Pros
Pay, PTO, INSURANCE , home everyday
Cons
Night shift Management has no clue when it comes to logistics, they use the term “ load planner” loosely. As a driver that is governed by FMCSA it is extremely frustrating trying to plan around their constantly changing schedules. Trucks have meet points where we meet other drivers and swap trucks/loads, meet times are never on time so you can end up waiting for the other driver to arrive sometimes up to 2 hours that you didn’t plan on. Although we haul cars...I don’t believe there is one manager in the logistics department that has worked in the car haul industry and at times I wonder if any have even worked in the trucking industry. NO Managers have driven trucks and they have zero clue about the challenges that meet times changing at the last minute poses to sleep patterns and safety. Their CSA score is so bad their Pre-Passes for scales were taken away. Turnover here in Az is a constant swinging door and they can’t figure out why... they say they “ train drivers to haul cars” yet they are so short handed that a new driver will be turned lose his first day out of orientation and told to load a truck and go by himself day one! Drivers suggestions and concerns are brushed aside and ignored. In their opinion, a college degree outweighs real world experience in the trucking industry where drivers have more than a decade ( some 2 or 3 decades) of actual in the seat experience.