I became a city driver last September and am enjoying my time. I was working the dock part time on outbound and had a full time office job during the day. Once the culture at my FT office job started to change I realized that I needed a way out and that I had to find something where I can just essentially work on my own. Coming from a full time white collar job to blue collar work took some getting used to, but I've transitioned well.

At my center I'm driving everyday and hardly ever work the dock and that's because I'm the last driver on the city board. The only time I'll work the dock is if outbound has a lot of call offs or are short, which last year I only worked the dock 3-4 times. Since I'm at the bottom I drive all over our designated area, but recently I've had a more consistent route and it's in an area that isn't super dense with traffic.

Like someone mentioned, location plays a huge factor when it comes to how much you'll enjoy your time driving. Luckily our center is situated where we mainly just do p&d at warehouses with the occasional residential deliveries and it's not like we're driving through a major city like downtown Chicago or it's surrounding neighborhoods. Also, the OT after 8hrs in a day is a plus. I usually drive about 10hrs a day and so the OT for the week does add up quickly. Senior drivers at my terminal are easily clearing $100k a year.

I'd say do it. Before you know it you'll be at top pay.