The food you eat, the clothes you wear and the products you enjoy at one point or another they’re delivered via truck and the dedicated professionals who drive them.
In fact, trucks transport 70% of all goods in the U.S., making them the backbone of American commerce, LinkedIn reports.
The trucking industry is a cornerstone of America's economic health. Contributing over $792 billion to the country's GDP, its vitality serves as an economic indicator. Meanwhile a survey conducted in late 2022 and early 2023, by: Drive My Way is a truck driver recruiting platform completely focused on drivers and their needs, revealed the following. It showed a decline in overall driver happiness, with only 51.3% of drivers reporting happiness with their current job, down from 54.1% in 2019. The happiest drivers are also the most experienced: 55.2% of drivers with 8+ years in the industry reported high levels of satisfaction. By contrast, only 43.5% of respondents 1-2 years into their driving careers are happy in their current job, the lowest levels reported among all age groups.
Mike Hearts has worked as a dispatcher, broker, and operations manager for the better part of two decades. He understands the ever-changing trucking industry inside and out. Mike has shifted his focus to helping trucking companies find the “positive” in these tough and trying times. The things that are always consistent in the transportation industry are issues. At Mike Harts Trucking, they want to come to your organization and uplift your company by sharing tangible things your dispatchers, brokers, managers, and conference attendees can take with them to take their work to the next level. Book Mike today to speak at your company. He joined me this week to tell me more.
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