Craigslist? Is this the home of the bottom feeders

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  1. fcfightermma

    fcfightermma Light Load Member

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    indeed.com Is great place for reputable Companies. also you can search any companies safety score by google name of company then type SAFER
     
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  3. roundhouse

    roundhouse Road Train Member

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    Couldn’t hurt to post it there

    eyeballs are eyeballs and that’s what you want right ?

    ive even recently seen ads begging for drivers in a newspaper .

    the old fashioned kind of newspaper that’s actually paper
     
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  4. plague300

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    Conventional wisdom used to suggest that if they had to advertise , there was a reason.
    (How come they are short handed or can't keep a driver) but nowadays who knows
     
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  5. REO6205

    REO6205 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    It's still true. A good company has applicants they can choose from. A so-so company advertises for drivers. A bad company has the "Now Hiring" signs on their trailers and will kidnap anybody will a CDL and a pulse.
     
  6. Kansas City Long Hauler

    Kansas City Long Hauler Light Load Member

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    LMAO :)
     
  7. Lonesome

    Lonesome Mr. Sarcasm

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    Why do you ask??
     
  8. roundhouse

    roundhouse Road Train Member

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    Drivers leave for various reasons

    I know a good small regional flatbed company with about ten trucks , back to the home terminal lot on weekends
    They will hire and train new drivers

    only problem is with only ten trucks you cant offer fancy medical Insurance benifits and 401k and satellite internet in the trucks .

    that’s scares most new drivers away
    They’ve had several leave in the last year but each has had a different reason

    And they have several drivers that have been there for several years .

    they either stick around for years or bail in a few months .
     
  9. Midwest Trucker

    Midwest Trucker Road Train Member

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    Sounds a lot like my operation.

    Some people even if pay is 100k a year they just can’t grasp the thought of getting their own 401k and going to healthcare.gov
     
  10. plague300

    plague300 Bobtail Member

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    A good point and I'm sure it depends on the area.

    Here for example there aren't a lot of opportunities, so a good place has more applicants than openings.

    Good jobs seldom hit the street, someone has told their friends and family, etc about how good the job is. No need to advertise or always be hiring
     
  11. Resist

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    Craigslist. Just don’t do the modeling gigs. I tried one of these one time because the ad literally assured me that the work was honest. Nothing to lose here, these are honest people, I thought to myself. I woke up many days later, in a strange place. My car had been stolen, my dog had been beaten, my wallet was missing, and I didn’t know my first name. My kidney was missing.
     
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