Wife wants to travel nurse, I want to follow her, Can I get a regional or local job anywhere?

Try a temp service. You can bounce from company to company without it being job hopping because your employer is the temp service. You are paid by the temp service. In other words, you can work for 10 different companies in a year, but your employment record will only show one employer; the temp service.
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I know a travel nurse that makes 1/4 million a year.

 

Amazon, UPS, FedEx also.
UPS pays the most, plus Teamsters benefits.
Temp services pay really well. I worked for one at one time and my pay was more than the company drivers at the companies where I was assigned.

 

Schneider veteran here....

Schneider will let you transfer to different divisions every 6 months -- provided you have a satisfactory service record in the division you're trying to leave.

Where in Washington state is your first hop?

-- L

 

Schneider has a terminal in Kent, WA....& also in Atlanta:

Schneider terminal locations

-- L

 

Your basic idea (with Schneider, at least) is a sound one.

A few suggestions to keep you from getting in too deep, too quickly:

• Avoid any job or account where you are delivering to/from ANY of the so-called "dollar store" accounts: Dollar General, Family Dollar, etc. Those jobs are a BAD IDEA for rookies (or anyone close to that).
• Avoid any intermodal work -- until you have AT least 9 months experience.
• If you switch over to their tanker group -- do so only with the stipulation that you have been assigned (from the start) to a dedicated account.
• As a new driver with Schneider -- if you leave a tractor for more than 2 - 3 days -----> BE SURE & TAKE ALL YOUR STUFF WITH YOU.

-- L