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[Old Salt_19]

Why does everyone aways forget to mention Wendy's and LJS. They are also hiring.

Probably for the same reason that when folks come on here and have been down on their luck and looking for that magical company thats gonna hire them, the first hard luck companies thrown out there are:

CRE, Swift, CRST, JB, and so on, you get my drift.

But how come no one throws out companies like:

MBM
Sysco
Asian Foods
US Foodservice
Stockyard Meats
Northstar Foodservice

Just a thought.

[TimberWolf]

I for one have always thought that using the line of fast food places are hiring as a little idiotic. Any individual who is willing to put in a hard days work (harder then holding a steering wheel) and can deal with the rest of the world looking down on them (just like being a driver) in conjunction with organizing a crew of 20+ to facilitate the dysfunctional feeding of hundreds of people in a very short time span can earn a very respectable paycheck. In fact I would bet that a manager of any Mickey D's in my hometown makes more then 80% of the otr drivers on this board and he/she is home every night.
Its a job and a means for many people to take care of their famlies in short the people who look down on these fast food workers are no better then the dispatcher, receiver, or any other person who thinks driving is a sh.t job...
it's just a job....not a way to define who you are as a person..

Timberwolf

[LightsChromeHorsepower]

I for one have always thought that using the line of fast food places are hiring as a little idiotic. Any individual who is willing to put in a hard days work (harder then holding a steering wheel) and can deal with the rest of the world looking down on them (just like being a driver) in conjunction with organizing a crew of 20+ to facilitate the dysfunctional feeding of hundreds of people in a very short time span can earn a very respectable paycheck. In fact I would bet that a manager of any Mickey D's in my hometown makes more then 80% of the otr drivers on this board and he/she is home every night.
Its a job and a means for many people to take care of their famlies in short the people who look down on these fast food workers are no better then the dispatcher, receiver, or any other person who thinks driving is a sh.t job...
it's just a job....not a way to define who you are as a person..

Timberwolf

Bravo!!! +1

[Double R]

Probably for the same reason that when folks come on here and have been down on their luck and looking for that magical company thats gonna hire them, the first hard luck companies thrown out there are:

CRE, Swift, CRST, JB, and so on, you get my drift.

But how come no one throws out companies like:

MBM
Sysco
Asian Foods
US Foodservice
Stockyard Meats
Northstar Foodservice

Just a thought.

Because companies like Sysco, US Foods, Sygma and that have some strict hiring policies(IE:no felonies, no DUI's, DUI at least ten years old,etc). Also, companies like that are NOT DRIVING jobs, which is what everyone asks about. 90% of the drivers out there run from jobs like that.

[Jackrabbit379]

Because companies like Sysco, US Foods, Sygma and that have some strict hiring policies(IE:no felonies, no DUI's, DUI at least ten years old,etc). Also, companies like that are NOT DRIVING jobs, which is what everyone asks about. 90% of the drivers out there run from jobs like that.

Sygma is Sysco's sister.


Double R, one thing about Sysco... if you got both arms, and both legs with a clean record, they will hire ya, and train ya, but if you have anything on your record, like you mentioned, they won't even look at ya.

[jd112488]

i agree with double r. i respect him for doing food service but man that seems like alot of work. i know that by the time i spot my dolly in front of my rear trailer i am spent and need a good five or ten minute break...not for everyone. but that does not mean it is not a good or possibly great job, just one that i refer not to do. now that being said. if i lost my job and had to actually go WORK for my money then i would do what i gotta do. if that means flippin burgers or hustling freight down a ramp into a resteraunt, then so be. my family comes before my hapiness.

[Double R]

i agree with double r. i respect him for doing food service but man that seems like alot of work. i know that by the time i spot my dolly in front of my rear trailer i am spent and need a good five or ten minute break...not for everyone. but that does not mean it is not a good or possibly great job, just one that i refer not to do. now that being said. if i lost my job and had to actually go WORK for my money then i would do what i gotta do. if that means flippin burgers or hustling freight down a ramp into a resteraunt, then so be. my family comes before my hapiness.

JD, THANK YOU.

And you are correct, it is not a job for everybody.









only for those that are NUTS

[Jackrabbit379]

i agree with double r. i respect him for doing food service but man that seems like alot of work. i know that by the time i spot my dolly in front of my rear trailer i am spent and need a good five or ten minute break...not for everyone. but that does not mean it is not a good or possibly great job, just one that i refer not to do. now that being said. if i lost my job and had to actually go WORK for my money then i would do what i gotta do. if that means flippin burgers or hustling freight down a ramp into a resteraunt, then so be. my family comes before my hapiness.

Once you get the hang of it, and in shape, it's not bad. If you do it right, it's just like getting a work out every day. You could also injure yourself, if not careful. It also does pretty good wear and tear on your body.

[Orangetxguy]

I know that McD managers make some serious change! Especially from Company operated stores. I know a gal who started working as a counter clerk, at a company McD in high school. She is nowin her early 50's, is the regional manager for McD franchise operations in WA, OR and ID, and knocks down well over $300K a year.

She and the family have been all over the world, on McD's dime, in the best hotels eating the best food, because she hit's the performance marks.

[Ridge Runner]

See my Sig. line folks. And believe it or not, sometimes money ain't everything.

[GMAN]

It doesn't make any difference what you do for a living. There is nothing wrong with honest work. You do what you must to earn a living for your family whether that is driving a truck or flipping hamburgers. Some people think that if they get a job working for McDonald's or other fast food store that they will be stuck in a minimum wage job. It can only be a start. There are many companies who prefer promoting from within. I have a former neighbor whom I have known for many years. During and after college he went to work for a restaurant. Over the years he worked in various positions with fast food stores. He is currently the COO (Chief Operating Officer) for a major fast food chain. Just because you start at the bottom doesn't necessarily mean that you need to stay there.

[Jackrabbit379]

Yeah, there are some very good wages in the upper management at the fast food chains. I know that I've made jokes on here myself about them, but they do have good insurance, and benefits. If a body stayed with it, and worked their way up, they would make a good living in the upper management.

[Old Salt_19]

Double R, I wasn't downing the foodservice industry, but just making a statement that when drivers with spotty pasts come on here looking for help the "same ole same ole" is always thrown out there.

I agree that this industry is back breaking hard work and isn't for everyone, I've been there, done that and would still be there if the company hadn't closed and let us go.

I will disagree with you to a point on the "strick hiring practices" though. When these companies need drivers and go outside the company and use "staffing agencies" as they often do here in the Twin Cities, it becomes a different story.

Jackrabbit and JD, I agree that if the individual has no missing parts, they will get hired and trained, and if a person needs a job and is willing to do the work no matter how difficult or put family needs over personal happiness they can do this work.

From my personal experience, I worked along side drivers who had just received their CDL (no experience) OTR or otherwise. Drivers with experience only in driving passenger coach or school busses. Drivers who in my opinion that had 3 and 4 accidents within a 2 year period shouldn't have been there, and had additional accidents while on the job with me, including rolling a trailer and still being retained. Now I could go on with this, but I'm just pointing out my observations.

I will say that Double R could be 100% correct that these companies won't hire with DWI / DUI or felonies, but I can't be sure about the folks I worked with, they could have possibly gotten hired also. These companies using staffing agencies need bodies to fill the seats and hump the products to keep the customer base, and again from my observations they will do what they have to in order to keep those groceries moving down the ramps into the customers coolers, freezers and dry storerooms.

One last thing. Jackrabbit, those with injuries don't always lose out either unless its so severe they can't work any longer. They get rehab, phy. therapy, desk jobs, and then work as on call driver reliefs for those running out of hours, but physical labor to assist other drivers.

[Jackrabbit379]

One last thing. Jackrabbit, those with injuries don't always lose out either unless its so severe they can't work any longer. They get rehab, phy. therapy, desk jobs, and then work as on call driver reliefs for those running out of hours, but physical labor to assist other drivers.

I agree.

One of our supervisors was injured on a route, when he was a driver. He helped in the office shortly after his injury, answering phones, etc. Then all of a sudden, he became a supervisor.


Our " trailer spotter" at the warehouse was a driver. He tore something up. I can't remember what it was, but all I know is that he got hurt on a route. Now, he's on the yard mule at the warehouse.

[AntLuke]

Thanks for the feedback guys. Again, If anyone hears anything. Just post it on the message board. I check this daily. Thank you.