Okay. I finallypulled the trigger

Well for our location it's otr, but if you're in the right area they do have regional/ home daily positions. Florida isn't one of them.

Stick with flat bedding if you want weekends such as TMC, Cypress, McElroy. Had a buddy of mine do the Dollar General accounts with Werner and home weekends.

If don't mind some physical work, you can do food distributions and home daily, good money in our area for that. sysco and us foods are the best paying. Beverage distributions as well but not as good $$ wise.

My buddy working at Werner bragged about his home/ money compared to what I was doing until I showed him paychecks then he quickly realized busting his butt doing physical work in 100+degree dry box making less than me was very demotivating. Sure he was home on the weekends Saturday late afternoon but had to be right back at the terminal Sunday night ready to run literally just enough for a 34hr reset. Also, while he was only there a totally of 8 month he put his trailer in the ditch 3 times due to lack of experience and how messed up some of these dollar general stores are setup. Werner knew they had him shackled because now no other company would take him for those preventable accidents. So really be careful if you do those types of accounts

You can do Service Transportation, they have a terminal in Creola,AL. They'll take students, one of my buddy's is over there right now. He's out 3-4 days and home 3-4 days yanking tanks. Those work days aren't really set in stone very sporadic. It's customer based at that terminal. Might run 7 days, might run 2-3 days out just depends.

 

Oh almost forgot, you can apply at Trimac they are in Pensacola.

 

That's just it man, it's all about your work ethics and expectations coupled with a good attitude!

As long as you know what you're getting into and know it's something temporary to prop you up to something better, it won't seem so bad lol

 

May is fine if you work out of Pensacola. I worked out of there and made decent money and, no, I wasn’t a trainer. I did train a couple of times while I was there because the terminal manager needed help in that area. I did offer to train @Eggroll'n Trucker.

May, the company, does suck. They couldn’t give 2 squats less about their drivers. One look at the driver facilities at their terminals will confirm their lack of concern regarding driver happiness.

But again, Pensacola kind of does their own thing. They’ll definitely take care of you the best they can if you do a good job. That said, there is one dispatcher there that you’ll want to avoid like the plague should you go there. She’s as worthless as they come. Lol

 

Yeah, all reviews, whether on yelp, indeed, glassdoor, or on this here Truckers’ Forum are all baloney.
Everything... including yours, mine, and ours.

So, go form your own conclusions without any contact from any drivers.

Best way to do this would be to get a crystal ball from Madame’ Doussoud’s metaphysical shop, set it up in your dining room (or any other favorite, private space), place both your hands upon it and then ask for it’s advice.
Who needs real people?

 

Haha....Joni, isn't she just grand

 

Oh yeah, lol