Tforce (ups freight)

I dont frequent the forums much anymore however why would you chose uncertainty in two plus years?

 

It's alright, don't be too hard on yourself. Many things in life don't go smoothly or exactly according to plan. What's important is that you rebounded and found a new path, which you seem committed too. For the record I tried out linehaul too and it didn't work out for me (I couldn't handle the messed up sleep schedule). I'm now doing P&D and it's working out a lot better for me now (although there are many parts of driving OTR that I miss too but that's neither here nor there). So don't feel bad, lots of truckers have to try a few different things before they find a good fit for them.

Good luck to you!

 

You got a magic 8 ball?

 

At the moment, i still think it's a pretty good gig.

In my opinion, your job at Tforce is, in order: Please read carefully.

1) Don't run into anything.

2) Keep the diad up to date no matter what-----this is like your lifeforce.

3) Just do what mommy and daddy (mgmt) wants you to do and play along with their bs and they'll leave you alone. Easy come, easy go.

4) Everything else is secondary----like pickups, which come before deliveries---cos we only care about numbers and money. Don't forget this.
a) Pickups
b) THEN, deliveries.

Just work steady, #4 will take care of itself.

 

I interviewed with them a couple months ago, actually it was the day they switched to Tforce. You won't get any raises until after the next contract negotiation with the teamsters. Apparently they were having a hard time at hiring drivers at the $17 per hour that's in the contract. They got permission to hire at a higher rate. But you can't get a raise until the contract catches up. Which will be after the next negotiation. They also told me that the pension is gone, for now. The guy that interviewed me actually had to retire from UPS so he would get his pension. Then he was hired by Tforce. He said the hourly employees basically lost their pension. Something about it gets moved to like a 401k. But he said UPS was planning to do away with pensions anyway.

 

According to poster a couple spots below your post, the company has already done away with the pension and guys need to pay for their insurance now. They didn't even wait until 2023