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When I saw this guy at Waste Pro he remembered me right away, we got to talking and he assured me that I made the right move, in the last four years I have yet to see under 75K with this year and last year topping out at just over 82k the only thing I don't have is the built in retirement plan that helps fund the Teamsters, or the cheap insurance which I do have to say was good. He told me he is coming in at just over 68K a year. I guess it boils down to what works for the individual, myself I enjoy working 10 to 12 hours with only 4 or 5 stops as opposed to bumping 15 to 20 docks. I have the weekends off and as senior driver I choose if I want to work holidays or not. Last Christmas I worked pulled two loads made just over $600 for the day (double load pay for the holiday). This year I am at home. Here in Orlando the new UPS Freight guys are still driving those old Overnight Volvo's and they are lucky if they have AC.. Sadly he had nothing good to say about the Teamsters, with Florida being a right to work state they are pretty much powerless.. In the end all that matters is how the individual feels about their job , as there are days in my job I just want to yell.
Merry Christmas to you..
Timberwolf
I know it didn't work out for you. Not sure what you mean by "built in retirement plan that helps fund the Teamsters". Our pension is company funded and controlled. The teamsters have nothing to do with it. It's good though you found something that works for you. Your old terminal sounds like the exception to the rule. Anyone I know with 7-8 years is doing fine. I should point out that I'm a road driver. A city driver would never make as much money and the older trucks get run in the city while the newer trucks are used for road work. I also wouldn't be happy as a city driver bumping docks. I never even see a customer. But even though I think its a great job our company is full of whiners who either blame the company or the union, depending on the day. I'd like to see them try to find another job even half as good. We have 20 year cry babies on a gravy run making 100k. I just block it out. I do my thing and go home. The union is a nice safety net but I don't need them. I'm there to work, that's what I get paid for. I guess everyone looks for different things in their ideal job. Some want a nice truck, or more freedom, control over where they go, home time, I don't know. I want a good pay plan and benefits. I can't always get my choice of days off or vacation, can't get the run I want, not crazy about working nights but it's OK. I like it but apparantly a lot of people don't. I work (if you want to call it that) 9-10 hours a day and I think its pretty easy for what I make.No way I could live in a truck, run 70 hours, and make 50k. I could consider fuel, but I don't want to work weekends, even as a new guy. We all have to find a happy medium. And Merry Christmas to you too!Originally Posted by TimberWolf
Hey Snowman, 7 years later I have looked backed and wondered what if I had stayed with UPS Freight? Where would I be now ? I got that answer about two months ago, I was pulling a load of fuel to Waste Pro in Daytona and ran into a former co worker with UPS Freight, in fact he and I went through orientation together and started the same day, however he did have some P&D experience so he started driving right away while I went to the docks and filled in. We all know how that worked out for me screwing up my back, an operation and 4 months of down time before the good ole Teamsters came in and ruined my chances of driving anytime soon even further. That was Feb to April of 2008, Made the jump to fuel in May of 08 and spent two years with Florida Rock before jumping to Mansfield Oil. Coming up on my 5 year anniversary with Mansfield and have every intention to retire with them.When I saw this guy at Waste Pro he remembered me right away, we got to talking and he assured me that I made the right move, in the last four years I have yet to see under 75K with this year and last year topping out at just over 82k the only thing I don't have is the built in retirement plan that helps fund the Teamsters, or the cheap insurance which I do have to say was good. He told me he is coming in at just over 68K a year. I guess it boils down to what works for the individual, myself I enjoy working 10 to 12 hours with only 4 or 5 stops as opposed to bumping 15 to 20 docks. I have the weekends off and as senior driver I choose if I want to work holidays or not. Last Christmas I worked pulled two loads made just over $600 for the day (double load pay for the holiday). This year I am at home. Here in Orlando the new UPS Freight guys are still driving those old Overnight Volvo's and they are lucky if they have AC.. Sadly he had nothing good to say about the Teamsters, with Florida being a right to work state they are pretty much powerless.. In the end all that matters is how the individual feels about their job , as there are days in my job I just want to yell.
Merry Christmas to you..
Timberwolf