Pros
good place to start for a trucking career. I recommend going to their school due to reimbursements and pay back once everything is said and done. If you decide to become a trucker look into all the options( dedicated, otr, regional, local, flatbed, van), because there are many. Equipment is ok, but it is luck of the draw to begin with. I started with otr...you will get to see a lot of the country, just from the inside of truck..not much downtime to utilize. Pay is ok, dependant on what job you are with. The account I'm on is 6 days at $.48 a mile. Dispatch isnt bad, isnt great.
Cons
6 days a week with little downtime wears on you. Paid vacation is a paltry 400 dollars. Hours are long. Equipment is no frills; i.e. no fridge, tv, apu for heating/cooling. Trialers can be hard to come by for decent ones while you are on the road. Hard to get owed pay. Im owed less than 100 dollars that I ve been asking for for the past 3 months now. Dependant on route, a lot of miles are not paid for. You get paid zipcode to zipcode on shortest route. Most times a loss of around 15 miles. But I have seen the gps lead a route that was 70 miles difference between paid and traveled. NO WIFI... have a great phone plan if that will be your main source of entertainment. Most trucks can only go 62 miles an hour...starting out this is a nice saftey feature while becoming accustomed to driving, but it is very slow and mundane, I feel rushed all throughout the day because I have to be here at a certain time and I have no accelerator options past that point. Doubtful to be able to enjoy any actual holidays.
