Is a healthy work-life balance possible for truck drivers?
A healthy work-life balance is more than possible for truck drivers to obtain: It is encouraged.
Many trucking companies actively promote this idea as a part of creating a more sustainable truck driver work schedule. Swift Transportation not only believes in drivers' safety on the road, but their well-being and mental health.
At Swift we want drivers to thrive both on and off the road. We’ve created these easy-to-use tips for professional truck drivers to foster a healthy work-life balance of their own.
Achieving a healthy work-life balance at home
Truck driving professionals spend a major amount of time on the road and away from home. Making it critical for them to find ways to actively create work-life-balance in order ensure their ability to uphold their commitments outside of trucking.
Prioritizing the ones they love while also avoiding missing out on life’s most important moments – both big and small – by planning ahead and communicating with others.
Plan time off around life’s biggest moments
From weddings and birthdays to sports games and recitals, don’t miss out on some of life’s greatest moments because you didn’t request time off.
A great way to ensure you’re able to receive the time off you need is to plan ahead and communicate with driver leadership early on. It is best to connect with them as soon as you become aware of your upcoming social event so they have adequate time to accommodate your personal request.
Swift is dedicated to getting you home, be that for planned celebrations or sudden life events. Our Hometime team will do everything that they can to get you home when it matters most.
Swift driver and mentor Tina Y. can vouch for the unique flexibility truck driving offers her.
“I mean, it's literally the best job in the world. I get to get paid to drive to where I go on vacation,” Said Tina during an interview. “I could request home time anywhere and go take a 34 hour reset. I got to check out the memorial at Oklahoma City recently. All these things that nobody else gets to do and I get paid to go there.”