Not a bad day, by any means! Those old "Hunter Killer" Subs got this poor kid all over the world. Never would of had that opportunity anywhere else. Don't regret any of the 21 years 3 months 19 days of it! Drive On! oooooghaaaa!!!

Well guys and ladies i'm almost all packed and ready to go . Tomorrow I'm leaving Kansas City for my three week training for trams am wish me luck hopefully everything works out fine.

Good Luck!!!!!!!

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Sooo, I talked to Nick. He's a bit upset b/c they didn't tell him the truth about anything until he was already there. Like he has to work there for at least 3 months, or he repays them everything they spent to send him out to Missouri and to keep him there. And the one we don't like is he would have to work 7 days a week. He has to schedule his days off at least 8 days in advance, but there is no guarantee he will get that day, no matter how long he's been with the company or any day for that matter. His trainer told him they will run you 7 days a week for 3 to 4 months on end, with out granting you a day home with the family. There is not even a guarantee he will get to come home after training. He could very well be out there for an extra 3 months before getting the chance to even come home. I had a bad feeling that something like this would happen to him once he got out there. They tell you nothing over the phone to get you out there, and then something like this happens once he's out there and can't get home. My personal opinion would be, there is nothing he can do until he hits his 3 month mark. I just don't know how we are all going to handle him being gone for months on end with out being able to come home. I guess he didn't know this until he got with his trainer and was talking to him about it. He (the trainer that is) said the recruiters lie to you all the way up until you get with your trainer. Nick was even upset to me over the phone b/c he don't know when he's going to get to come home. I don't know what in the world to tell him.

Dang sorry to hear that. Hopefully that is worst case and he gets home sometime soon.

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Well that is the life of trucking working 7 days a week as long as he has time avalible to work.
Most companies if you request to be home on x day they will try their best to get you home you may be early or late but they will do their best to get you home.

Wow only 8 days prior notice to get hometime I had to put it in 2 weeks in advance with the company I started out with.

If he can not handle working 7 days a week for 3-4 weeks at a time providing that he has the hours avalible then he should not be a truck driver.
This job is verry demanding some people make it and some do not trucking is not for everyone.

Did he think that he would be home weekly, or every other week?

Sorry that is not how truck driving is most companies give you one day of hometime for each 7 days out and you must be on the road for 3-4 weeks at a time.

You can only stay home for 4-5 days max varries by company
Unless you have your 1 year in and get a weeks paid vacation.

Well when he got there, they told him that he would be out for 3 to 6 months at a time, not weeks, with no home time . They also told him he could request home time, but chances are that with him being so new in the trucking field not to expect it. He wouldn't mind being out 7 to 10 days at a time, like they told him before he left for training. He was expecting to be out 10 days at a time not 3 months to 6 months at a time.

he couldnt come home from 3 to 6 months ? dang c mon now 3 to 6 months......so a newbie gets hired and cant have any off days ? i read they keep you out 10 to 14 days is that not true ?

3 to 6 months is a long time.

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There's no way they'll make him stay out for 3-6 months without time at home. Someone is either lying to or completely misunderstanding someone else. I've known a few Trans Am drivers and I've never heard that before. One guy I went to CDL school with went with them and was home every weekend from day one.

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