from what ive heard its the paperwork.

 

Paperwork is the easiest part.

I'd say the general disrespect shown to truck drivers, mostly by shippers/receivers and mostly at grocery warehouses. They'll expect you to wait sometimes 4+ hours to get loaded/unloaded and not even have the courtesy to have a public restroom on site (they do, but they won't let dirty truck drivers use it). Then when you go in to ask when you might be unloaded/loaded they'll either lie and tell you "a few minutes" when it's really a few hours or completely ignore you. I guess I can understand because if I worked in a warehouse/plant all day I'd probably want to kill myself.

Other than that it's the disrespect of dispatchers. They feel the need to make it a hassle for you to get home to see your family and friends after you've basically given your life to the company for the past month or two on the road. Unless you're with a smaller company, you'll be treated like nothing more than a number.

Get ready to deal with a lot of disrespect. Try to ignore it and stay strong and just remember that no matter how rudely or poorly you get treated, at least you don't have to work in a nasty warehouse or sit behind a desk all day.

 

I'm sorry for ya. Other than my brief time at Covenant (3 weeks) I have been blessed with wonderful dispatchers...at Maverick, Crete and yes Prime. If you don't like your dispatcher, tell them you want another one. Shouldn't be a problem getting resasigned to another one unless your company is small. There are good fleet managers out there. I plan on becoming one.

For me, it was the lonliness of being on the road for weeks at the time that ultimately did me in. I couldn't ever fully adapt to life on the road because of that. So I turned in my rig to go back to college and that is the best decision I've made. Ironically, I now am working in a warehouse while in college. It's not that bad actually. I work at Pepsi though so that probably doesn't compare to grocery warehouses. I get 50-60 hours a week, it pays the bills and I'm home every night with my family. I couldn't be happier.

 

Well said,I dont think a more true answer could be given.

 

The Worst Part OF,

Driving if you,Happen to live in a rural community, AS I Do with not many income Opportunities is if YOU end Up OTR for long stretches Of Time & if you have small children You miss Alot of there growing UP. there is no substitute for being with your Kid's,That I've ever seen. there is no replacing the lost time together. Ounce it gone it lost Forever. 8) :idea:

 

Guess I was one of the lucky ones, but the company and the dispatcher I worked for were both absolutely super. "Grumpy", the man who trained me was awesome as well; no "using his trainee to pad his paycheck".

The worst part of trucking for me was that I was almost always fatigued. I drove at night as often as I could (my choice), and that, combined with the sedentary nature of the work, (we handled "no touch" freight) and poor living habits took it's toll on me physically.

 

worst part to me is bad directions
a part from rude and disrespectful people, well that’s all most any job you have asshats and rude people. Honestly I don’t see why a person with a family and kids does OTR trucking not fair to the spouse or the kids in my opinion

 

worst part for me was the weeks away from home and dispatch's inability to keep me as busy as I would like. When I leave my family for 2 weeks at a time I want to make as much money as is legally possible.

 

#1 paycheck.
#2 D.O.T.