Those 80-100 hour work weeks have a funny way of catching up to you. My first T/T job 22 or so years ago was like that, and that was WITHOUT having to do my own work to the truck, making less than what’s now well below minimum wage in some states.
I worked at a construction company once that required doing your own grease jobs. That was bad enough.
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I am posting this to show I am not using hyperbole or making up facts. Here is a clipped off paystub. It is a partial pay period (we get paid every 15 days). I edited out a few things but I left in my name because I know that you know what it is and you would recognize that I am posting this on good faith.
And no, I am not going to badmouth my workplace because they did almost give me $6k in two and a half weeks. I was making $0 a week when Holland kicked me to the curb. But look at those hours. I was on track to average 180 for two weeks.
And here is the other image I took because I was convinced nobody would believe me. There is a old brake chamber on the left (which my coworker refurbished himself that pissed out air). And then the new one next to it on the right. You can tell the push rod is way too long and my coworker left to get a saw to cut it down.
I honestly don't know how I lasted this long. I was in Norris South Dakota and I was like "gee Shane. What happens when DOT comes knocking at your door and wants your logs?". I am not 150 miles from home, but closer to 320. And if there was any doubt where home was, Miles City Montana was printed on both of my doors.
I can't even explain myself cause I did keep a 30 day log with 12 pages missing out of it.
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