I seriously doubt any other LTL can guarantee you a full week of work right now either. You are right on the insurance. For right now, it is the best out there of any LTL.
I am actually looking at hauling gas or pulling a pneumatic for a&r transport. Both sound like more loads than drivers all of the time. The only problem insurance is lacking big time.
Here's the thing, you are most likely at or toward the bottom of the road board and what you are experiencing now is how it is at Holland this time of year.
Donna needs a raise for having to keep up with all that stuff
Pfft. Counting part time, full time and dedicated run employees....we only have two...
Seabreeze, and Swamp?
I have worked for both a union and nonunion carrier and all I can do is reinforce what others are telling you. First 6 months to a year I had weeks where I grossed less than 300$. Nonunion would not lay me off, several times I wanted to bolt. Wifey kept putting here foot down and 4 years later I ended up in a M-F 0900 bid around 50-55 hours a week and gross 75,000-80,000. About killed me first 6-12 months but in 20/20 hindsight I'm glad my beautiful wise wonderful wife had more patience than I did. Just my perspective for your and your wife's consideration. Also my state allowed me to file partial unemployment, there were a lot of hoops to jump through to get it and I only got two or three weeks because of the laws in my state, but it might be worth you looking into. Good luck!
Too late to edit , but I should add after those first 6-12 months and before I landed the bid, I did make plenty of money. However schedule was unpredictable as far as start times but I always worked at least five days. I was extra board and often did 60+ hours per week. I moved from linehaul to city after my first 20 months.
That's insane, makes you wonder what they THINK they know is coming to maintain hiring with a decrease like that
