Should I go with May?

Assuming they will rehire me that is. They were my first company out of school. I had called them last year before I went with my last company, and they sounded very interested and said I was eligible for rehire, although it never got past that point as I went elsewhere.

I liked them when I used to work for them. I am one of the people that love long haul trucking, so I'm not just doing it to pay the bills. May was good. I believe they had a couple things that weren't perfect, but not alot as a first trucking company goes.

My favorite thing about them was alot of cross country/long loads, with good scheduling. They gave you enough time to get them there, but didn't make you sit around all the time. I would like to know if they are still like that, in the reefer division.

I remember it being like for example:
Pickup in Seattle to Ohio 4-5 days to get there
Ohio to Chicago
Chicago to LA
LA to Oregon
Oregon to Atlanta

Does that make sense?

What else should I ask, I'll be calling companies first thing next week, in hopes to set up an orientation for the following week, this week is my research week.

I don't need much home time, so that's not usually a problem.
Are they using elogs?
What are you averaging for miles?
Easy to contact your dispatcher? Are they flexible with you to resolve issues?
How strict are they with logs and safety, I seem to remember they were pretty safety oriented.

Here's a biggy. What is orientation like? I will try to find some first hand accounts on this site, but I haven't found any yet? Is it a grueling process? Last time I was coming straight out of school, where this time I would assume I would be a solo right away.

Are they more of a solo company or do teams get most of the good loads.

I will think up more questions, I am sure.

 

I have two years. I left the first time, not because of any issues, I liked it, it was my first gig, so I wouldn't know any better, but I liked them alot. I left because a former girlfriend had to go to a new University and we had to move.

I guess I remember a couple things I didn't like, not huge though:

No cruise with headlights on.

While I was there, the trucks got the gears governed slow, to optimise fuel economy, but the would not pull all the mountains May drove. I remeber driving through Iowa and everytime I hit the smallest hill the truck would slow way down. Very slow trucks. I think the top speed was normal. 64.

No flexibility in fueling.

Not many drop and hooks, some very long loading times.

Being charged a couple times for idling in the heat. Having to always send in a request for overidle permission.

hmm...that's my list. Not a long list. Im hearing about this micromanged thing. What do you mean? I will look for orientation reports now.