Anybody Work for Schneider LTL?

whay have you read?

just looked up on schneiderjobs. the closest to me showed an otr ltl job out 2 weeks for "upto" .43cpm . 62k a year. This particular position was out of Brownstown, Mi from a search utilizing my zip code in Cbus Ohthe tractors I saw before I jumped for better were single axle sleepers running yrc pups.

is that what you what you want to jump to? an otr position?

 

I have never seen a posting that listed "starting pay" its ALWAYS been an "UPTO" number.

just sayin.

 

link that posting will you?

I searched ltl for mass. I see where the 70k figure is but is states clearly UPTO.
also hauling furniture and unloading that. it includes final mile stuff they got from watkins shepard.


from the posting I saw...
Regional LTL Driver | Home Multiple Times per Week | Up to $10,000 Sign-on Bonus | MA & RI
Home Time:

Multiple Times Per Week
Experience:

All CDL holders
Requisition ID:

173180

Regional Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) truck drivers get home multiple times a week and earn up to $70,000 per year* starting pay. Enjoy a predictable work schedule in this CDL driving job, averaging 1,800-2,000 miles per week. Regional LTL drivers engage frequently with customers and assist with tailgating freight (boxed furniture, carpet, etc.). As a Regional LTL trucker, you'll enjoy the best of both worlds: the freedom of the open road while staying close to home. Enjoy you weekends off as well as time off during the week. Start your Regional LTL trucking career with Schneider’s Dedicated division today in Boston, Stoughton or Providence!


Eligible CDL Truck Driver Applicants: All Class A CDL holders

Massachusetts and Rhode Island Regional LTL Driver Pay

Up to $70,000 per year*
$10,000 sign-on bonus for experienced drivers
Eligible for monthly safety and fuel bonuses
$20 stop-off pay (average 10-15 stop offs per round)
Accessorial pay for breakdown, layover and load/unload
*Based on CDL driver experience, performance and location

Regional LTL Driver Benefits

Medical, dental and vision insurance, plus flexible spending options
401(k) savings plan with company match
Paid orientation and time off
Up to $7,000 tuition reimbursement (paid at $200/month) for qualified drivers
Paid 3-day refresher course option for drivers restarting a driving career
Credit for Military Experience program

Massachusetts and Rhode Island Regional LTL Driver Qualifications

Valid Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)
Live within 100 miles of Boston, MA or Stoughton, MA or within 75 miles of Providence, RI

 

It's just another Schneider gimmick!! All the pay and treatment you can ask for but yet their turnover rate is insane hmm sounds about right!! The majority of customer's in the freight business won't put up with damaged freight late pick ups and deliveries and their properties being destroyed by under trained steering wheel holders Schneider will use to fill seats once people get the experience they need to get a GOOD freight job. Why is it that a driver can apply to Schneider and be in orientation within a day or two but it will take 1 2 or even 3 months to even get an interview with most freight companies?? Above industry standard experience I'd imagine!!

 

I think it requires experience to be done well, and professionally. It also requires decent pay. I've had customers tell me they use us for more important stuff they need there on time and damage-free (both of which numbers are extremely high), and a specific other carrier when they don't care as much. That place has much lower pay per contract concessions, is hiring drivers with months, not years, of experience, and has resentful senior drivers who no longer care. The company got what what they paid for, and their customers have to make a decision about what kind of service they want. My point is I don't think anyone can mega-ize LTL and still have a quality service.

 

Also, I don't think you can equate XPO and Schneider. XPO bought an actual LTL company. Schneider is doing an entirely different thing. I don't know about them "bailing out" ABF drivers. Even YRC. That sounds odd to me. XPO, maybe. Schneider, no.

I happen to know @mickeyrat . He is a good man, with excellent Googling skills (not to mention a former Schneider driver with a real LTL job). The post he found tells the tale, and I've done a similar job. I agree with @City-Boy - it's a gimmick. That job amounts to long-range P&D in a sleeper truck tailgating garbage freight (boxed furniture and carpet). While it is technically "LTL" loads, they are using that term as a gimmick, because everybody knows LTL drivers are rich and handsome.
(sarcasm)

 

I dont think its a gimmick. They bought out Watkins Shepard. I hear many of their drivers jumped ship as a result. At the time , it was claimed WS would be seperate. But most saw that for what it was. Fertilizer.

Have seen WS pulling Wally trailers to fill in on that account for SNI.

My take is, since SNI went public earlier this year, the WS purchase was to bolster their overall attractiveness.

So, IF you ARE still interested, track down some watkins drivers here. They can give the scoop as to what the job fully entails.

 

Good info.

I meant gimmick in the sense that LTL as most people know it isn't driving a sleeper all over the place making multiple stop deliveries. While it is technically LTL freight, it is NOT an "LTL freight job," if that distinction makes any sense. Nobody would have ever included Watkins Shepard in a list of LTL companies before.

From their website:
"Now, as part of Schneider, we are one of the nation's leading final-mile-delivery provider of LTL, truckload and logistics for home funishings and over-dimensional goods serving traditional and omnichannel retailers."

Translation: garbage freight. If they pay $70k, that means those drivers are earning it, and probably deserve way more (much like city drivers at real LTL companies who are home every night). I've never worked for ABF, and I know they do things a little differently than at my company, but I cannot imagine that job being a step up from ABF.

 

I should also note that 70k also includes the performance based bonuses.

70k had an asterisk. read the text for the asterisk.