/biz/ - Business & Finance

Hey freight bro how's things?

Why don't you just try being a trucker for a bit ya faggot

>>15434864
Not too bad, could be worse but could be better too.

so, these are a daily thing now huh?

the fuck does a freight broker do? is it harder than being a front desk agent for a hotel?

>>15434855
Drop an email i have an opportunity for you.

>>15434855
Checked, and there are worse things than brokering freight, freight broker bro

>>15434871
You are the only ones I have to talk to. The coworkers think I am going mental.

>>15434876
We are the middlemen between companies that require transportation and trucking companies.

>>15434888
you...that must be terrible. Let me guess, do you work on a form of commission?

>>15434932
Yes correct

>>15434882
Sum up the opportunity in 1 word please

>>15434948
throbbing

So say I wanted to ship a pair of giraffes from Uganda to Kazakhstan you could figure all that out for me?

>>15435977
this

why is broker freight so shit? European here, I don't you burgers mean with this and wikipedia doesn't help...wtf does a freight broker?

>>15434888
is it like that Dundler-Mifflin in Scranton, Pennsylvania, but with trucks instead of paper? Is your boss with, like, face type, marsupial?

why is broker freight so shit? European here, I don't you burgers mean with this and wikipedia doesn't help...wtf does a freight broker?

>>15436007
because burgers are retarded and need a middle man to pass information between the producer and transporter without adding anything of value.

>>15434855

I thought that was considered a good job because you're considered front office and get paid a lot?

Post

Vessel operator here, chartering is the road to riches

>>15434855
how do people work in open offices? It looks like hell, all those people talking to each other and on their phones, how can you even hear yourself think?

>>15434855
fuck a job, xfuture the only ting u need

>>15434855
tell me how it is. i was looking to apply to one of these gigs

What is your annual income before and after taxes?

How long is your commute?

What is the sex ratio of your profession?

>>15434855
you really hate your job don't ya bud

>>15435977
Not something that we offer lol

>>15436063
We don't get paid much and it's stressful. Also it's highly competitive.

>>15436007
>>15436052
We are middlemen for transport companies and businesses that require transportation. A lot of businesses don't want to bother with all that shit and we consolidate a lot of services they require. It's not for every business though and it's hard to distinguish yourself from 30000 other brokerages.

>>15436116
It IS hell.
Open offices were just an idea to "increase collaboration" but more importantly save on office real estate instead of installing cubicles and needing larger offices - just fit them into smaller spaces and have less walls!

>>15436958
It's not that great but it's easy to get a job as a broker and you can probably make okay money with minimal skills and education if you hustle.

>>15437665
$40k base + commission i end up around $60k or so. Minimal commute and can often work from home.

>>15437795
It's not a great life anon

>>15434876
Literally nothing. 5 mins of phonecalls, asking information from the shipper that is already posted/available, then repeating that information to the truck driver actually doing the work (that sees the same screen the "broker" does, just with the 10-20% "hard work cut" withheld)

It's debateably a more Jewish job than working at the (privatized) federal reserve printing infinity money.

>>15438249
You fucking faggot. You make above median. What are you complaining about?

>>15434855
Wtf is a freight broker

>>15438329
This is a business and investing board, is the benchmark for a "good job" literally making above median income? It's not a particularly interesting job or one that has much of a future.

>>15438341
It’s for People that are too lazy to use FedEx Freight

>>15438350
Quit your bitching just because you don’t know how to haul ass and make sales. You aren’t selling your bullshit service you are selling yourself faggot

>>15438364
>just make sales bro it's easy bro

What the fuck do you want me to do? It's a tight market out there there's nothing I can do to stand out from all the other brokers willing to take a tiny margin just to "bring" the customer in.

>>15434855
Lol I believe we spoke recently broker bro
> Cross dock manager
I'm actually done with freight in 2 weeks, then I'm on with one of the biggest names in lingerie. Going from dirty warehouses to a nice office and having my chances at being metooed skyrocket.
Ke-keep your head up.

>>15434954

>>15438377
Then find another fucking job

>>15438380
How did that happen? Why the big change?

>>15435977
Jesus christ the fact that he can't shows why he has gotten so burned out. I work for what is called a 3PL. I don't know the specific guidelines regulations both countries have, but can work to make this happen.

>>15438409
It's not something our company does. If I told my boss that someone wants to ship large live animals from an African country to a country in Central Asia he wouldn't say "damn that's a big account figure out how to do it we NEED to bring this customer on board". We probably don't have whatever licenses are required for that.

>>15438402
They headhunted me on LinkedIn, looking for logistics leaders and love people used to the fast paced chaos. Had an interview a week ago and made a big offer the next day. My job is 70+ hours doing split shifts running a 510K sq ft logistics operation including 140 trailers every week, 125 or so are rt. A huge raise and a 40 hour week were enough to get me to do anything.

>>15438443
Lol you definitely don't. The companies you bring the business to, specifically ones that transport large and exotic animals internationally do.

>>15438314
honestly sounds based i wanna do that. what's your salary

>>15438451
Nice that's great. I'm going to be looking for a new job shortly as well, just trying to figure out how to re-write the resume and make this job sound better to a layman (for my version of resume that will be used for unrelated fields).

>>15438485
That's not what you do at all don't listen to that guy.

>>15435977
>>15438443
>>15438462
https://globalanimaltransport.com/

Try these faggots and I get half your commission.

>>15438504
I wouldn't trust this guy to transport a pair of pet rocks between two Californian counties.

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hello?

>>15434855
Stop calling me you fuck. 3 god damn voicemails

>>15439627
CALL ME BACK