Con-way Freight Careers

5 Great Reasons To Consider...

a Career With Conway Trucking. When comparing total compensation packages from different trucking companies even those that would consider themselves among the elite of professional truck drivers need a little reminder now and then. Our research has indicated that Conway Trucking would be an interesting career opportunity based on the these five critical areas that may be of interest to you.

Excellent Wages. As a professional Conway company truck driver, you can expect to be one of the industry's top wage earners. Conway Freight drivers are reporting wages of $.36 cants per mile . However, in certain Northeast markets, Conway trucking has raised the wage to $.41 cents per mile.

Con-way Freight team drivers start at .44 cents per mile with placarded HAZMAT loads paying an extra .03 per mile. The Con-Way drivers we surveyed indicated that there average long haul trucking length was approximately 750-850 miles with many long haul trucking trips exceeding1200 miles as well. A Con-Way Freight truck driver is not paid when the trip pack envelope is delivered to the company, rather they are paid when the trip is dispatched, a huge benefit to the truck driver as the Conway truck driver gets paid every week.

Conway Features Flexible Home Time

As you know, personal home time should be a strong consideration in your career as an over the road truck driver. Quality time with your family means everything to them and it keeps a strong and happy family. Home time is extremely important to Conway Trucking. Home-time is earned at 1 day per week. Some Conway drivers prefer to spend more time on the road to earn enough home time to take weeks at a time off. Other drivers prefer to spend three weeks on the road and use their time off (3 days) in the form of long weekends. The bottom line is your time off begins the morning after you arrive home, and ends the morning after your last day off, at 7:30am. This is a critical feature of driving for Con-Way Freight as your down time is spent with the family and not enroute to and from just trying to get there.

Health Benefits Plan. Con-way freight drivers we spoke with told us their health care costs are reasonable. One trucker shared that his costs were approximately $22 per week, per person. This is a very reasonable rate for health care as we have heard of companies charging upwards of $65-$75 per week for health care benefits. If you think about joining the Conway trucking team as a professional truck driver, and your current benefit costs are much higher, consider giving yourself a $30-$40 per week raise to join the Conway Freight team.

Quality Trucks. Conway Freight management believes that happy truckers make great truck drivers. As a result, the company invests often in new model Freightliner Cascadias. Conway also features Kenworth T-660 tractors for company drivers and Kenworth T-2000 tractors for teams. All Con-way company trucks feature XM satellite radio and a quality stereo sound system. Most importantly, the tractor trailers are cleaned before they are assigned to a driver. Con-way Trucking also buys new trailers, so the tandems won't be rust frozen. Tandem pulling tools are rarely needed with Conway purchased trailers.

Need another reason to drive for Con-way Trucking? We have received word through our industry sources that Con-Way Trucking is guaranteeing 2008 Kenworth T660 or Freightliner Cascadia trucks to new driver teams who join the company now. But hurry — they’re available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Find more information on Con-Way Trucking careers please visit us at the Con-Way Trucking Career Center or call 1-866-WORK-4-US (866-967-5487).