Some differences between Ashley and Action:
Ashley drivers get their name on the truck after a while - I don't know how long.
Ashley guys - a lot of them - take their trucks home; Action goes home to the yard in Tupelo where they are washed for you and serviced for the next week.
Ashley is a bigger company....seems like around 500 drivers. And not all of them are in Mississippi.. Action has about 130 or so and no longer hires from out of state - although if you live close by in Alabama you would probably be considered.
Franklin Chair also told me they hire newbies when they "get desperate"....I then asked the guy if he was currently desperate. He said no.
Other good employers around NE Mississippi:
Aqua Glass up in Adamsville, TN. They make hot tubs.
ACCO, in Booneville, MS. Their trucks say "Quartet", but ACCO is the owner
But for flatbedding, my bet is still McElroy
How I got hired:
First (before I started school) I called and asked if they would talk to me when I was licensed.
Then I went to school.
Then I called and said "OK, I'm licensed, can we talk"?
Then I showed up with my DMV report, license and physical, as well as my work history all in order.
Got hired on the spot.
Her's a picture of the Ashley truck.
It's real pretty, but in order to get hired on by Ashley as a newbie you have to go to the RIGHT SCHOOL! Not just any accredited school, the RIGHT ONE. So I started smelling 'kick back'. That, and they set up a recruiting booth at the Action driver's meeting one year. That kind of crap just puts me off.