Remember a month ago or so, we told you that jumping ship may not be the best thing to do? Well, we were right. Unless you see trucks being reposessed and your paycheck is bouncing, the atmosphere in trucking right now says you might be better off to stay where you already are. Drivers have been complaining about companies turning their trucks down, in an apparent effort to save on fuel costs. Those drivers that are complaining about that better not talk too loudly; they may unkowingly be standing next to a driver who only wished his company would have done what it took to stay afloat. Now that driver's paycheck bounced and he's hearing someone complain about a slower truck. He doesn't know how lucky he is to even have that truck driving job right now.
I even heard one driver say he gets better fuel mileage going 70 mph compared to 65  As if the company was dumb enough to fall for that and turn his truck back up 
The facts in trucking right now, are that times are tough and companies are looking to squeeze every penny out of every dollar they can. Companies are filing for bankruptcy left and right. Drivers who don't really want to be drivers but refuse to do the only other jobs they are qualified for, will soon be watching the big rigs from the side of the road. Trucking companies will be thinning their fleets, keeping only the safe, efficient, and high producing drivers. On the other hand, drivers who are professional, have clean MVR's, and haven't hopped around from job to job will have their pick of companies to drive for, as long as they remember that being a truck driver is not compatible to being home every weekend. If you want to be home every weekend, get out of trucking. |
