Mbm foodservice

The real issue with driving Ryder equipment is the CSA. YOU will be the one with the "stain" on your record, because of their poor maintenance. The general attitude on the company's CSA record with Ryder, and the companies that use them, is "that's just part of business". Nearly everything that can be found on a DOT inspection could be classified as the driver's fault, due to not finding it on your pre-/post-trip inspection. The driver is not a mechanic. They have no reason to be crawling around under a truck looking at a rubbing air line, loose slack adjuster, etc. That's Ryder's job. Unfortunately, your future employment opportunities will hinge on those faults, as they will be noted on your CSA score. Too bad many will not recognize the importance of their CSA score until it's too late.

That's why most Ryder customers hire an outside contractor to wash the trucks. Ryder isn't going to dedicate their facility or labor to perform a function that's not necessary to make the equipment go down the road.

Anytime a manager's compensation is performance based, like Ryder location managers, something that requires monetary investment will suffer. Likewise, anytime a company goes public, like Ryder, monetary investment will cease, as the main goal becomes dividend earnings. With Ryder, it's a compounding of negatives. So, nothing will change.

 

Bummer, the MBM guys out here (SoCal) are in MBM tractors...the few times SYGMA has Ryders, we don't have an issue with them...I'll right that off as lucky I suppose..

 

Im not gonna be vague im gonna be specific:smt109

Im gonna post some info to see if you still feel I should run.

I'm 31 and healthy and currently work in a job that is part physical labor and part driving.:smt041

Arent most trucking companys like this.:smt096

Like what?:smt102

Is that company policy or is your manager just a jerk?

My lowboy is a 1993 Mack piece of junk. The company I work for now 4 of 5 mechanics arent helpful and despise seeing me when I see them for maintenence:smt012

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Right now I make 10.50 an hour to move heavy equipment for a paving company.

I dont even see 17 when I make overtime which is 15-20 hours at best on my check

I never had a job that didnt give me BS

Im out of town 5-6 days a week 7 to 8 months out of the year, sometimes more...I thought foodservice guys were home 2-3 days a week...am i wrong

All things considered above....my question is: If you were me and offered the MBM job I was offered in the previous post would you consider taking it?
P.S. My current company was bought out by another company and the only thing employees have been told so far is: "Things are gonna change...and we cant give raises anymore"
Thanks to everybody who reads my messages and posts back.

 

re: old guys doing Food Service...I'm 51 and yeah my elbows are now shot, but I started at SYGMA when I was 46...it's not an age thing, it's a physical fitness thing and how you approach the job. When I would be on vacation, the relief drivers always had a problem on my route, because they could not run it as fast as I could...we have 12 guys in their mid 50's running the ramp right now... that's 12% of the driver force...

 

That's a variable that will be hard to say yes or no too. It will depend on the DC... At SYGMA SoCal the typical route goes out at say 9pm Tues. gets back in the yard at 10am Thurs - then repeat on Fri pm back Sunday mid morning. Not all SYGMA's run like we do...

 

I'd take it. Use it as an opportunity to make some good money. But, don't count on it being a long-term deal. If you start living a lifestyle based on MBM money and something goes wrong, you're screwed. Use it as a stepping stone, until you find something better.

I don't know what DC you'd work out of, but, I don't believe the GA locations are gone more than a couple days at a time. Some locations/routes are gone all week. They seem to have some of the nicer equipment, too.

 

Yepper, I agree 100%...

 

What about being a yard driver at MBM? Do they stick the yard driver with the routes when drivers quit?

 

Would you do that if you were the boss, and had stores to keep happy?

I sure as hell wouldn't.... That's why companies have relief drivers

 

The money part is key here..

You can most certainly do this type of work for a long time if you're smart, and have a family life that's accepting. But the money is hard matched for most of us without a degree. I'm a smart guy, but I couldn't go anywhere else and make the money that I'm making with Sygma.

I'm staying with Sygma long enough to pay off my Harley, Truck, and some small debts then I'm getting my ### into Aviation Mechanics school. In the meantime I'm helping putting my lady thru school to be a Psychologist.

I love how I feel now after working for Sygma, but I like my home time to much to stay forever.