General Discussion

I drive daycab, as a contracted driver for a big multinational ... They make Tide, Gain, Pampers among other things.

While I personally have not had a day without work - and they're long days - other drivers working different lanes have had days when they have been "benched" - i.e. they're not driving that day. I've also had my choice of truck when I come to the yard in the morning.... Usually I get a choice of one or two, or if we've had a number of breakdowns we get to wait for another driver to return. (We're a slip seat operation, AM driver hands over their truck to the PM driver). I know management had been trying to address the truck shortage by taking trucks that were near the end of their working life and instead of turning them into Penske (they're on a long lease) they've kept them and reassigned them to us.

I've sort of kept my ear to the ground with my former employers... They've been trying to cut costs... Instead of washing trucks every other week it's now once a month, unless the vehicle is absolutely filthy. New recruits are coming in a little less per mile. On the bright side loads to Canada are still healthy, Canadians still want glass for their windows.

So I don't know what to make of it. Wifey on the other hand became a full time community college teacher in January... Teaching medical lab science... But is still available to work for the hospital as a lab tech, and still has to put her 8 hours a month in to stay current and hired with them. She says she won't quit that because of Trump.... Worried that community colleges will see their funding cut, cos of DEI or some other shitty excuse, and she might be let go... never mind the fact that community colleges teach vocational skills very much needed.

Well, whatever will be will be.