Xpo City Driver

I work Linehaul for them. I have never worked city but like others have said expect a lot of dock work. I work at a smaller terminal so it can be a long time until you get a set start time where I work.

 

You need all your endorsements for most LTL conpanies. Mine won't even look at you other wise.

You even need tanker though we personally don't haul tanker apparently you need the tanker endorsement if you ever get some sort of totes with liquid I was told.

Even if the totes are palletized and put into a dry van for whatever reason dot, epa or someone requires it.

 

Yup, you need a tanker and hazmat endorsement to haul these bombs

 

Never seen such a thing luckily at my company yet.

 

Not yet

 

I have all the endorsements. The Terminal Manager actually called me and told me that he didn't hire OTR guys for City P&D because too many of them quit shortly after starting because the work was harder than they were used to.

Maybe it would be different with drivers fresh out of school.

 

It makes sense he would be kinda leery of OTR guys; the work is totally different, and takes certain skills that typically don’t get honed by road work. There's also the physical aspect of having to wrestle freight around after being used to a no-touch freight job.

When I hired on to work P&D at my company, I already had 8 years of multi-stop city experience (in addition to OTR) but not on the same scale as LTL P&D work. The operations manager STILL asked me if I knew what I was getting into. He reiterated that it could be 20+ stops per day, often putting a semi into places that weren't designed for them and didn't have docks. I had to assure him I was ready and always wanted to do it.

Don't give up. There's a chance they had other applicants with more relevant experience. You might need to use other local jobs as stepping stones like I did. Eventually you'll get on somewhere. For what it's worth, I'm glad I had those stepping stones to help hone the skills I'd eventually need in P&D.

 

Xpo monitors their employees actions 24/7 since they are owned by germans now. Cameras and microchips is what theyre all about. As a result, their drivers do not release any inside info about the company.