In 2017, Uber launched an app called Uber Freight. The purpose? To match up truck drivers with freight-hauling assignments, in the same way the company was already matching up car-drivers with passengers in need of a ride. Uber Freight originally launched only in Texas. The service has since expanded to all of the lower 48 …
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Seasonal Hiring Guide: 4 Tips For Finding Workers
Every employer (and employee) would probably prefer it if every job could be a permanent job. That way, hiring managers could avoid exhausting blitzes of seasonal hiring. And workers wouldn’t have to go hunting for another job at the end of a special project or a busy season. But not every company operates at the …
Trucking Safety And Severe Weather
Trucks move 99% of the consumer goods that we find on store shelves. Every day the nation’s freight system moves 48 million tons of goods worth $46 billion. Severe weather has a huge impact on the speed, and therefore the profits, of this industry. But the stakes are even higher for truck drivers, because the consequences …