First and foremost, if you look at my post history; you’ll find that I did not have the best first introduction to being a professional driver. The long and short of this post is to assuage the fears of anybody looking to jump to a local/small company. I worked for 2 “nationally known” carries and had, without a doubt, the worst experience ever working for a nation-wide company. The first one decided that my pre-existing condition was grounds for delaying my hiring process. The second was as anti-employee as you could get. During orientation I make a quip about how “if you have to say your so pro-employee; then you’re probably anti-union” and lo and behold I was pulled aside and coerced into playing along and not bringing up unions again. I quit 2 months later and went back to my first corporate position. After about a year with no changes (either pay or trust) I decided to start looking toward another direction. The company I am currently with has been one of the best companies and experiences I have had in the past 3 years. I’m not naming them as we are a very small company, but I get 3k+ miles a week at 0.55/m (after taxes) and 0.12/m per diem and don’t want any other competition taking away my miles. Needless to say you shouldn’t take posts that detract from smaller companies at their word; and nothing ever changes if you don’t do your research.
Been with 2 “corporate” carriers and then I found…
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