Going to Boyd Brothers

Just because u had bad time here don't lie bout company. I've been with Boyd almost two years now n make decent money. Could it b better? Yes, but so can other things. Can u make good money legal here?? Yes, just did it a week ago. Longest load was just over 500 miles for the weekend. Brought home 650 plus 50 advance through week. Don't believe me, send pm with email address n I will email u a pic of pay stub.

Not sure y people wanna bad mouth companies on here. U got ups n downs with EVERY company on the road. The best thing I like bout Boyd is they don't stay in ur tail as long as ur job is gettin done rite. Plus they know me by name, not a truck number. I train for Boyd as well so I c ur kind every day. I'm not gonna sit here n lie to u bout anything, these r my own experiences. Look through other post for other companies. U will see happy driver n unhappy drivers. It's all up to how u feel bout it.

 

Ive been reading quite a few of these post n sum of thse guys r not going to be happy no matter what the company does or doesnt do for them. Im glad to hear that you believe in ur company hytekrednek

 

I do believe in my company. Yes I know some people gonna have a bad time with every company. I just don't understand why some have to bash like they do. Regardless of what company. Some newbies expect to get out here n make 65000 their first year out. Not gonna happen at Boyd. Boyd plays a lot on seniority. Which has its perks. Either way, like I said in another thread elsewhere, I will stick up for a company who has stuck up for me.

 

who pays more to tarp than Boyd? not maverick, not TMC, not Western express...i know 18 bucks dont seem like a lot, but if you take 30 minutes to tarp..that would be equal to 36 dollars an hour...I know sometimes, the 18 bucks doesnt seem worth the aggrevation..I'm happy with Boyd, the only reason i quit last time was because of one person...and so far this time around, we are doing pretty good..lol...Ive done the 100 percent legal thing with electronic logs....talk about not making any money...GOD!!

 

I feel for ya driver..ive been there and hence the reason i quit. It may not do alot of good to complain to someone else in the office, but I would sure bring it to someone elses attention. 3 weeks notice of needing to be home is plenty of time. Next time, send a message everyday for 3 weeks..eventually they will have to recognize your request.

 

what about time off/ leave of absence?? Im moving (the reason for changing jobs) and i will need a couple 3 day weekends to complete the move. will this be a problem with boyd? I also have a wedding i have to be at in october. I need to have at least a 3 day weekend for that. not sure what to do

 

I saw in another post u backed ur orientation up. Needing that much time in the beginning is gonna b tuff to get. Here 3 day weekends r unheard of this time of year. Unless holiday weekend. We r wide open rite now. When I drop Monday I will have almost 2800 miles. I didn't leave until early mornin Tuesday n was home early Friday afternoon. When u get in ur own truck n start running, my suggestion would b give a weekend here n there. Than three day weekends can happen.

 

ok thanks. Im getting everything done so all I will need is the weekend of the wedding. its actually halloween weekend. but that will be over 3 months from my starting date and Im willing to do anything to get the time off so it shouldnt be a problem. but there is absolutely no way I will miss it. It will be in tampa fl, is there any freight that runs down there? I could just take the weekend off there possibly. either way

 

That's good to hear. Yes we do have Florida freight but VERY slim. Best advice I can give is when u get fleet manager inform he/she n offer a weekend or two before and/or after. This shows them ur willing to do for Boyd n they will do for u. I do it all the time. Matter of fact I will b on a four day weekend in august. My fleet manager already knows bout it n what weekends um staying out. Basically, scratched their back n they will scratched urs.