Been with 2 “corporate” carriers and then I found…

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.

 

Your first sentence mentioned post history. What post history?

 

Glad your happy!

 

Seeing your user image tells me all I need to know about you.

 

I think you will find most companies don't like smart ### comments that put the company in a bad light by current or potential employees.

 

My worst experience driving was with a big company and my best was with a small company. And all of them reinforced the idea that trucking is just another industry that churns through employees instead of trying to nurture a long term relationship, it's just that the smaller company wasn't anywhere as bad about it as the larger ones were.

 

My experience was just the opposite.

 

"I will do the opposite"

Check out this video, costanza "i will do the opposite": https://share.google/Z8UbmA0NnxGW8uH70

 

You know what? Not kidding. Bad Religion was my absolute favorite band in 1983. I was 15 years old and Los Angeles HC was my life. That first BR LP was everything. You could say I was a nightmare for my family. I thought I knew what Christianity was about.

I've come a long way since then. I can't stand who I was then and wish I hadn't made so many mistakes. Those mistakes have made my life more difficult than needed.

I'm a conservative, and a clean and sober adult now. It's strange to see that on an avatar.

 

That’s the logo of a punk rock band called Bad Religion, for what it’s worth.