May 1, 2020What We Learned from Truck Driver Layoffs During COVID-19“Essential” is complicated and people are everything. The way you treat employees during hard times and bad situations is the way they will always remember you. Laying off employees is a hard choice at any time, but how you handle layoffs in these turbulent months sets the tone for your…Coronavirus6 min read
Published in Dreams and Stories·Apr 29, 2020Is There a “Most Essential” Profession in a Global Pandemic?Meet Terry, a respiratory therapist who’s also a truck driver. Terry Christofferson picks up the phone with an upbeat “Hello.” He’s calling from his sunny home just outside of Chico, California. There’s a cheery enthusiasm to his voice, but also the subtle depth of a man who knows hard work…Life7 min read
Published in Predict·Jul 25, 2019Self-Driving Trucks: What’s On the HorizonA surprisingly optimistic perspective from inside the trucking industry Drive My Way matches CDL drivers to trucking jobs. So, why is a company that wants to match truck drivers to jobs talking about self-driving trucks? Good question. …Autonomous Vehicles5 min read
Jul 2, 2019In A Truck Driver Shortage, We Need More Female DriversGetting more female truckers isn’t just about getting them to an interview. Everything from equipment to culture has to change. — 94% of truck drivers are male. 66% of drivers are white males. It’s not exactly an industry known for diversity. The trucking industry is also short about 60,000 drivers. That number could double in 10 years as the current generation of truckers retire. The world of trucking has to change…Truck Drivers6 min read