Is This Right For Me?

It all depends on where she lives.

She's in vegas. I'm willing to bet there's more drivers than work in there area right now.

I think Laura, PJ and Banks are giving you sound wisdom to look very, very carefully before you leap into an attempt to become a driver. The failure rate is significant.

Have you ever gone with your husband for a ride a long on his truck? Do you really know how difficult the thing you are asking about is?

And why would a mother with 3 children at home want.to do one of the most dangerous jobs in America? I admire your attitude and dedication as a mother, but in all honesty, I think it is not practical for you.

When I drove for my first company for 8 months, I would have actually made better money spending that much time working at McDonald’s. I do much better than that now, but the road to get here was steep.

I'd avoid yellow.

I beg to differ. She would get PAID training near her home allowing her to go home every night with weekends off. The training comes with no contract or obligation to her.

How did the New York Times put it?

Rescue of Troubled Trucking Company With White House Ties Draws Scrutiny Much like the lost war in Ukraine, YRC can go on FOREVER with friends in the right places and a direct line to the US Treasury. Uncle Sam owns 30% of Yellow already. I would argue that any other company is one nuclear verdict away from disappearing but Yellow will be around as long as people keep paying taxes.

In the worst case, she could earn her CDL while getting paid then get Teamster scale and benefits. Nothing bad is happening to YRC before the next presidential election. After that she would have more than a year of experience.

While freight markets are shrinking and CDL jobs are getting harder to come by many companies are preferring to hire applicants based on their gender, the color of their skin and who they share their bed with. She would have better luck with some companies than I would with my million+ miles of safe, legal CDL driving simply because she is a she.

I beg to differ. She would get PAID training near her home allowing her to go home every night with weekends off.

No guarantees of training near home. You get sent to the closest building that's set up for training and has open training slots, which means the possibility of living in a hotel for a few weeks.

The training comes with no contract or obligation to her.

That's not beneficial and can be a detriment. The only local gigs hiring right now are food service and fuel. Fuel won't touch her and good luck with food service in Vegas with no experience.

In the worst case, she could earn her CDL while getting paid then get Teamster scale and benefits.

The benefits are great, but she's doing this for the money. Yellow is the lowest paying gig in LTL. 17.50 to train and tops out at 24. Again, there's no work so that's 24phx0. You can get a work from home job that pays 20 an hour and has consistent work.

But let's say you're right and they do have work. She'd be at the bottom of the board which means sitting at home staring at the phone all day trying to figure out when to go to sleep. When they do call, you have 2 hours to get to work. Not a realistic option for a single mother of 3.

Nothing bad is happening to YRC before the next presidential election.

Since they've merged all of their opcos into one company, they're shutting down buildings to get rid of redundancy and dove tailing idrivers into their seniority spots at the building they land in. This is currently happening and will continue to happen until everything is merged into one yellow.

And even that plan got halted because the teamsters said it goes against their contract. Should've had that conversation before they started.

She would have better luck with some companies than I would with my million+ miles of safe, legal CDL driving simply because she is a she.

Maybe, but should that be a selling point? Taking this job just because you can get it, is a bad idea. As a bottom of the board driver, your life revolves around company need and you can't do that as a single parent.

Uncle Sam owns 30% of Yellow already. I would argue that any other company is one nuclear verdict away from disappearing but Yellow will be around as long as people keep paying taxes.

It's hard to say. That loan is due in a year and they don't have it, and it looks like they won't have it. That deal also happened under Trump's administration, I don't know if they still have those friends in place. The only benefit that may save is the current administration's relationship with the teamsters. That's a disaster too with the bail out of the pension plan.