So what is your LTL company paying?

I took a 2 dollar pay cut from my previous job to take the current job that i have. It sucks when they said we'll start you off at 13 an hour. 2 years of safe driving and i'm reduced to 13 an hour. Granted there is over time, medical, 401 etc, but being 30 years old, i'm not interested in retirement. Pay me. Lol.

 

They expect you to get the required rest at the proper time. If you can't manage that then they made the right decision to take you off of night work. They would be stupid to leave a driver in a position when he claims he is falling asleep at the wheel and unable to maintain control of the vehicle.

 

Yeah. Usually takes me a day and a half to flip my schedule backwards like that. Some people just can't handle night work, and they see that you are one of them. It's ok, not the end of the world but don't take it personally that they don't want you to kill someone.

 

Don't take anything personally with these companies. You are there for a paycheck, not to make friends, not because you're going to be something special for that company, not for any reason other than taking home a paycheck. You do what works best for you and leave the drama, the good and the bad, behind at the door.

 

By the Avatar pic, you can probably tell that i'm unfortunately not driving anything bigger than a 26 ft straight truck. So, apparently here in Ohio you get paid crap to drive a non-CDL commercial vehicle. I disagree with it but nothing much i can do about it for the time being. The only thing keeping me from jumping ship is the over time i get.