Meet Lanelle Devlin, a mom, wife and truck driver. In a male-dominated industry, she is one of the 6% of women in the occupation. (via CNBCMakeIt)
, says that a crucial upside of the business is that women tend to be paid fairly for their work.
This time around Devlin found getting a job more challenging. She was rejected from hourly roles like gym receptionist and delivery person for a donut shop, and so she narrowed her search and started to think about how she could earn money doing something she liked to do. A truck driver speaks to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer soon after arriving in the U.S. from Mexico at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry cargo facility in San Diego, California.Unsurprisingly, Voie says that many female drivers are met with criticism from their male peers.
She and Devlin agree that the industry has a long way to go before it becomes more welcoming to women. Petelle, who no longer drives cross-country, says she's lucky that she's able to go home every night and sleep in her bed. But for long-distance drivers like Devlin, sleeping options are often limited to parking lots or trucking rest stops, not always the safest environments for women drivers.
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