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Originally Posted by Mtc_Is_Hell
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Originally Posted by driver67373
I recently got off the road and took a local job with Performance Food Group. It's all right and all, but it seems to me there's a lack of professionlam and pride in your job that I found more common on the road. Both of my "trainers" I've been with, if you can call them trainers, one of them had less experience than I do and I've been driving 8 months. The other one has 9 years driving experience. Well both of them have never been on the road, I get the feeling that they don't see themselves as a truck driver first, that this is just their job. Both of them drive dangerously, taking exit ramps 15-20 mph above the posted ramp speed...maybe you can get away with that with a 26 ft trailer? But I was trained that you NEVER take a ramp at that speed, that you want to be going about 5 miles below the posted speed cus those are for cars. Excessive speeding, for example going 50 through a 30 zone that I wouldn't feel safe doing even in my car. I've only been driving 8 months and I drive safter than both of these drivers. They tailgate exvessivly as well on the open freeway often with 1 to 1.5 second following distance. I'm not used to such a relaxed saftey attitude at a company. I do miss over the road and sometimes I do wonder if the grass really is greener on the other side. Is this common though for local gigs to be more relaxed on saftely and allow driving like this? I don't like that kind of attitude so I'm not sure what to do, it just doesn't feel professional, and I am a PROFESSIONAL truck driver.
Was it hard to find a local job after 8 months? I"m at near 7 months otr and dieing to pay off my loan and get a local gig. Have saved 8,500 so I won't be in a huge hurry to find one.. I'm in St Louis MO
Look up Performance Food Group in St. Louis. They have a distribution center there. Starting training pay is 20 an hour....they hire people straight out of CDL school. I just signed up for my health benefits today and they are the exact same plan that FedEx Express had when I worked for them, it's top of the line, and cost me 13 bucks a weak. Company pays for short and long term disability. They offer tuition reibursement if you want to go to college. Great stuff. Hell they even have insurance for your pet. But be prepared to work hard, move a lot of boxes around and get up at 3:30am every morning. It's a 5 day work week though.
http://www.pfgc.com Also you can check out other compraoble companies like Sysco Foods, US Food Service, MBM etc. In addition to those, a lot of local beer and soda distributors will hire you though your pay is probably going to be low. Best of luck.