Pros

Compensation and benefits are the only reason to work for Ryder.

Cons

You're a number and that's all. You're supposed to take time off to take care of personal matters. If you are unfortunate enough to have to drive over the weekend you might as well get ready for an exercise in futility trying to get fuel. All the shops are closed and with no credit-cards you are left to call emergency road service to get fuel.

Advice to Senior Management

Get a clue. Start listening to your drivers and not some snot-nosed dispatcher whose trying to crawl up the corporate ladder. Your drivers need to be appreciated or your going to continue to see a high churn rate in the driving ranks. Taking a team out of a worn-out truck with 725,000 miles on it, only to put them on a "new" truck with 600,000 miles is an insult. If you'd just look at the maintenance history of some of your trucks you'd know it was time to send them off to be dump trucks. And when your drivers have doctors appointments, don't let a dispatcher punish them for needing time off. That just primes the driver for a claim or law-suit when they are injured on the job. And potential accidents are just part of this job.