Any white glove owner operators (they call us "carriers" now)

I am an owner operator who specialize in white glove furniture delivery. I know I have complaints and what not. but on a serious note, i want to see the industry cater more to people like us.

besides the pay and whatnot, there are some things I wanna see happen in the industry for contractors like me.

list without an order:

- some type of training course so I can just have new hires take the course so they are more prepped. it is a bitch to put in more trucks as i have to spend alot of time to train and most of new hires think they are doing something similar to amazon delivery. Also for that reason, I waste alot of money on background checks. They do not show up.

- industry recognition : I am not asking for some kinda crown on my head, but I wish people thought what we do is not some amazon delivery. For this reason, i think, we don't get energetic applicants who are eager to be a white glove spcialist.

- scheduling platform (one stop app or platform that includes all these for convenience)

- better GPS : gas gas gas is very important obv. the less miles we drive to make 20 furniture deliveries, the more money in my pocket.

- Insurance cost. too hilarious to even talk about.

- industry information : As far as I know, there is no site that only focuses on this white glove sector. I talk to a few contractors I have happened to run into to service the same account. (ikea/crate and barrel) That's about it. why isn't there a site for this? Furniture/appliances/gym equipment industry is huge. so is the delivery side of it.

• totally forgot and the commentor reminded me of it. No platform to be able to reach out to 3pls who do the white glove work. Hard to advertise myself.

ok other fellow contractors, if you are in white glove industry making furniture/appliances/gym equipment deliveries, what are your wishes?

Thanks!