/FBG/ Freight Broker General

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/FBG/ Freight Broker General Anonymous Mon Sep 2 16:12:03 2019 No.15467810 [Reply] [Original]

===Freight Broker General, Labor Day edition===

Helpful Resources:
r/freightbrokers
thetruckersreport.com
https://www.dat.com/brokers/carrier-monitoring/broker-startup

Talk about your job as a freight broker or ask freight brokers anything (...please speak to me I'm tired of dealing with sub 80iq retards and pajeets all day...)

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 16:28:15 2019 No.15467938 bump

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 16:33:39 2019 No.15468001 Why are you forcing this meme and these threads

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 16:34:44 2019 No.15468012 >>15468001 I just want to potentially connect with other freight brokers and share feels. Also I want to let people know about my job as I've pretty much never heard freight brokering discussed on /biz/.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 16:54:31 2019 No.15468182 bump. get in here I know you're lurking.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 16:56:18 2019 No.15468202 >>15468012 are you the guy who keeps posting this same thread every single day complaining about being a freight broker?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 17:01:55 2019 No.15468260 doesnt shipchain et al make this faggot obsolete already?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 17:02:46 2019 No.15468273 >>15468202 Yes I do like to vent sometimes (in one thread once a day). Why does this thread bother you guys at least it's actually on topic unlike pink wojaks or threads about being a virgin.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 17:09:14 2019 No.15468349 File: 175 KB, 348x355, 1513284302740.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15467810 licensed Customs broker here. easiest job ever after you pass the test.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 17:09:24 2019 No.15468355 >>15468273 So what do you do working as a freight broker? Is freight brokerage part of the logistics industry? I heard logistics companies are one of the fastest growing startup companies, at least here in canada.

Anonymous Mon Sep 2 17:13:17 2019 No.15468391

>>15468349
What exactly is your day like? Do you just collect customs docs and then send them off to clear shipments?

>>15468355
>So what do you do working as a freight broker?

>Prospect new customers (this will take up a large portion of your time until you have many regular customers)
>Provide customers with quotes
>Find trucks to cover the loads
>Deal with bullshit problems
>Talk to pajeets and other subhumans

>Is freight brokerage part of the logistics industry?
Yes it's a middleman between trucking companies and businesses that require transportation.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 17:31:34 2019 No.15468605 bump

Anonymous Mon Sep 2 17:31:48 2019 No.15468608

>>15468391

we do both clearance and freight. typical day is mostly entering commercial invoice data (value & classification, and annoying other gov't agency data like FDA, EPA, etc. if applicable) into a proprietary system that interfaces directly with US Customs.

otherwise you're working on quotes for new and existing clients, port-port, door-door or anything in between. and yes many annoying pajeets asking for quotes.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 17:38:15 2019 No.15468684 File: 51 KB, 661x269, fb.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15467810 anon im crying w joy, I made the FBG yesterday and was about to give up, i just refreshed and saw this. TELL US SOME PAJEET STORIES

Anonymous Mon Sep 2 17:41:07 2019 No.15468713

>>15468608
How well does that pay? I've heard it's easy for customs brokers since once you on-board a customer they're highly unlikely to ever leave you whereas they could use a dozen different freight brokers.

>>15468684
I saw your thread but I wasn't able to post for some reason.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 18:42:58 2019 No.15469355 bump

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 18:47:42 2019 No.15469404 >>15469355 Fuck off pajeet

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 18:50:28 2019 No.15469445 >>15469404 n-no you don't understand i'm not the pajeet i hate pajeets!

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 19:05:15 2019 No.15469599 bump

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 19:07:39 2019 No.15469619 >>15469599 sage fuck off attentionseeking niggerfaggot get a real job

Anonymous Mon Sep 2 19:10:10 2019 No.15469640

>>15469619
What is your problem? What is wrong with people on here I make a thread actually discussing a career/industry and everyone gets mad as if it's offtopic shitposting.

Would it better if I asked how I can make $50k/yr passive income from $2000 or how to get a gf or some other bullshit?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 19:12:53 2019 No.15469662 What's your MC number?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 19:15:20 2019 No.15469688 File: 69 KB, 612x491, 1567378084777.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15469640 post how much link can you move on one freight contract

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 19:19:13 2019 No.15469721 >>15467810 I support ya freight broker bro, cross dock manager here > 2 more weeks and I'm done with this hell

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 19:20:56 2019 No.15469739 >>15469662 They're not really used here >>15469721 Thanks man and nice job escaping!

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 19:21:58 2019 No.15469752 >>15468349 > Wanted to end up doing this > My first 3 reviews early in my career requested learning international > Noted! > International position finally opens 2 years later > Haha sorry anon, we need you way too much in domestic ._.

Anonymous Mon Sep 2 19:30:20 2019 No.15469829

>>15469739
Thanks! I think these threads could help a lot of the sad fucks on /biz without jobs. You can walk into a warehouse with no HS diploma and in a few years have an actual career. Logistics in general is based af and doesn't get much attention, despite the few monotonous jobs like brokerage.

Anonymous Mon Sep 2 19:34:30 2019 No.15469874

>>15469829
>I think these threads could help a lot of the sad fucks on /biz without jobs

Exactly man. Why the fuck are people on here constantly hating on me and telling me to fuck off? I make a simple thread about a career and industry that's extremely rarely talked about and is easy to get into with decent pay compared to many other options available to people of this board.

There's so much worse threads like
>TFW kissless virgin
>TFW no friends
>"Are x girls a good investment?"
>Pink wojak
>some other nonsense or a googleable question
That no one says anything about.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 19:37:55 2019 No.15469914 >>15469874 Not even mentioning the constant link threads > Goes up 1% WE MOONING BOYS!!!! > Drops by 1% WE DUMPING BOYS!!!!!

Anonymous Mon Sep 2 19:42:29 2019 No.15469966
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I actually was just going to start a freight broker thread but i checked the catalogue first.
> Why is your job so important to you?
> Buy btc and link and maybe eth and no more freight
> Won't this job become automated in the near future?

Anonymous Mon Sep 2 19:47:34 2019 No.15470025

>>15469966
>> Why is your job so important to you?
It isn't but it's the best paying job I could get with the perks it has at the moment
>> Buy btc and link and maybe eth and no more freight
Nah I'm not delusional
>> Won't this job become automated in the near future?
Everything will be automated in the near future according to (((experts)))

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 20:16:54 2019 No.15470286 bump

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 20:24:15 2019 No.15470338 Did supply chain for ups and was always interested in being more independent custom brokerage because it paid shit but good bennys.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 20:40:26 2019 No.15470444 >>15470286 Who has it worse, you or the truckers?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 20:41:25 2019 No.15470452 >>15470444 Probably the truckers desu

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 20:42:13 2019 No.15470457 Is this the new shrimp farm?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 20:43:23 2019 No.15470464 > be op > Hate your job > Try to bond with similar people > Go to Malaysian cow breeding forum for friendship > Try and get others involved in your miserable occupation Truly elder god tier stuff op

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 20:48:11 2019 No.15470504 >>15470444 >>15470452 Fuck truck drivers, when you deal with them enough for long enough you live by a simple saying > I'll start having pity for the drivers when they have to pull the truck.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 20:48:16 2019 No.15470505 >>15470464 If we had a freight brokering community on here we could help each other. Imagine how cool it would be to have a general for a profession on /biz/.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 20:53:40 2019 No.15470541 >>15470505 Sounds good but why such an obscure profession?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 20:56:16 2019 No.15470557 >>15470541 Honestly seems like a job that would be right up many /biz/anons alley.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 20:56:53 2019 No.15470563 >>15470505 >>15470541 I think a logistics general makes way more sense.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 21:00:05 2019 No.15470582 >>15470563 Yeah that's true I'll revise it for next time. Or hopefully someone else will make it as I feel like I'm just annoying people now.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 21:08:55 2019 No.15470656 >>15467810 What is the average weekly hours worked? How much could a begginer make on average?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 21:41:32 2019 No.15470900 >>15470656 40 hours a week but some wagies work more. Most people probably make about $50-60k after about a year. A few people make way more and a lot either quit or got fired (in most brokers).

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 21:49:17 2019 No.15470969 >>15467810 Whats the best way to get a job as a freight broker? What cities in the US are the best or can you work remotely?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 21:54:59 2019 No.15471015 >>15470969 You don't need much, it's a very high turnover job. I'm sure there's a few brokerages in your nearest major city that are currently hiring.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 22:07:56 2019 No.15471127 >>15471015 Looks like most places want experience or for you to have your own book of business

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 22:12:07 2019 No.15471160 >>15471127 Every jobs say they want experience it's just something they say apply to them anyway they hire anyone

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 22:12:40 2019 No.15471165 What're some strategies and techniques you use ?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 22:38:07 2019 No.15471370 File: 440 KB, 1538x2048, EDOoLA7WwAQPPT7.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15471165 I send shippers pictures of nice asses to entice them to do business with us.

Anonymous Mon Sep 2 23:38:40 2019 No.15471764

Im an in house freight broker. We’re a storage company and our midwest warehouse was getting hammered by brokers so we started our own and charge them less, thus lowering our opportunity cost. Sort of confused me at first bc we were profiting off our own company but it all made sense when I figured out the incentive structure. Pleasantly surprised to see this thread!

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 23:40:17 2019 No.15471774 >>15467810 >qt slav freight broker came into my office recently to try and get us to sign on with her your job cant be that bad if you have qts at your office.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 23:41:12 2019 No.15471780 >>15467938 Gee it's almost like nobody cares

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 23:42:21 2019 No.15471788 >>15471764 What does that mean I don't quite understand >>15471774 Must be a rare exception pretty much everything at my office is male and i've never seen an attractive female broker.

Anonymous Mon Sep 2 23:49:53 2019 No.15471837

>>15471788
Imagine your biggest customer, or one even waaay bigger. They have in-house departments eventually because they ultimately realize they are losing money by overpaying you for transportation. I can only imagine by realizing the incentive he realized how much money his department saves his employer. Just a guess tho.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 23:51:20 2019 No.15471847 File: 984 KB, 2011x3000, 1545983788170.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15471370 > Tfw maybe I could be your freight broker tonight ?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 23:53:47 2019 No.15471866 >>15471847 ill never a girl like this

Anonymous Mon Sep 2 23:54:02 2019 No.15471869

>>15471837
Oh possibly, I've always wondered why my largest customers don't just do that. It'd be way cheaper to just pay one or two people full-time salaries to handle logistics in many cases. I just couldn't quite understand what he meant.

>>15471847
y-you too

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 2 23:56:28 2019 No.15471887 >>15471869 Yeah eventually they realize this themselves, or put the duty of logistics under project managers etc. Don't worry for every 1 that does, 10 new retarded people start businesses that haven't yet.

Anonymous Tue Sep 3 00:00:15 2019 No.15471922
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>>15471887
I want to get out of this field anon. Or maybe do something less stressful and more rewarding.

I've been weighing getting a degree or trying to break into another area of sales. It just doesn't feel fulfilling being a freight broker.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 3 00:15:36 2019 No.15472036 bump

Anonymous Tue Sep 3 00:23:35 2019 No.15472097

>>15471922
Yeah I don't blame you, I'm honestly blessed, don't take this the wrong way but am in a much more stressful position doing 70+ hours per week and am finally escaping to a cushy 40 hour per week corporate role, just 2 more weeks of hell and I'm comfy. Just keep your head up, keep grinding, and get out when you can.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 3 00:26:13 2019 No.15472117 >>15472097 You've told me anon. I am happy for you, honestly I almost want to go back to school. It could open so many doors for me and I have a fair bit saved/invested now.

Anonymous Tue Sep 3 00:28:19 2019 No.15472136

I am quitting... on few data. This work IS bullshit and Will Be automated due to smart contracts. I did ocean and Air stuff. I am not FUCKING problem solver anymore for anybody. and getting paid shit and shit jobs. Brokers are the most shitted field you can be.

Anonymous Tue Sep 3 00:28:50 2019 No.15472142

>>15472117
It's not a bad idea, I'm gonna be starting back sooner than later, the new jobs great but in no way where I intend to end up. And thank you. The only shitty part is really the only way I've ever dealt with the stress is dudeweedlmao and haven't smoked in case they drop a surprise piss test on me before I start, so it's been an even rougher few weeks.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 3 00:29:07 2019 No.15472143 Freight bro do you have a degree? Surely there must be something else out there for you.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 3 00:37:04 2019 No.15472208 File: 132 KB, 1200x965, DPmAXUyX0AII2mv.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15472117 freightbro u havent even told us your savings/portfolio breakdown in any of these threads.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 3 00:40:48 2019 No.15472240 >>15472136 I thought air was big money? A few air freight brokers I know make a killing... >>15472142 It sounds killer compared to what you described your current job as. Good going. >>15472143 No I don't have one.

Anonymous Tue Sep 3 00:57:19 2019 No.15472358

>>15472240
Yeah kind of lucked into it, got headhunted on LinkedIn. Quick phone interview, extensive interview process with 5 other candidates, and boom, I'm going to be integrating logistics processes for victorias secret new e-commerce division called Victorias Secret Direct. Only downside is my chances to get metooed have jumped 10000%. Like I said keep your head up and keep working. As much as it sucks and can be hard to believe, there's people with 50k+ student loan debt making much less than you.

Anonymous Tue Sep 3 01:01:53 2019 No.15472390

>>15472358
Sounds good man, at least you'll get to look at hot women instead of sweaty fat shipper asses all day.

>As much as it sucks and can be hard to believe, there's people with 50k+ student loan debt making much less than you.

Yes I know, and I'm thankful for it. A few of my friends have community college and university degrees making around the same or even less money. But I still don't want to use that as a cope and stagnate.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 3 01:13:19 2019 No.15472472 >>15472390 Yep plus get to offer thots a hefty discount on victorias secret and bath and body works. You've got the right mentality, it just takes time.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 3 02:33:16 2019 No.15472944 Free shipping killed the freight broker?

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 3 02:43:22 2019 No.15472985 >>15472944 No. Things you have brokered out don't come with free shipping.

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 3 02:47:31 2019 No.15473007 File: 130 KB, 600x533, 1533098206572.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>15467810 Man I want to start my own /biz/ general

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 3 03:06:39 2019 No.15473086 >>15473007 it is really quite simply sir, just start a thread and put something like "curry general" and some generla info about cyrry

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