Pros
Just started but in talking with other drivers they all love delivering or shuttling trailers saying it’s the “easiest job for the best pay and benefits.” Home daily and off weekends, matching 401k, currently Cigna insurance, stock options after 30 days. 2 weeks vacation for first years, 3 weeks after 5 and 4 weeks after 12 years. Pay currently tops out at about $35 an hour for shuttle drivers (getting loaded trailers from Lakeland each afternoon: avg 3:00 pm start, but varies), but for a job that’s super easy it’s not bad… shuttle drivers get paid for 10 hours a day, store delivery drivers (lift gates) get paid for 12 hours, this is regardless of whether you get done faster. Store deliveries are just dropping pallets and picking up returns and pay tops out a bit higher I think (start at 11:00 pm but also varies by route).
Cons
Only real con I’ve seen so far is just that it’s night work. But if you like driving with less traffic and enjoy listening to audio books it seems to be a low stress job.
