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Originally Posted by drzebra
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Originally Posted by sbatson
It seems like every company you find on here is talked down on so why do drivers keep on driving and swithcing companys if it never gets better?
All the companies are trashed on here because truck drivers by and large are a whiny bunch. Seriously.
Find one crying about his company how how good it "used to be" and call him on it. Ask him why he doesn't leave the industry if things suck so bad. Chances are, he'll just hem and haw around the question and find someone else to whine at. This reaction leads me to suspect two possibilities:
1. The driver is too much of a coward to affect change
2. The driver isn't really unhappy and simply whines for the sake of whining.
Both are equally plausible.
or maybe; that CDL is all he has
or maybe; all he has is a CDL and a High School Diploma
the HSD doesn't get you very far these days...and we all know just "how far" a CDL gets you-----
until recently( internet age) continuing your education while out here driving a rig, busting your rear to make ends meet, was impossible.
also hard to look for "other" employment options while away from home- and unable to do those appointment interviews....just like WHY truck drivers have always suffered from poor health & teeth-- hard to get home for those "scheduled" doctors appointments + historically waking up in the middle of no where with no bathroom facilites( and not enjoying brushing your teeth from a dixie cup with no mirror--- and having to "put er in the wind" got to go...go... go.... that Dispatcher made an appointment--and you can't be late.
These days there's also a "new breed" of "hobby" truckers out here-- complaining too.... and changing the industry--- these drivers are retired from other fields and are just looking to get away from the old lady and see the sights---- and this sometimes comes into conflict with Corporate Trucking profit seeking and THEY complain, or worse the company starts catering to them and making all the delivery schedules with extra days on the run(because many of these hobby drivers only willing to run 200miles a day) and the rest of us suffer.( and complain).