Pros
From a drivers point of view, it gave me what I was looking for as far as day light hours, home every night to be with my family and diversity. It was great learning other jobs such as running a fork lift, unloading and loading trucks, warehouse work, picking orders to load trucks and deliver to customers. And of course learning how to run a crane/boom truck. A lot goes into running this thing and I have enjoyed doing this as it has been my favorite part of this job. If you are a driver who is looking for a little diversity and not just driving, this is the place to go. And if you are looking to get off the road all together, they have other positions as well such as warehousing and sales. They will also train you to run a crane/boom as well as some locations have these.
Cons
Issues I've had in working here, Chaos, poor communication, fixing and maintaining aging trucks, lack of equipment, Lack of common since and not to mention...A very low paying income! As a driver, we are used to working up to 70hrs. a week. Even at 60 it wouldn't be half bad. I'm lucky to get 45-50. If you can survive on 25-30,000 a year, then this is the job for you! If not, you may want to reconsider staying on the road or shopping around. I know some of you are wanting out of trucking all together! Can't blame you. That is why I am here. Now all this Depends on location though. Some stores do better than others. The store I work for seems to revolve around this "mythical" yearly bonus money that I keep hearing about. The more the manager saves in cost the more $ we make!? Last year I got a whole $1! Personally I'd rather have the overtime! You can keep the $1.