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Originally Posted by mbadriver
Driver Solutions + Star = Lots of vasilene
Good luck. Numb your mind for a year.
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As much as your right, it could have been worse. I could of been at CR England or Schnieder. I understand that I am lower payed than most, but Im happy with that. Not to many companies will keep in you in brand new trucks and change you over every 500k miles. Im sure that being home almost every weekend is a bad thing too, ummm yea. I think I did fairly well given the options that I had.
Oh, and before anyone says "You'll find out otherwise!" to all the stuff I just said, I beg you to reconsider. Out of probably 30 drivers I have talk to so far have confirmed it. I talk to new drivers, and old drivers. All of which said that they normally get home on weekends, and they get thier different trucks at 500k, among other nice perks. They're not doing that bad either in terms of making a living. Sure, it could be better, but I can either do this, or make 7.50/hour flipping burgers at McDonalds, so which would you choose.
@ben45750
Appreicate the offer for knowledge. I always like hearing others expierences with different things, and if its something that I am doing myself, I stand up and listen intenativley.
My first time behind thier wheels was coming out of Indianapolis on my way home for christmas. I was more or less hitching a ride with a driver as I couldnt get placed with a trainer in time for the weekend. I was ok'ed to drive if I wanted to and once we got to Indy, we had to swap loads with someone that was hauling a Pactiv load. I ended up getting to drive it on out of Indy down to Cincy. It was a very light load, 9k I think, so I didnt complain.
My hardest part so far is getting used to the 13 speeds. I was trained on 10 speeds, and gear recovery and what not on those, and getting ahold of a decent transmission has been a daunting task. I can do it, its just not pretty.
Overall, I plan on sticking my 1 year with Star regardless as to how they treat me. If things are good, I will more than likey stick with them for a while. I dont want to be jumping companies every year, just to make a few thousand more per year. I will make life fine on what they pay me, so long as its not negatives, and If I need more, I need to adjust my lifestyle versus my job. I been a job hopper all my working life, and at 23, I can choose to still do it, or to settle down and "settle" or somehting others will not. Someone has to work it ya know. Someone has to do the work that no one else wants to do, and I am more than happy to do it.
