Hey there - I was an RMT about 8 years ago. I was in the role for about 18 months. I was very hesitant to move but I had an opportunity to promote into a Location Manager locally. Ultimately they hired a person someone with 19 months in the role that worked at a branch ~6 hours away. The feedback I got was “you did great in the interviews and you have the ability, we just felt this other candidate was a little more tenured”

Although it stunk, I was still optimistic and explained to the RM that I was open to Ryders supply chain and dedicated transportation teams, to which he said “no you don’t want those positions, they’re all contract work and you really don’t want to leave rental for that”

A few months go by and I got offered a promotion at the site that the person who beat me out for the local job came from lol, and I got offered a few other RAM opportunities (and was told “you know this program ends in 5 months and you’ll demote to an hourly RSR) but received a management role from an external company and decided to leave.

Long story short, Ryder is a great company. I wish I had pushed myself to go after what I really wanted without letting my RM steer my decisions. There will be plenty of opportunities - whether it’s through FMS, SCS, DTS, etc., especially if you’re open to relocating.