lot lot worse in this industry.

Example I arrived at my clients place at the time I was assigned to, 5am - I am a temp driver. They had to have three large castings (they each weigh 40,000 lbs each) picked up Today, not tomorrow, not yesterday but today, so I get there, do a pre-trip and prepare the equipment for the castings. I am about to roll out the yard when the foreman ran to the truck to tell me to wait until the machine shop manager who gets in at 7:30. I waited and waited and finally he comes in late. He said I need to take a finish casting to customer X and then pick up at another customer so I said "sure", rolled out the yard with 11000 lbs worth of machined mold, come back with 1100lb raw casting to be machined. Then he sent me to another customer down the street to pick up some machine parts for a mill and when I got back the company mid-managers were in a freaked out mode of operation. They ran to the truck before I stopped it and asked where the three castings are, they can't find them and thought they got put into the furnace. I told them I was told to do other work, not to bother about them, so they freaked out more, one even screamed ran around the truck a couple times. So I ended up I getting one of them, tomorrow I will get the other two because they needed them today and only today.

At this company, which is common, they can't communicate between departments or from the too down. The owner is my direct superior but everyone thinks they can boss me around. The shop manager got dressed down because of the issue he caused, I got a lot of ot money because my company was called as soon as they tried to pin the issue on me, so my boss said screw them, I was to be there for one job, nothing else.

 

I know you don't want to hear this but, you are better off staying where you are at.

 

Yes, you most certainly are crazy. Stay right where you are and in 10 years you will be 38 with your whole 20 in and much of the best part of life in front of you still.

Most new drivers do not make it past the first YEAR over the road and a vanishingly small percent make it to 10 years compared to those that start. Put up with the BS, yes sir no sir right away sir and get your 20.

Good luck,

Jim

 

sorry, i meant slow as in no slow down of work. but also, his truck could beat some of the rentals Penske gives me. not my current assigned one however.

 

Funny.... even with all the research you can do, it does not come close to how it really is out here.

 

Stay the 20 and retire... the money each month plus the medical helps.

 

I would keep doing what your doing....giving it up to try an industry with massive turnover is too risky. The excitement of trucking wears off quickly and then you have to make a choice to go all in or leave....most leave.