Considering US Xpress Relocate To Auburn, IN (Gas City)

I've heard mixed opinions about this, but I'm considering it as a way to spend time Refreshing. I already have my CDL A plus DOT Medical Card and about 3 years experience total, but my experience is spread out from trying different jobs and 2.5 years of college. I did get an Associates Degree, but it hasn't led to a job.

Also, for various dumb reasons, I wound up living in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and an opportunity for relocation assistance to get out of this awful job market is appealing. If I do this, I'm also thinking longterm of using this to get my 6 months to a year recent experience and then I might move on.

USxpress is a good conpany, but since you live in Michigan and want to move near Gas City, before you make the leap, check out West Side Transport based in Cedar Rapids, IA. We have tons of freight going in and out of the Gas City area and it really is a great company. Much smaller than USXpress and youd be known by name and not just a number. Pay is great too.

Hey Videodrome, welcome to the forum!

It sounds like you've already spent some time jumping around to various jobs or opportunities. Now you seem to want our opinion on the next place your jumping to, but you laid out your long term plan for us...

If I do this, I'm also thinking longterm of using this to get my 6 months to a year recent experience and then I might move on.

Might I suggest a better plan would be to make it your strategy to go to U.S. Express with the full intention of giving them 110% while you're learning the way they do things over there. With that strategy you'll find them reciprocating by treating you like the professional you are developing into as you go through the learning curve that every driver does when starting at a new company.

It is a huge misconception that some of these companies are just "starting" points and once you've got the hang of it you should move on to some place that will treat you better. This whole career is performance based. That simply means the folks who bother to gain the understanding of how their chosen company operates, and then work their tail off to run their truck in a way that works cooperatively within that structure will be very successful. Your success has little or nothing to do with the name on the doors of your truck.

I know this to be true. I was very successful at Western Express, a company that is known by all the wannabe truckers living in their mom's basements, as a "starter company" which makes it's profits by "churning" low paid newbies at an alarming rate.

All of these companies have their core group of "go to" drivers that know how to "git er done." These are their top performers. These are the ones who are making great money and enjoying life out here on the road. That is who you should strive to be at U.S. Express.

Brett, spent six years over at U.S. Express, and he could have had a job anywhere with one simple phone call. So, my point is that you need to realize a start at U.S. Express is a chance to prove yourself as a true professional at one of the first in class trucking companies. The burden to perform at the highest levels is on you. They will follow your lead and run you like a world class driver. They don't have a thing to prove to you - they've proven themselves for years.

Get in there, do a killer job, and you will discover "the truth" about how things work out here in this much misunderstood career.