Truck Driving Jobs

joshnareta · #1 10-09-2006, 05:32 AM

Looking for work. 1st, I cannot work Friday @ sundown until Saturday @ sundown. My wife and I are Jewish. I do not need to be home. I called 33 companies last week, 2 of them said they could work around my religious beliefs.
HAS ANY ONE RUN INTO THIS PROBLEM AT ALL?

I understand forced dispatch and all. I have never been in an accident and haven't had a speeding ticket in over 4 years. No DUI or OUI. Just want to work 6 days a week. That is all. OTR/48 states...My wife will be getting her CDL in a few months and we want to TEAM together.

Any leads would be greatly appreciated. OH yeah, we live in Metro Detroit.

GO TIGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GMAN · #2 10-09-2006, 10:53 AM

It can be difficult for a company to work around religious needs. Sometimes you don't get loaded until late Friday or even Friday evening. Even those carrier's who say that they will work with you, may not always be able to accommodate you. Most of the better freight companies will try to get you loaded on Friday for a Monday delivery. If you can run over the weekend, you will dramatically improve your income. It doesn't mean that you will necessarily need to run all weekend, but you could leave out Sunday and be at your destination on Monday morning. Good luck.

Sealord · #3 10-09-2006, 01:09 PM

"they could work around my religious beliefs" Get that in WRITING from any company that will invite you to orientation before you go to that orientation. I doubt they'll be able to abide by their assurance. Teaming being available six days out of seven is counterintuitive. BOL

One · #4 10-09-2006, 01:18 PM

Im sorry to say that this business is not exactly 9-5 and M-F, schedules will be wierd sometimes, so dont expect for that to work out with your sabbath off...unless you run hard enough during the week to where you have close to 70 hrs by fri night and needing a 34 restart, but that will be unlikely to work out too well....I do know that McElroy out of Alabama has a policy to give Saturday off....Find a co. to give you sat off...GL
When you are your own boss, you can make your own schedule...

Fozzy · #5 10-09-2006, 01:48 PM

I think you are just wasting your time and efforts on this.

Redeemed · #6 10-09-2006, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by joshnareta

Looking for work. 1st, I cannot work Friday @ sundown until Saturday @ sundown. My wife and I are Jewish. I do not need to be home. I called 33 companies last week, 2 of them said they could work around my religious beliefs.
HAS ANY ONE RUN INTO THIS PROBLEM AT ALL?

I understand forced dispatch and all. I have never been in an accident and haven't had a speeding ticket in over 4 years. No DUI or OUI. Just want to work 6 days a week. That is all. OTR/48 states...My wife will be getting her CDL in a few months and we want to TEAM together.

Any leads would be greatly appreciated. OH yeah, we live in Metro Detroit.

GO TIGERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

joshnareta,

No guarantees but here are a couple of ideas. I work for Old Dominion doing linehaul. At least our local terminal is pretty laid back and will work with you on a schedule. You may want to check them out. Also, just a rumor I heard, was the company that pulls Little Debbie Snack Cakes has a policy of being shut down on Saturday due to religious beliefs. Cant remember the company name off hand but thing it's McGee or something like that.

Hope it helps.

AmEagleDrvr · #7 10-09-2006, 04:15 PM

Try this link for McKee:
http://www.mckeefoods.com/careers/HR...View.aspxcgee:

You'll have a tough time trying to find a company to accomodate your request. I'd try some linehaul companies, but most require experience.
(Old Dominion, SAIA, Yellow, Roadway, Con-way, etc.)

Redeemed · #8 10-09-2006, 10:59 PM

I got onto Old Dominion as a student and in most cases they will consider you just coming out of school. That is unless that particular terminal has enough drivers and may ask for experience.

Rawlco · #9 10-09-2006, 11:34 PM

If you manage your hours of service properly you can always shut down for your 34 hour reset on the same day every week. Especially as a team with a 12 on 12 off schedule you will always be able to shut down on the 7th day, whichever day it is.

The hours of service are your friend in this case, just make sure that you play with the nubers a little to make sure that you don't run out of hours early.

If you request to be home for the weekend it may be difficult if you run out of hours friday evening, you may have to request hometime for other than weekends.

joshnareta · #10 10-10-2006, 03:18 AM

Thanks for the info. Positive and negative....I realize this is not a mon-friday/9-5 job...I probably will own my own truck someday, this way I can set my own schedule. I need to start somewhere though and I can't afford a truck right now.