There are few jobs in the world that are perfect. In fact, you could go as far to say there are none. The aim for 99% of people isn’t to find a job without flaw. Rather, most people strive to find a job they are good at, and enjoy doing, even if it does incur a little stress from time to time.
And these jobs don’t have to be six figure earners – there are great jobs up and down the pay scale. We believe that truck driving can, for the right person, be one of these ideal jobs. Some of it taps into the romantic ideas of the open road lifestyle, but some aspects of why truck driving might be for you are a little more reassuringly “real world”.
Travel
Obviously, one perk everyone can imagine is the travel. Truck drivers get to see a lot of places, and get paid to do so. Those who stay within the UK stand a good chance of seeing every major city in the British Isles. Those luck enough to go continental can be in a different country every day. Of course, you have a job to do, so having a tourist break is unlikely, but everyone is entitled to some downtime, so you will have chances to soak up at least a little of wherever you land.
Exercise
“But aren’t you sitting down all day?”, you may say when presented with exercise as a perk. Well yes, you’ll be sat down driving for most of the day, but you would be in most office jobs. No, exercise comes with certain types of trucking jobs. If you are on short haul trips, or if you work in the delivery or removal services, you’ll get the chance to load and unload the cargo you are carrying. It all adds up to quite the workout.
Earn and learn
Very few jobs offer you the opportunity to truly earn and learn. Let’s say you are an engineer. You went to school and learned all there is to know about engineering, and you land a role as a motorbike mechanic. You put in thousands of hours, but then the market becomes flooded. You want to diversify, but years of working on motorbikes has dulled your skills for cars, for example.
With trucking, because the role is so focussed, every hour or mile you log is experience you can take to any other trucking job. It is a wonderfully simple job – you move cargo from point A to point B. So all a potential employer will need to see is miles logged and accidents sustained to know your skills.
Flexibility
Most office jobs have set hours of business (typically 9am to 5pm). They can’t afford flexibility because everyone is on the same time frame, so business can only happen between those times. Truck drivers can work any time of day. Of course, you will usually be hired for a certain time, but the sector as a whole doesn’t have a set time frame to work in regardless of where you go, giving you a lot more autonomy over when you work.
Freedom
All in all, as you can see, truck driving can be a very liberal, freeing profession. You’re not stuck in an office all day, you are out on the roads, earning money and gaining experience you can utilise for the rest of your life.
Quite the romantic idea, right?
