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Originally Posted by Night Zombie
I'm new and lucky to have a decent job right off the bat. But I'm always looking for the next step !
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I can give you some advice from my experience.
First LTL job was with Conway, things slowed down and I jumped ship to Roadway. Looking back it seemed like it was a good move to make? It wasn't. I should have stayed with Conway, not long after I left things picked up and they (Conway) hired 40 more people the next year. Would have moved up to a bid position instead of the extraboard.
Roadway....I got hired in as a road driver (not a casual). The money was good but say goodbye to your life. You live by the phone 24/7 in and out of hotels, some nice some not. Takes Years, I mean years to get a bid run because no one retires from Roadway. The Union is taking down YRC (Yellow Roadway Corp), expenses for the company keep going up and the Union demands more and more and eventually the Union will fold YRC and someone will buy them out and scrap everything... (DHL).
From my experience and people that I know that went to other places, UPS Package is the top of the food chain. Fedex and UPS freight are growing very quickly so any time is a good time to get in with them. Conway and Estes are also decent company's. Avoid Roadway, Yellow, USF Holland and ABF. Don't know much about NEMF, SAIA, RL Carriers or some of the others.
Some might not agree with me and maybe some will? I got burnt out on the LTL, one month busy and the next the docks are empty. I figured I would try something different so I haul fuel now and it's pretty consistent.