Hi, just need some advise from yu older guys. I have being working for conway six month now, i came out of school. At my terminal (which is philly) it is slow and seems like it is not picking up. Everyday i was told that it is going to pick up but it look like it is not. Some guys going on vacation and we are going to work their route but what about when they come back, it is going to be slow again for us. I like this company and i thank them for taking me on board but things is getting harder for me, i have a family and have bills and student loan to pay. i am about to move on but i am the kind of person that do not like to jump from job to job.
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obviously you have to do what you have to do to survive. if con-way isn't working you enough to survive then you need to find another place to work to feed your family. however, if con-way is working you enough to survive off of, just weather it out. the freight industry is not the most stable and there are going to be good years and bad years. right now you're in a slump because you are at the bottom of the totem pole and this isn't the best year for freight (obviously). however, things will change. freight volumes will pick up over time, you will build up your seniority, and the pay checks will get bigger and better. overall, con-way is a great company to work for and i think you made a great decision to join them. if you can, hold out. it may be hard right now, and honestly, next winter will probobly be hell. but in the long run, you will be better off having stayed it through.
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I was in the exact same boat as you. I haven't had more than 2 days a week since January. I held out as long as I could but wound up getting starved out. With a foreclosure and a repo looming I had no choice but to bail on Con-Way last week and went over to PJAX. I'm not going to say this was an easy choice or maybe a wise one, taking a pay and benefit cut, but it was a necessary one for the benefit of my family. Con-Way is a good place to work, but the barn I was at, they overhired. At PJAX I'm already getting more hours than I need and will have a city run within a few weeks. Hated to do it and it was a hard decision, but you do what you gotta do.
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You should do what you feel is best for you/your family... As a general rule freight picks up as warmer weather moves in... But I don't know enough about Philly area terminals to say whether it's best to bail or stay... Hopefully freight picks up quickly and you don't have to make a hard decision...
Good luck no matter what you decide, MG
Good luck no matter what you decide, MG
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I say stick it out ,
you have only been there for 6 months
and you are on the bottom of the board .
Give it at least another 6 months .
Good luck whatever you do .
you have only been there for 6 months
and you are on the bottom of the board .
Give it at least another 6 months .
Good luck whatever you do .
jamrock ,maybe ask your service center manager if you could go to another service center close by and work out of there for a few weeks ? i dont know baout the metro teminals ,.but here in the midwest if its slow they will ask us if we want to go to another barn and work,..conway pays for hotels,gas and food not a bad deal ,..you just have to be away from home during the week. just an option.
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jamrock said:
If you are talking about mclane(food service delivery). You are looking at a 53' of all hand freight on the floor nose to back. I know some guys that WORKED there. Emphasis on WORKED. You deliver to restaurants and small mom and pop stores and unload by hand at each account.. So I’d check on that.