I will be starting truck driver training in Ohio at Napier Truck Driving School on 06/04/12. I have already been studying up on companies but there is only so much you can find out by their websites and not enough recent reviews on here. I live in Dayton, OH but the school is near Cincinnati.
I would like to find a company that is located near me or at least able to get me home a decent amount of time. I want a company that treats drivers well and are helpful with newbs. I know the first year is paying your dues and then get the hell out of dodge but I want to get on with a decent enough company that it won't be hell to stay with them for several years.
My main concerns are a company that works with you, treats drivers well, and good hometime. I thought about going local right out of training which there are a couple locals that accept cdl grads but am worried about being tossed the keys right off the bat. I think I will benefit from going on the road with a trainer which I think only bigger companies offer that.
From your experience or word of mouth which companies do you think would be a good fit for me?
Best All Around Company for CDL Grad?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Ajv1987, Jun 2, 2012.
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I've always heard a lot of positive things about Schneider. I've met several driver's for them over the years that started as trainees and were still with them 5-10 years later. They seem to treat their driver's pretty well and
they also have several opportunities for dedicated positions to get ya home more.
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I've known several that have come right out of training with them and got dedicated runs. With them, I believe it's more of a location thing not so much experience that gets you on dedicated. I know you said you live around Dayton,they used to run the Walmart account over at Washington Court House and they have a tanker division out of the Cincinnati area.
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Hope it all goes well for ya! Good luck.
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If there is one of those perfect jobs for a discriminating newbie "truck driver" who is interested in Schneider, (that is, someone looking for a dedicated 600 mile round trip run that will take them home every other day for a night off with the wife, pay them $1000 a week with every other three day weekend off, provide them with free hot meals at their choice of truck stops, give them a cup full of quarters for video games, two daily pre-packaged peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with the nasty crust removed and three cold cokes, a prepaid Starbucks card with a special "driver's" cup, and put them in a brand new 2013 orange 600hp Peterbilt 379 with super singles, full chrome fenders, a low chrome bumper and big visor, a pair of trailers at each end with full on chicken lights and underbody neon, a wide screen HDTV, recliner, and present them a weekly Schneider orange t-shirt, brand new khaki-colored dickies slacks, and a monthly "I'm special" ball cap, for example.) and that will hire them right out of school, pay back all of their tuition and give them quarterly bonuses just for showing up more than one day in a row, the way to find out for sure is to use their recruiting website to find it. Best of luck! LOL j.k.
Or you could settle for decent training, half way decent miles at about a quarter or so a mile, a chance to get home every four or five weeks for a couple of days while your wife threatens to leave you if you don't get a "real job", where you actually pay your dues, then that should be fairly easy, since there are alot who will offer you that and not one scintilla more. That's IF you can drive, keep the door closed, can plan a trip, get there safely and on time, and not whine about it.Last edited: Jun 2, 2012
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Yep..sounds like a #### good deal to me! Lol
That whole peanut butter and jelly sandwich part of the benefits package is enough to make me wanna park my truck and give up my stellar chicken hauling career. -
Heck driver, that's MY job!
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