Should I go to Waste management, Republic, or Ups freight ?

Hi folks I’m new to this forum and thought I would post a question. I’m currently working in the trash industry as a transfer driver. There a smaller local company in Arizona. My boss told me after a few months he would move me into a front load commercial garbage position as I think that would be a little funnier than driving from a transfer station to the landfill everyday putting on 530 miles a day and still considered local. My question is can you make any money doing frontload if you get a couple of years of experience or is just kinda a dead ender ? The reason being I’ve been driving for a little over a year now and have done gas / tanker and LTL and now this transfer job because it was a lot closer to my house. All the good trucking jobs are on the west side of town and I’m on the Far East side of the city so it kinda is slim pickings for jobs so that’s why I thought I would go the trash route but I’m beginning to think maybe there isn’t very good money involv4d in it. Granted I’m at a smaller company and everything seems to pay 15 to 17 an hour there and than the small 2 percent raises you get it would take forever to make any money it seems like. I also was kinda wondering maybe stay there for a year or 2, get some frontload experience and move onto Waste or Republic anyone know how there frontload era do over there as far as pay scales and hours ? I also have an opportunity to work at Ups freight it’s on the west side of town and quite a drive from my house but eventually will be making good money over there. So basically kinda asking if I’m just spinning my wheels in this trash industry and if it’s gonna take forever to make a decent wage or if I can get my experience and make good money going elsewhere, I appreciate all the help and comments if any ha, thanks......

 

Hey thanks for the info and advice fellas. Here’s the thing I’m in my mid 40’s as I made a career change a year ago into trucking, so realistically would I even get a pension because I probably would only be able to work there for 20 years and that would put me in my mid 60s so than I wonder if it would be worth going over there if I couldnt collect.a full pension or do they even offer a pension of some kind if you only serve 20 or so years ? Thanks a lot for any help..

 

Oh that’s what I was thinkin as well z32sean. Yeah out here I think top pay at Ups is 29 an hour plus I know they do like 13 to 14 hours a day that’s pretty good money thanks for the input.

 

Well I appreciate all the help folks still trying to decide thanks again.....