Permanent Employee vs. driving for a staffing agency.

bentstrider83 · Jul 13, 2017

Apart from the Shamrock gig coming back into the fold, I also put in app with the ODFL in Albuquerque. I'm heading up to Commerce City CO next week to get that done and if all goes well, I guess we'll hit that one and see where it goes. Then of course there's also the matter of getting picked by the ABQ terminal as well.

IRT has been great, but when the loaders start dropping their loads at the dropyard and giving my former company work and the long-haul guys start swiping cheeseplant loads, the stress becomes unbearable.

Lepton1 · Jul 16, 2017

bentstrider83 said: ↑

So after years of doing the permanent employee thing as far as trucking goes, I've come across drivers working under staffing agencies within recent years. Some have said some harsh things about the staffing agencies. But from some drivers I've talked to, the schedules they work seem quite on par with that of regular employees. Then of course there's the attractive idea of performing local work in different cities while maintaining their domicile out of some place like Phoenix or Albuquerque.
Another thing that seems to be cool about it is they could bust butt for 2-6 months and then take about the same amount of time off before going on for another assignment at the same place they were, or another assignment altogether.
It sounds kind of like being a "floater" for daycab positions across the country. Get a different feel for life in different regions, without having to switch your CDL every time.
I'm only considering this in current job search due to time off/vacation becoming more of concern than actual pay/benefits. I just think to myself that as long as the pay is good enough to keep bills paid, then the days off/time off will be the major deal-breakers in the job acceptance phase.

This concept of "split days off" I'm getting from some other places I've applied to has made me drop an offer at the first hint of that policy. Seems more like an easy way to get people to slip up and get written up or fired for not remaining on-station/in town. I mean, I like to take road trips during my days off in the week.
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I see that you are in eastern New Mexico. Check into drive away options for the oil industry.

Many major oil companies are having a difficult time hiring enough drivers right now. They have trucks to move, but nobody to drive them. They contract with other companies to provide drivers to move their trucks. The company I am leased to has hired over a dozen drivers in the OKC terminal just to do drive away, yet we still have to get owner operators to cover the need.

I don't know if your particular area would work out for something like this, but I do know that I have done drive aways and delivered in my own truck in Hobbs. Doing drive away it helps if you have Hazmat and tanker endorsements. You will drive a wide variety of trucks: five axle cranes, flatbeds, overweight pump trucks, oversized sand castles, and pneumatic bulk. Be prepared to drive on dirt.

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