Is it true about Saia and OD?

Barman made some great statements.

I work for OD. I love my company, terminal, management, and enjoy working with my fellow drivers. I'm a linehaul driver. I cringe when I hear anybody gripe and complain at my terminal - we have it very good. Attitude and gratitude is the key to enjoying your job, and yes, it is a job. It doesn't take much work for me to be thankful about my linehaul gig, but sometimes I do have to remind myself. It's not always cherry pie, but I couldn't imagine working for another company, or doing anything other than linehaul in the trucking industry. Drop and hooks, all day long, no touching the freight, no getting lost once you know the service centers, high wages, home every night - what's not to like? I'm at a breakbulk terminal, so we always have newer trucks (which is a luxury considering that lots of LTL terminals have older equipment). We have 2015-2016 Volvos and Freightliners, and a few straggler 2014 trucks. Equipment is maintained very well and frequently. As a new driver, first year anniversary at OD gives you TWO full weeks paid vacation, 2 all purpose days, and 7 paid holidays (including your own birthday). It's a fabulous company.

It's also a lifestyle in that you're working much more than the typical 9-5 gig. Then again, I don't know many 9-5 gigs that pay enough to have your wife stay at home full-time. It's all a matter of perspective. You sacrifice some time at home for higher wages. I gross over 75k as a linehaul driver. Plenty of drivers at our barn that are over 90k, some are over 100k. I usually work at least a 10 hour day, sometimes 12 or a little over. I'm home every night and have my two days off a week. I work hard and often to support my family, and am proud of that. I still have a "life." Supporting my family IS my life, and it's an honor. I'd like to have 3 days off a week considering the long hours, but I make the most of my two days off. At least I'm at home, unlike our OTR brethren.

I loved my linehaul gig when I was nights. I love it even more doing daylight linehaul. Even when I bagged out for a few days a week, at least I wasn't staying in a truck at a truck stop - I stayed at hotels, like any other road driver from an LTL.

To answer another fellow - yes, linehaul driver - road driver, pretty much the same thing, just different terminology. Schedules vary by terminal, even within the same company. I will say this though, OD will not keep you waiting by the phone 24/7. You have a few hour window start time every night, even when you're wild (extraboard), and then you have your routine scheduled runs.

 

EXCELLENT write up about this EXCELLENT job, continued good luck to you!
God bless you and your family! God bless the U.S.A.!

 

I highly recommend old dominion, great pay and benefits. I work 50-55 hours and make 87 a year

 

I drive 4.5 hours (269 miles), take a nap while my trailers get loaded, drive back refreshed , 365 a night, NOT working hard lol, wouldn't work anywhere else, old dominion is as good as it gets.

 

We had a transit driver from our yard (GFS's version of linehaul) go over to Old Dominion and he called up some of our other transit drivers and said Old Dominion was really great. The thing about it, is once you reach transit driver status at GFS it's like you have so much time involved with the company that you're kind of stuck there, plus you get comfortable with what you know. However Old Dominion sounds like it's really good. After reading you're write up I just though "why do I work delivering food all day again?" That's not really a knock against GFS either there a fine company the yard I work out of has it's bad points, but it also has it's good points too and the good points it has our one's that I personally like that others may find a tad odd.

 

what's your avg. weekly miles? about 2500 miles ? thanks!

 

So could I make the same on a day job at OD, about 40 hrs/week?

 

is OD hirering in the southern Wisconsin area

 

Do you get paid while waiting on your meet driver if you have to wait