Unhappy working at May Trucking

North Las Vegas is where most of the gangbangers hang out. I like the bright lights too at times and no desire for any more country life. Small town Tennessee dark fired tobacco life was really good and peaceful for growing up at the time, but had my fill of it. In Las Vegas one can have the nice quiet life and when the mood strikes, the bright city lights are just a few minutes drive away.

 

I've always wanted to visit Mississippi but have heard it's one of the harshest states in the country in regards to "racism" on all sides, crime, drugs. I would have thought the south part of the state would be ok near the Gulf coast. Mississippi is the birthplace of blues (not the overrated Tennessee lol) which pretty much carved the path for hard rock and heavy metal.

 

The problem in Mississippi isn't racism, it's lack of meaningful, decent paying jobs. I have friends there and one is a university professor; does quite well with a very good standard of living. The racism part there is a two way street, but you'd have to actually live there to see it because of sanitized news.

 

That's what I was implying that it's a two way thing. I dislike all "ism" words.

 

Looks like Burrito man left trucking and May. I am a May driver. You know what...I appreciate exactly what he was talking about in his posts. May gives you great experience, new equipment, and a job. But there are serious issues, some of which he describes in his posts. For those of you who say "suck it up", I say BS. He might have made a great driver if someone would have taken the time to listen to his issues. There is about a 50K shortage of drivers in the United States (2017) and is expected to rise over the next decade. Trucking companies have got to treat their drivers better and pay them a living wage. I agree...working at May is about a $10 per hour job....you do this until you get experience then move into a $12 dollar an hour job.....You get my point.

 

I want to add one more thing to my last posting. Guess why I have the time to play around and write this?....Because I'm freaking sitting again....waiting....killing time....not rolling....And I will sit again tomorrow morning at a Walmart DC for a ton of hours waiting to get unloaded. I too am looking at other opportunities.

 

Here is one thing that saved my motivation to go into walmart DC's after one too many live unloads with comchecks... ask your prospective company to see if they do drop and hook at DC's via account.

Or even better, scout the DC property and write down MC numbers of companies (And names) doing actual drop hook and gone in 10 minutes along the trailer block.

 

Don't waste your time; move on to something better.

 

What is linehaul, how is it different from OTR?

 

Linehaul is usually terminal to terminal/drop & hook. Sometimes it's meeting another linehaul driver somewhere, swapping trailers, then returning to your home terminal. Those jobs are available to new cdl grads that live in the right areas.
Here's one linehaul company that hires new cdl grads: