In terms of decent class 2 work that wouldn’t drive you completely mad, maybe a bread or milk run.
If you go for your class 1, it may not be a bed of roses either by the way. Getting home at a predictable time is the elusive holy grail that most fail to consistently achieve.
With the supply chain companies like DHL, XPO, you have to remember that they are trying to make money out of transport, so the timings will be tight and in my experience the vehicles are kept at bare minimum level in order to complete the contract. It drives you mad, with a 10-12 hour day ahead of you, sitting there waiting on a unit before you even start.
In my experience this type of supply chain company think little about driver retention, more a case of ‘if these guys won’t do what we want, we’ll just get some others to replace them’. Mind you a lot will depend on local management, so not every location will be that bad.
I’ve worked on a few different 2-man contracts and the best of the bunch was DHL Argos, where quite often drivers were paired for home deliveries. Not so bad then, because you can share the driving and the other guy knows the score with the driving. I’ve had some good days out driving around scenic routes and some of the most remote places you could imagine. On the whole people are normally quite happy to receive their home delivery too.