No problem. I respect everyone’s opinion and can see strong arguments for both sides. Trucking is difficult. The hours are long. Stories of mistreatment and abuse rampant. Many people drive recklessly around trucks. Your family life is strained by your time on the road. The industry is over regulated. Fuel prices are outrageous. The list goes on and on.
To be honest, the illusion that it is a desired field is probably not true. It is probably because the rest of the economy has become so marginal that people are becoming truckers.
Think about it. Millions of people cannot find any work. Hundreds of thousands of college graduates are working for little more than minimum wage because there are so few jobs for them. Other fields have seen their wages plummet.
Against that backdrop, with student loans due while you are living with your parents, trucking does not seem that bad. The modest wage increase is at least an increase. The companies themselves will at least make some effort to retain you since there are not as many people entering the field.
New truckers will probably come to the same conclusion in time that existing truckers have. In the meantime they will probably do it since it might be the only non-menial wage job that even exists
Time Will Tell....
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