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Originally Posted by Bonkers
Logic tells me that the senior drivers of any company would have first dibs on a local gig (unless it was really low pay or smelly of course.) So I have to ask - has anyone here heard of a national company offering a rookie a local job free and clear?
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Not always. I can only speak for my employer (JB) but most likely other big companies do things close to the same way.
Yes, the majority of local jobs are offered to our drivers first. However that doesnt mean we dont get good local jobs that I can hire off the street. It most likely works like this. When the manager over that local job needs a driver to fill a position, he or she is going to look for the quickest way to fill that truck. He might have a list of our OTR drivers on a waiting list or he might not have anyone waiting for that job and then go to us recruiters to fill that position. The most important thing to him and his job is to fill that seat as quick as possible to keep the customers happy. Freight sitting there waiting on a company to find a driver to pull it is the fastest way to lose a customer.
I dont know what you mean when you use the term "rookie". Are you talking about completely new with no experience...or just a little experience. We have hundreds and hundreds of local jobs over here and at anytime I have quite a few of them open for hire. Most require at least 3 months experience...some require 6 months.
So the answer to your question would be Yes, sometimes rookies can get a good local job. Just depends if you are in the right place at the right time.