Comments on: Must be Burn-Out. http://truckingblog.net/must-be-burn-out/ The Source for Trucking News, Opinions and Trucking Jobs Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:13:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: OINK http://truckingblog.net/must-be-burn-out/comment-page-1/#comment-266 OINK Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:21:36 +0000 http://truckingblog.net/?p=262#comment-266 My wife & I drove to work on I 70 for years; we became interested in trucking & got a big coffee-table 'truckers book' from the library. It had a picture of the driver & his rig, and allowed the guy (or gal) to tell his own story. I especially recall the fellow that said he would slam on the brakes and try to miss you if you pulled out in from of him. BUT if he drove into the ditch with a load of rebar behind him he was dead -- and he wasn't going to do that for some damn foool man or woman. The only way he'd commit suicide was for a kid. Sounded right to me -- still does. My wife & I drove to work on I 70 for years; we became interested in trucking & got a big coffee-table ‘truckers book’ from the library. It had a picture of the driver & his rig, and allowed the guy (or gal) to tell his own story.

I especially recall the fellow that said he would slam on the brakes and try to miss you if you pulled out in from of him. BUT if he drove into the ditch with a load of rebar behind him he was dead — and he wasn’t going to do that for some damn foool man or woman. The only way he’d commit suicide was for a kid.

Sounded right to me — still does.

]]> By: Jeffro http://truckingblog.net/must-be-burn-out/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Jeffro Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:38:08 +0000 http://truckingblog.net/?p=262#comment-265 Of course there is no easy answer. I'd say you are suffering from burn out, but you don't want to make any lasting decisions when you are upset - far too easy to overlook flaws in a new job. Pressure from the holidays doesn't help, either. Less money doesn't always mean less problems, but a lot of jobs are geared that way. No amount of money is worth going beyond your stress capabilities. I used to work for the Postal Service. Ten years, good money, great benefits. However, the stress of working there caused me quite a few health problems - a heart attack was just one. Now I work twice as many hours for half the hourly wage driving a truck, and apparently I'm pretty healthy. I make about two thirds of my old PO wages, but I'm betting I'll last longer! Y'all strike me as very intelligent people. You'll make the right choices - just give yourself some time. Just be sure you keep your plans with your family - that is the most important thing. It keeps you strong. Of course there is no easy answer. I’d say you are suffering from burn out, but you don’t want to make any lasting decisions when you are upset – far too easy to overlook flaws in a new job. Pressure from the holidays doesn’t help, either. Less money doesn’t always mean less problems, but a lot of jobs are geared that way. No amount of money is worth going beyond your stress capabilities.

I used to work for the Postal Service. Ten years, good money, great benefits. However, the stress of working there caused me quite a few health problems – a heart attack was just one. Now I work twice as many hours for half the hourly wage driving a truck, and apparently I’m pretty healthy. I make about two thirds of my old PO wages, but I’m betting I’ll last longer!

Y’all strike me as very intelligent people. You’ll make the right choices – just give yourself some time. Just be sure you keep your plans with your family – that is the most important thing. It keeps you strong.

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