Which companies have waiting list to be hired

good call, cargo transporters isnt the kind of job u should wait around for.

 

Yeah I've seen a few of the contractor ads, low twenties/hr, 5-6 days/wk. not bad, but not quite the wallyworld of tankers

 

i saw a sunoco transportation ad ONE time, on the ny state jobs bank. it stated that they needed 1 driver, and that the job started at over 24 an hour. the 3pl carrier that is replacing them is not a bad job, but their top rate is a few dollars an hour less than sunocos starting rate from 4 years ago.

 

What some of you have described is how the major oil companies worked with their own tanker drivers. We had a waiting list for over 5 years. But as stated before when a driver is needed the powers to be will ask the drivers for a new hire. That's the way we did it. Usually a company that pays that well will advertise on their web site along with all the other jobs worldwide. But you've got to know who and what to look for. The official name for our drivers were Product Delivery Drivers. I don't know what a 3pl's company is but I assume it's a common carrier or dedicated company that makes their revenue from their trucks. It's a big difference when a company owns their own trucks and hauling their own product. Sunoco is a good example and their pay is good but not as good as ARCO, Chevron, Shell, and so on. However the majors are getting out of the hauling business and leasing the work to the common carrier. Hess and Sunoco are the last ones I know of that still are using company drivers but they are going away too.

To find these kind of jobs you've got to get out and talk to the people that know or do the work. 9 times out of 10 your reputation plays a major role. If they do not know you then they will go to the ones they do know. You've got to do the meet and greet to get anywhere. Talking face to face has it's advantages and if you bypass this and use the net or phone they will just bypass you and say you are not suited for their type of work. You can use the net and phone to find out where to go but do not solely rely on these tools. Make a plan and go after it. Don't let anyone talk you out of finding information. A lot of these higher end companies are self-insured and can hire whoever they want. Check'em all so you'll never have doubts. And you never know and might get lucky and land a dream job. It's been done in the pass and I'm sure it will happen again. This is information I have seen before and I'm sure it's different in other areas. However, if you don't get out there you'll never know. Good luck.

 

3pl= 3rd party logistics. basically a subcontractor. like you said, they are phasing out company drivers, and goin with common carriers, since it saves them money...

 

What's 3pls?

 

Good heavens, if anything, they are waiting for you. CL Milwaukee had 191 transport jobs and Chicago had over 3 pages (300+) openings. Take your pick.

 

😛 beautiful kw!!!!

 

Out west (CA,NV,OR,AZ,WA) we would have three types of companies hauling gasoline. The majors, the dedicated trucks, and common carrier.
Of course the best jobs were the majors and so on. The dedicated trucks were the next best thing and all they did was dedicate a truck to one company. You'll never a Chevron truck unloading in an ARCO station. However, you will see a trailer with the gasoline company's name on the side and up on the tractor you'll see the company that owns that truck. Then you'll see the common carrier which has their own company name on the truck and unloading whoever hires them. We didn't use dedicated trucks because we were all company drivers. But we did use the common carrier when we had too many loads to handle. When they closed the terminal a company stepped up and signed a contract with our company taking all the loads. And if they get too busy they will hire a common carrier. Most of our company drivers took a golden handshake package and went to work for the company that signed the contract. Maybe someday the bigger companies will drop those book smart executives and get someone in that knows that having company trucks is cheaper and smarter in the long run even with the high paid drivers.

 

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ how every driver at our shop has been hired in the last 12 yrs, we had a growth spurt in 98-2000 that brought some outside drivers in.