Working for R+L
Posted by ANOIF@reddit | Truckers | View on Reddit | 15 comments
I wanted to know if anyone has experience working for R+L, currently OTR with 10 years experience. I went local for a couple of years with XPO and from what I’ve heard XPO and R+L are pretty similar. If see a lot of job openings for local positions around the country, they seem to be hiring a lot.
Maxxatrillion117@reddit
Great company. Also terminal based so if u get a shit terminal manager it can definitely make it a shitty job.
jmzstl@reddit
That honestly goes for every LTL company.
jmzstl@reddit
R+L requires city drivers to buy their own pallet jacks and they don’t pay OT.
The one good thing is they do lifetime bids. Where other LTLs might have city drivers bid on start times twice a year, R+L drivers only bid when a route becomes open and you can never be bumped off your route regardless of seniority. They bid on actual territory too, so you’re seeing the same customers every day.
If you’re looking at linehaul, they’re probably the lowest paid out of all major LTLs.
Socosoldier82@reddit
I heard they bring in their city drivers at top pay from someone who worked for them, which is something like 37.85 in my region. I don’t know if they do for linehaul but I would assume. Is their top mileage for linehaul at least over .80 per mile?
jmzstl@reddit
Yeah they were recently advertising something like $37/hr for City drivers in my area, and linehaul was at 76cpm.
A few years ago when I was still doing LTL, I had heard that R+L paid linehaul drivers a flat rate per route, and that different routes would break down to different cpm rates. So I don’t know if they’ve moved away from that and if they also pay for non-driving work.
gamingtrucker1@reddit
I hear the same about linehaul being lowest paying.
Charlie_Hustler@reddit
I'd assume it's like every other LTL company. They all operate very similar to each other and pay just about the same. That being said tho I have heard R+L makes you buy your own pallet jack In some centers. I'm not sure if it's true as it's just a rumor but definitely something to think about lol
dannybva@reddit
I don’t know if it is true or not but when I did receiving at my work the R & L driver had his name on the pallet jack.
Josef_Kant_Deal@reddit
They have to buy their own pallet jacks. I know a few drivers who came from R+L and have electric jacks.
ANOIF@reddit (OP)
That would be crazy, I haven’t seen anything about that
Baconated-Coffee@reddit
I worked for their redheaded step child and that was enough
possibly_lost45@reddit
They aren't bad at all. I worked for the for 2 years. City work is making alot of stops to deliver the once empty you run atouen and make pickups. Linehaul is where the money is at. They pay well and have decent benefits.
Kruten10@reddit
I’m with ABF but it’s slow right now so I guess for all the other LTL carriers aswell
ANOIF@reddit (OP)
Yeah I’ve been hearing LTL is slow right now but R+L seems to be hiring a lot from what I’m seeing online. But I know spring/summer there is more hiring in general
Charlie_Hustler@reddit
Might just be your center bro. We slowed down in Jan and Feb but soon as March hit we immediately gained alot of volume and I've been working 6 days every week even at bottom seniority lol.
I do work at a Giant Hub tho so we do often see alot more volume than a small center would.