FXF is very rigid as far as documentation goes and position offers. So, my experience on the subject... I wanted originally to go into a Road Driver position, but after telling the center manager this when I interviewed, he explained how Apprentice positions are posted with a path to either a Road Driver or City Driver based what type of driver position they are ultimately trying to fill. Apprentice positions that cut to Road Driver are somewhat rare, and I was told that the red tape to get one posted in my terminal at the time was thick. If you can't find an apprentice position that cuts to the Road, you can go through anyway, cut to a city driver and then do an "internal" transfer to a road driver position. I went this path and was on the city board for a month and a half or so, but since everything internally with HR and the like is slow at FedEx, I had to wait for a Road Driver position to be posted internally. I began the Road Driver position the first week of January. I'd be upfront about your goal with the hiring manager. I was paid at $23.82/hr and got a full 40 hours made available to me through the whole process. Admittedly, there were a couple weeks where hanging around for another hour or so would have been excruciatingly boring, since my DDI's work day typically ended about 30-45 minutes before mine would. so a couple weeks I had 36 or 37 hour paychecks, but at my choosing. After I finished the training program, my pay was increased to $26.33/hr and 0.64/mile (for linehaul work). This will be my rate until September when my hourly increases to $29.48 and mileage rate increases to .70/mile.
Thanks for all the information have an interview Friday, so I don't know how big the operation is there but we'll see. I will be up front with them about my ambitions for sure to be a Road Driver. Also, Internally I know different companies have different rules, so how fast internally can I apply to a Road Driver position no matter the location? Since I'm very open to relocate being that I'm still Young, No Wife, and No kids.
I believe 6 month wait, but your terminal manager has discretion on it based on”need”. He can answer that question better.
The training program you are referring to, is it the DDC or the 4-8 week course, the one they have city drivers go through? or is it a different course for the road drivers? Looks like you're getting near topping out on mileage in September. is that because you had prior experience to FXF or you were just able to progress that much in less than a year with them Sorry for the umpteen questions. That is just a darn fine rate of pay if you ask me, but nobody did.
The training program is the DDC (driver development course) that drivers with less than a year of recent driving experience (hired as a Driver Apprentice) will have to complete which is a 4-8 week course depending on your progress. They have the ability to create a Driver Apprentice position that cuts to the road driver position, but from my understanding is rare. I’m in a location where driver sourcing and retention is an issue so my location hires at 3rd step and graduates to top out within 1 year. When I was hired I only had 6-7 months of drive time under my belt from when I started in trucking at TMC last spring. Don’t apologize for the questions, I’d have loved to have someone to ask these things before I was hired (not that I regret or wish any of it went any differently).
Dare I pose yet another question. How many miles a week would you guess is about average for a linehaul driver Asking for some personal finance reasons, paying off debt, etc.
Depends on the location. For example Chicagoland has 3 terminals in close proximity to each other. Lower seniority guys drive 40-60 miles, work the dock for 6-8 hours and return back. My terminal the shortest run is 246 miles with 3-4 hours of dock work. This is what I run now, but hostle trailers in the yard instead of working the dock. However, I usually get 1-3 double turns a week, which amounts to 496 miles and 4.25 hours of task pay.
