Longevity: How long do drivers last in the truck?

….but each post is one question not multiple questions so just ihaveaquestion is fitting

 

typically, what happens is the drivers don’t like their situations and they end up coming to me to complain, like I’m gonna have an answer. I just forward/dump it to truckers report (names fitting) and all of you really saying the same thing I’m saying half the time.

What’s happening is people are being sold one thing, told another and stuck with a job that they don’t like or were given the brunt end of the stick.

Trucking is fairly simple yet made complicated for differences of money, greed or other confusing terms or formulas. But in theory it’s get a license, get in drive, get paid, save money, grow with experience.

Society, especially the younger generation have no patience and they want everything immediately. Instant gratification at the fault of technology or social media. You could literally tell someone flat out just do flatbed for two years all the doors will open up for you and 6 months into the two years they quit & go on a local route. But then they’ll complain about the job that they’re at and how they feel like they’re always at work and when they go home, they sleep. So then they put together how they’re gonna be an owner operator by getting a day cab and then gonna drive all around the country and just sleep in hotels. But if they drove OTR for two years, they could’ve just bought a sleeper went home weekly.. everyone’s trying to one up but their really going no where fast and let down.

I could be wrong, but this is just my general assumption from seeing it happen over and over again. and then following up with these drivers as time goes on to see where they’re at or what was the actual outcome.

 

sorry forgot we all work for the President of the USDOT/FMCSA “Diesel Dave” he tells US who we’re allowed to communicate with. Also hands out or approves what drivers have class A B C licenses and endorsements. Reviews all job placements in the land, he’s like the landlord of transportation, everyone pays him attention. He makes all final decisions on federal regulations. Make sure everyone on the platform asks Diesel Dave for permission. Everyone such as packers, forklift ops, crane ops, dispatchers, brokers, hr, analyst, load planners, safety reps, state/fed rat-cops, fleet owners, Fortune 500 companies, any shippers & receivers… even ports, boats & planes including the trains… anything in transportation must go through diesel dave.