Starting at Schneider

And that's not always true, either.

I know the first company I drove for showed favoritism to its longest running drivers. They got the best pay, newest trucks, best runs, lightest loads, awards for best fuel economy. The newbies got the crap trucks, worst pay, worst runs, longest unpaid layovers, heaviest loads and no awards for anything. So you talk to someone driving for them for 20 years and they love the company. Talk to someone driving for them for 6 months, and they hate it. Neither problem was the driver, it was the company. Same company, both drivers experienced VASTLY different working situations.

They would throw a "printout" on the table in the driver lounge of the trucks with the best fuel economy for the previous quarter. All the trucks at the top were the trucks with the highest truck numbers (newest trucks.) Most of them ran dedicated Fedex, which was ALWAYS a light load. I ran more international paper at 44,000lbs than any other customer. My fuel mileage was always listed on the very last page. Well no #### sherlock, pulling 1000lbs of cell phones will give you better mileage than 44,000lbs of paper rolls every time. I would look at it, laugh and throw it back on the table. Anyone who know anything about the company knew that printout of fuel mileage meant nothing. I was in a beat up 2014 plasticadia and the guys at the top with the best mileage were in then 2019 and 2020 plasticadias with the automatics.

 

There’s no driver facing camera in my truck

 

Look, I won't go into specifics, but obviously @drivingmissdaisy has a hard on for Schneider. That's fine; everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
But, I will say this, Schneider had some of the nicest people I've ever had the opportunity to work with. Are they perfect? No. But I wouldn't trade a single one (except 1 who got run off for being a dick), for anyone I've encountered in my 30 plus years in the freight business.
They will help you if you ask for help. Don't be afraid to ask. Help at Schneider is like a high school date on a Saturday night. You don't ask, you don't get.
You'll be fine.

 

Just consider Schneider like graduate school. Everyday is a school day. If you quit learning or think there is nothing new to learn today, you are done. I learned something great yesterday by accident, and I'm grateful. Just stay humble, let God ride with you and learn everything you can every day. Schneider will be a great opportunity for you. There will be flaws, there will be things you don't like anywhere you go. Tune them out, don't dwell on the bad.

 

drivingmissdaisy: People miss use numbers and charts all the time. They are morons. They think it makes them look smart and justify their $1700 leather chair. Screw them

 

After that recruiter called me and cursed me out for not going to work for them, yea, I will continue to dissuade people from working for that crappy company. I've encountered much nicer people working for Swift, than the pumpkin patch. I've had more pumpkin drivers clog up the left lane trying to pass someone than all other companies combined.