Help me make a decision that might affect me and my families life

its stable for fedex, not for you, who will be working for a contractor.Im not saying you would get the short end of the stick, i dont think it is stable for the contractors, either.

if you want stability, go for mcdonalds. think about it. a union foodservice job? you will never know what "bad economy" means again. mcdonalds is ALWAYS busy. once you get a little seniority, you will have it made, and like the admiral said, you would have a pension so you don't have to work forever.

plus, i was assuming you would be running the product inside with a hand truck, and running down a ramp! a liftgate? only to the front curb? you got it made, dude! who cares about driving around in the city, man, driving around in the city is easy, and besides, you are on the clock, so who cares if you ever hit 60 mph? I do foodservice myself, and rarely, if ever, get on an interstate. however, I am pretty good at maneuvering a peterbilt 379 around a convenience store parking lot.

 

Yeah...gotta agree with the above posters. Working for a FedEx contractor is not the same as working for FedEx. This would be a real consideration in making my final decision, especially when it comes to stability.

 

I appreciate your truthfulness to each of you, what would be the consideration of working for those tanker companies? wouldn't that also be a best choice to be thought of?

The supervisor also gave me thier direct phone number where i could speak to him personally.

I'm not sure if you guys know but I am curently employed with a construction company, and I do have to give a notice before I go to any interview so that being said that Once I go for the interview i pretty well better think about taking that job because my supervisor won't give me another day off from the week to set up another interview.

 

I would get 26% of the load starting at 41 cent a mile, and 34 empty, 20 tank wash out, pay 16 a hour after 2 hours detention. He said all the runs will be preloaded I will be hauling sugar to refineries local, after 30 days I get BCBS. Pay is 28 weekly for that I believe. He also said something about plastic. There was so much said at the time I couldn't jot everything down while I was driving. Oh yea I almost left out training I think he said 128 a day for 2-3weeks depending on my experience how long they would see fit to set me up on my own.

How are you getting paid?

I wish someone from jersey that runs for them came here to give a better detail explanation. Couldn't you find out?


They are on my top list, and I think I will be going with them. I had all this weekend to think it over, and it will be either them or H.R Ewell.

 

imo, there is no way i would go with something that is a percentage over something that is hourly. there is no way to figure out your pay from day to day. what if you get a load that was cheap? what if this happens for days or weeks on end?

usually, from what i have seen, detention pay is based on what they want to pay you by the hour, roughly. if they pay 16 an hour, after 2 free hours of your time, i would be thinking twice about that job.

how much are you making right now at your construction company?

 

There is a bad side, and a good side to everything that McDonald gig is a back breaking job basically running freight, and doing non stops for hours, and hours. I would be the last one on the board basically running all types of hours, and getting the crappiest loads that no one wants to go, running day time hours in NYC are you kidding me? have you ever worked in NYC driving a truck or driving threw the gwb at 4pm trying to get home before? Unloading the whole truck on my own? Plus I would be having to deal with taxes since I live in jersey I would be paying NY taxes, and I really don't want to go thru headaches dealing with all types of paper work.

Already gone if that was the case with carry transit wouldn't there be sht talking about that company on all the truck boards? I seen nothing but good reviews on their end Google Carry Transit, and show me one bed review about that company or H.R Ewell they both have been in business for years. It seems to me everyone that works for Carry, or the sister company Superior they are happy to haul for them.
I did the math on all the companies, and it all boils down to who is going to treat you right to me the pay wouldn't make a real big difference if the company treats you like sht, and makes you work like a dog. I'm looking for a place that I can live comfortable and enjoy my work, and be happy every day I wake up that I have a job to go to that can support me, and my family. Of course who wouldn't want the big bucks and stay local but is it worth making big bucks and messing with your health plus having shtty managers, and dispatchers running you to the ground that you will feel sore in the morning and hate what you do? I rather have a balance of things a good pay rate and great bosses that wont run you to the ground. Right now the construction business is at a all time low there is no money in construction I have been off for 3 days already this week, my pay was 300 do the math. If I wanted a back breaking job I would stay in construction. Benefits suck where I'm at.

 

They said they are going to start doing OTR, and even asked me if I was interested I said of course that is when he mentioned the mileage rate.

 

NO MORE C.B., USE ALLOWED IN GESTAPOVANIA !!! ( Pennsylvania),....





HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania drivers better put down that cellphone, stop eating that hamburger and quit adjusting the radio dial.
Lawmakers on the House Transportation Committee this week debated a proposal sponsored by Rep. Chris Ross, R-Chester, that would fine drivers for "distracted driving." No vote was taken, but the measure may be debated again later.
H.B. 896 defines distracted driving as careless driving while the driver is using a radio, recording or playback device, telephone device, citizens band radio, television, computer "and any other device."
It also includes grooming, eating food and reading any electronic or printed material, including cell phone texts.
"There have been a number of very distracting situations where people have been hurt, injured, killed by folks that are not paying attention while they're driving," Ross said. "That becomes an immediately dangerous situation . This is a common problem, and it's really a subject I know the General Assembly has talked about extensively."
The legislation provides penalties for distracted driving after drivers already pulled over by a police officer for "careless driving," such as running a stop sign, weaving in traffic or driving too slowly in a regular speed zone.

The measure calls for a $250 fine if the distracted driving causes "serious bodily harm" to another, and a $500 fine if it results in death. Violations without incident would result in a $50 fine.

The issue is a hot topic across the nation.

A representative from the National Conference of State Legislatures testified that 143 bills dealing with distracted driving are now before 33 state legislatures.
Ross' proposal garnered a diversity of attention, with automobile club AAA and phone company Sprint Nextel appearing to testify before lawmakers. The Pennsylvania State Police and PennDOT did not appear but submitted written testimony.
State Rep. Katharine Watson, R-Bucks, on of 32 co-sponsors of H.B. 896, also has introduced legislation of her own, H.B. 9, to further regulate teen driving in Pennsylvania. Drivers with only a learning drivers' permit would not be allowed to have more than one passenger under the age of 18

http://www.mygov365.com/legislation/view/id/4d6fef0549e51bdd4d056000/tab/overview/



http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/billinfo.cfm?syear=2011&sind=0&body=H&type=B&bn=896