Is team driving REALLY that bad?

First of all, there's a persistent deception you don't want to fall for - recruiting claims 'Teams' make more money than solo but not actually double the money and that's important because individually each driver's share is only half the team's earnings so in real terms team *drivers* don't make more than solo drivers. Team TRUCKS earn the company more money but that doesn't necessarily equate better earnings per driver. If you think living in a truck is a hard life, try doing it with another person. The already limited space is now halved for each driver. There's no personal space, the curtain isn't soundproof, so except if the truck is stopped for a long enough time you can get out can you get any alone time or have a personal phone call, etc. While one driver drives the other is sleeping *in the moving truck* which isn't easy to get used to so get comfortable with *always being exhausted*. The roads aren't getting any better and yet somehow you're expected to get quality rest while traveling them. The co-driver's skill and experience is also a big factor if they're considering your comfort or not and also if they're safe enough for you to feel comfortable putting your life in their hands 10-12hrs a day. Communication and conflict resolution skills are paramount. That means common things like smoking, hygiene, music, food, etc all become potential friction points that can undermine the longevity of the team. Teams which are already established work best like spouses or siblings, but when teams are formed by the carrier they're just throwing two otherwise strangers into a truck together. In my experience their key matching criteria is where you both domicile so when one goes home the other isn't far away from their home. Best piece of advice for success - decide a 12-hr cycle and stick to it no matter what. When I teamed, we switched off at noon and midnight (terminal time) daily regardless of how much time was left on our clocks because this kept our sleep cycles consistent plus we each got part of the daylight. Team operations don't sit that much anyways compared to solo so both should do a relatively equal amount of the driving. Unless you get with a co-driver who can't keep the left door closed then both should feel comfortable their earning their share but if one is consistently driving less yet getting half the team revenue it's going to create resentment eventually.