Hi All Any Thoughts On This Offer ?

Hi all got a regional offer home every week any thoughts is this any good ?

Congratulations on the job offer, William.

How good the offer is depends...

Do you know how long your "weekend" is going to be? I recently left a job that guaranteed 48hrs off for a full weekend. I never saw a full 48hr weekend in the 8months or so I was there. It is one of the reasons I left that company. If you don't mind a short weekend then I guess there is no potential issue there.

Another thing that might make things difficult is the city driving. Sounds like you are expected to go into the major cities frequently. That might be very challenging for a new driver. Not only navigating the narrow streets and traffic but, also trying to back into tight dock areas.

I'm not trying to discourage you. Just making sure you are aware of the challenges you might face.

Not sure about how good the pay system is. I can't do the math in my head😁 3 weeks vacation is great though!

Are you a young buck who is full of vinegar? You'd better be. I'm a 62 year old flatbed driver who still has a lot of drive and energy. I wouldn't dare try that job. Food delivery is really tough. It pays well, but the drivers don't last long. It wears them down.

My personal opinion is that you should do one year of OTR. Not everyone agrees with me on that, but I'll bet everybody agrees about that being a very physical job. There's a huge difference between being a truck driver and a delivery driver.

I don't have any problem making great money out here. I see no reason to break my back chasing a dollar when I can do just as well without burning myself out early.

They told me I’d leave my local yard on Sunday late night be out Monday Tuesday and Wednesday possibly Thursday then be back home home Friday afternoon and be dispatched from home since they have a drop yard in my city I do a lot of local driving in city now but mostly got me in the yard so I’m not to worried about city driving I may be a fresh driver but I’m pretty confident in my skills as far as backing into tight spots and small city streets.

Congratulations on the job offer, William.

How good the offer is depends...

Do you know how long your "weekend" is going to be? I recently left a job that guaranteed 48hrs off for a full weekend. I never saw a full 48hr weekend in the 8months or so I was there. It is one of the reasons I left that company. If you don't mind a short weekend then I guess there is no potential issue there.

Another thing that might make things difficult is the city driving. Sounds like you are expected to go into the major cities frequently. That might be very challenging for a new driver. Not only navigating the narrow streets and traffic but, also trying to back into tight dock areas.

I'm not trying to discourage you. Just making sure you are aware of the challenges you might face.

Not sure about how good the pay system is. I can't do the math in my head😁 3 weeks vacation is great though!

It is OTR out of Buffalo,Ny and it’s all pallets no cases limited touch maybe using a electric pallet Jack it’s not like Sysco or us foods type delivery 😀

Are you a young buck who is full of vinegar? You'd better be. I'm a 62 year old flatbed driver who still has a lot of drive and energy. I wouldn't dare try that job. Food delivery is really tough. It pays well, but the drivers don't last long. It wears them down.

My personal opinion is that you should do one year of OTR. Not everyone agrees with me on that, but I'll bet everybody agrees about that being a very physical job. There's a huge difference between being a truck driver and a delivery driver.

I don't have any problem making great money out here. I see no reason to break my back chasing a dollar when I can do just as well without burning myself out early.

This was the listing I applied to and spoke with them and got offered the job on a zoom meeting I also got offered a spot with grand island express but that’s in Nebraska and home time is every 3 weeks.

Are you a young buck who is full of vinegar? You'd better be. I'm a 62 year old flatbed driver who still has a lot of drive and energy. I wouldn't dare try that job. Food delivery is really tough. It pays well, but the drivers don't last long. It wears them down.

My personal opinion is that you should do one year of OTR. Not everyone agrees with me on that, but I'll bet everybody agrees about that being a very physical job. There's a huge difference between being a truck driver and a delivery driver.

I don't have any problem making great money out here. I see no reason to break my back chasing a dollar when I can do just as well without burning myself out early.

I'd ask questions (and I always do) about the medical. "As low as 15.71" means nothing to me. I want to know the provider, deductibles, coinsurance, co-payments, is it reimbursement etc. That's if it's important to you, some people don't care.

Some thoughts:

1. Congratulations on your new job.

2. The devil is in the details. It's nice that they offer so many ancillary pays, but what really matters is, "How much will you make" in a week? A month? A year? Looking at the numbers it seems like the key is getting in and out as quickly as possible since you're only making $28 per stop. If it takes you 3 hours to find a place to park your truck, find the guy with the keys to let you in, unload his order and get your proof of delivery you're only making $9.33/hr! The cpm rate also seems low. Yes, you get the ancillary pays but you also get traffic. If you're stuck in rush hour going 4 mph that's $1.84/hr.

3. Maybe I missed something, but it sounds like you're going to making deliveries in NYC in a truck with a sleeper berth. That extra 12' will make maneuvering especially tricky in a city that was laid out for horses and wagons.

4. I'd be interested in knowing what their annual driver turnover is and just how many of their drivers are, "Top running Drivers". There's a company that is well-known locally for handing the easier/higher paying runs to relatives of their managers and the other 90% of their drivers get what's left. The chosen few make ~$120k/yr - every one else is closer to $60k. The turnover for the chosen few is nonexistent, for the other 90% it's over 100% in a year.

5. Wear and tear. Even with an electric pallet jack you will be touching freight. It's only a matter of time before you hurt your back, or your knee or some other vital part you didn't know you needed to move around with until it becomes painful just to breathe, let alone use it to move around.

My reaction is similar to what Old School said. What I would not do is constantly run around Philly, Pittsburgh, Boston, NYC, Baltimore and the highly congested areas in that region. There is a reason the company gives “hazard” pay for driving to those locations. It is very hazardous driving, in my opinion and it would wear me out in short order. I have to do deliveries to the northeast occasionally, Philly and NJ for the most part and I can literally feel my stress level go to DEFCON 1 when I get in these areas. Doing it every day would be impossible for me.

There are some attractive features in that job offer. I have never heard about the perk of cheap groceries for drivers. I wonder how that works? But they could give me my food for free and I still would not want to operate in those areas all the time. Go west, young man!

William, being a Buffalo local driver myself, I've always followed your "journey" with interest, but you really make me scratch my head at times. What is it about this specific regional job that is attractive to you? I could point you toward a dozen local jobs better than this, but I get your desire for a little otr. I haven't been in the market for a new driving job, so wasn't sure what the current offerings were like on indeed. Dude, opening it up, there's a ton of better regional/otr jobs hiring out of this area. So it brings me back to what about this offer has you so excited?

Heck, I mentioned it to you months ago, you want a regional job, home every weekend, talk to Maverick glass about hauling out of their Geneva plant.