im a truck driver. i do a shuttle totaling about 400 miles a day or so. but im pulling 12-13 hour days in a cramped daycab. and totaling 60+ hours a week. i dont get payed for all that time either. just some guaranteed pay every week. i'd much rather be wirkinf 40-45 hours locally or just have a normal job again. Trucking is honestly starting to suck for me.
great insights Steve, as for me, I don't like the boring 9 to 5, I basically just live in the truck as a paid tourist, I enjoy the freedom and trip plan on how I like to run, all the while living rent free with no bills to pay except for my cell phone plan, and I have 2 houses with mortgage to pay but basically my tenants pay for it, many years later my houses get paid off virtually for free and I can have passive income collecting rent, then I can retire comfortably from trucking, but sometimes it's rough, because they give me loads going to big cities or loads to pick up at dirty recycling places and I ended up getting dirty myself, or dealing with rude customers, but it's mostly a breeze as a paid tourist lol, it was nice meeting up with you on one of your last Kraft loads, hope to see you again on the road in the future
Before I got to where I'm at now I actually took a pay cut making a jump from the prev job, I knew in the long run it would pay off. Took 2 years but I now make the most $ I've personally ever made and have more freedom throughout my day which is priceless.
@@TheGerbsteve gerb, everyone has to have a new car. some of these wranglers are 85k. F150's up to 100k. who needs a 1200 1500 1700 paymnent plus ins. i own everything. my camry works fine for me.
I had the best experience because my trainer and I were on the same page with cleanliness, music, food, etc. But your experience could not go as well depending on who you have. If you go with a trainer make sure you tell them what you want from the start and they will let you know their expectations. Keep in mind, you can request another trainer if current one isn’t working out for you.
Not sure if you still monitor this, but how difficult was it to get that dedicated east coast? I been on the fence about Roehl, for similar reasons as you described, being out 3 weeks at a time, but what you're doing sounds perfect for me. Thanks.
I sure do. It was easier at the time for me, but I heard people saying it was harder to join before I left. I like going home every week, so I won’t take anything that has under 48hrs of home time.
It was no way you was going to be able outrun that Srt4 you wouldn’t be able to run the stock with your set up .🤔 let’s just think about that for a minute. I guess we just do it for content.
2007 is not an old car. I have a 1992 Toyota Corona (I think that's Carina in the US), manual 2 litre, 450,000km, it drives as well as my toyota corolla 2008 1.8 litre automatic. Modern cars are useless, plastic, too many gadgets, batteries that will explode, parts that wear out too fast. Best to keep it simple and the costs down.
Like you said everyone is different and sometimes wired to go hard , get it in while your young so u can be comfortable and enjoy yourself. Remember everything you do with your life it's goes to your loved ones when you go. You leave your legacy behind. They Way I see it you're either paying rent or mortgage. That's for life so might as well own what your money goes into vs letting someone get rich off your earnings. Something I've noticed everyone's ready to work when they're hungry as soon as they get fed they give up pretending they don't know they should keep moving. But none of that means you have to commit to that everyday day of your life. Part of living is making a living. Be wise what you do with your time and what you commit to.
Thumbnail makes the title seem sarcastic. That is one fugly civic terrible color rep wheels that are white clashing with the pink or whatever that is. Stickers on the cracked fenders cause your fitment is ass. Its an absolutely hideous car.
Anything worth having in life takes hard work, no way around it. It took me 15 years to get where I am working horrible jobs but I kept working and never quit. Now I’m a substation electrician making 200k a year with two weeks vacation and 5 personal days. Just keep you head up and grind and I promise good things will come.
People in europe would laugh at that. Some of my coworkers (we are global - my team is work from home) and they START: In Sweden it is the individual employer who administers the employees' holiday. In principle, all employees are entitled to 25 days holiday a year. They accrue more time after years. Employers compete with better packages. I think my guy Sven in Sweeden gets 8 weeks. That's with MY company and I only get 3 weeks in Canada here and maxed out.
@@NightFlight1973 first of all this is not Europe and second I’ve only been working for the company for three years. Some of my coworkers who put in their time have 4 weeks of vacation time. A lot to brag about and you don’t even explain what it is your company does. Men die in my profession every year so idiots like you have a job so show some respect. Also learn proper grammar.
I am a Boomer and I so do not understand why all these young peeps keep talking about what they "don't want to do." Why do they never address what they do want to do and then do something to make that happen? I took lots of crap jobs to become what I wanted to be: A patent attorney. Seems everyone wants short cuts. I was a dishwasher for 3 years because it would get me to where I wanted to go. Think long term peeps and do not squander your youth. You will so regret it. /Boomer out.
Don't be a douche. America is just waking up to what Europeans have figured out long ago. France: 30 days per year, Sweeden 25 days, Germany 20 days, Finland 20 days, Italy 22-26... and so on. These are entry level and it just goes up from there. You should not be a slave to your job. What do I do? I work from home. IT Manager. I want my guys to take time off and check out. We are all Salary and if they have to take their car to the garage during the day - ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - go for it. We'll make it up, don't worry. If I need something my buys bend over backwards to help because I, the company gives where it can. That's my boss with me, and so on. We do make shit wages, though. I guess it can't all be rainbows and puppy dog tails.
It seems like a lot of prideful people like working for other people and hardwired to keep pushing that narrative. It’s not that people are lazy or entitled because they don’t want to work for anyone else, they rather enjoy their lives how they see fit instead of being stuck in that old boomer mentality.
I work ad a doormat in the automotive industry and the bottom line is that only you will look out for you and your family.Looking for a career change the doormat days are at an end.Good video
Time is something you can't get back. A lot of people live way above thier means. I think more people would be happy working for themselves. I'm looking into carrier jobs.
_A great post, an lots of ppl will related to it. IMO, all this materialism is our own undoing. Unions, once upon a time (50’s) could control employers to the point of near bankruptcy but changes in the management systems and banking eventually lead to the employee’s becoming enslaved to their own wants_ … _CREDIT was the culprit, just as it is today_
You also lose a sense of self worth and fulfillment sitting around not “working” … just saying, as someone who’s been lazy their whole life, has had 35 different positions (I’m 24) and have held a job for the past year, for the first time, ever lol I feel absolutely amazing with my job. A 9-5 7 days a week isn’t for anyone. I’ve never had a job that offers PTO, most of them barely offered overtime. That’s most places now. Pretty shitty, but I plan ahead, and I don’t spend $200 a week, every week on bullshit fast food and energy drinks like majority of the population. I don’t drink energy drinks, I don’t even drink alcohol. I don’t go out to eat, and if I do it’s max once a week(to make sure I don’t overspend) and cook at home. Most people today OVERSPEND. Everything you said is true, but the HARD TRUTH, is nobody knows how to be financially responsible, and not buy whatever they saw someone else have, they overspend and buy bullshit all the time. If you can’t make a living off 50k a year you’re a f*cking moron, sorry not sorry.
It's super awkward hearing the constant 9-5 corporate hate rhetoric. I've been working a 9-5 corporate cybersecurity gig for the last 11 years and love it. My managers respect me and gives us solid bonuses every year, 95% of it is downtime, and I never miss a moment with my kids because I work from home. I never got my GED, never went to college. I guess im the exception to the rule.
@@jeremyhaw7949 tbh, you really need a bachelors now. Every guy we interview is a cybersecurity undergrad. I was just lucky enough to get my foot in the door when this stuff was barely startin to pop off and I had a solid understanding of networking and systems fundamentals(mainly Juniper and Linux) Prepare to be very unimpressed and bored when you start out as an analyst, catching weird employees plugging in random shit in their computers and watching porn on company laptops.
What a coincidence. This popped up in my subscriptions as II was looking for new jobs because mine has gotten overworked, underpaid and toxic...I wish I could find a way out of this rat race...
You can. And that is what I’m working on myself. Let’s be real, we all have to trade some time to work though, nothing comes easy. You have to stack money and put that money to work. Money makes money
