Originally Posted by str8arrow

Be prepared that you are not hired until last day.
You can pass drug test and driving test, and still not be hired, with excellent dac report..

You can also be told by recruter they checked and cleard your dac report, and your still not hired.

You will need money to eat on, they supply a small lunch in white foam container no drink included.
Breakfast is a small muffin in plastic bag and coffee machine dispencer. No dinner supplied by company.



You will not be refunded for travel expense to orientation, if not hired.
This includes fuel, rental car or any other expense used to travel.
If you ride the grayhound bus to Orientation you need to find transportaion home at your expense.

Second day of Orientation end of class, you will be told to clean out your hotel room and bring your luggage to orientation location on the third day.

During Orientation exspense refund form is not mentioned.
You find this paper work all the way in the back of paper work givin during orientation.

You find information about leasing trucks in the front and you will be shown a film about leasing a truck from them the first day..

If you lease a truck you will be put in a seperate room during a period of time. Several students were removed and put in another room.

Truck Lease is $450.00 dollars a week, you purchase your own fuel.
Thats $450.00 times 4= 1,800 a month , plus fuel, I'm not sure about the insurance. You can save them 1,800 a month just in truck payments, not including exspensive fuel cost.

You eat out for three days thats dinner and breakfast and its not cheap. Remember you will need additional employment back up.

You are not to be employed by any company when you attend their Orientation. I was told this before driving up. Must not be employed by anyone.

Your physical consist of carrying heavy dumbell waits in crait down a hall turn a circle and walk back. You then are told to lift this heavy crates and place up high on shelf. I watched men struggle caring crates as well as women.

You have additional health checks included.

Be prepared if hired to travel where ever truck is to be picked up, assigned to you.

This means if your sent to chicago or another state, you ride in a rental van with other drivers and your not getting paid. You could ride for several days no pay.

If your not hired you also loose money for sitting in orientation class you will not be paid.

All in All its a very exspensive orientation to risk to drive for pennies.

Also if not hired they can choose not to tell you why. This is when you mention a lawyer,and they will give you a form to fill out and mail in.

They will not tell you about this paper work unless you ask for it.

Originally Posted by str8arrow

Be prepared that you are not hired until last day.
You can pass drug test and driving test, and still not be hired, with excellent dac report..

You can also be told by recruter they checked and cleard your dac report, and your still not hired.

You will need money to eat on, they supply a small lunch in white foam container no drink included.
Breakfast is a small muffin in plastic bag and coffee machine dispencer. No dinner supplied by company.



You will not be refunded for travel expense to orientation, if not hired.
This includes fuel, rental car or any other expense used to travel.
If you ride the grayhound bus to Orientation you need to find transportaion home at your expense.

Second day of Orientation end of class, you will be told to clean out your hotel room and bring your luggage to orientation location on the third day.

During Orientation exspense refund form is not mentioned.
You find this paper work all the way in the back of paper work givin during orientation.

You find information about leasing trucks in the front and you will be shown a film about leasing a truck from them the first day..

If you lease a truck you will be put in a seperate room during a period of time. Several students were removed and put in another room.

Truck Lease is $450.00 dollars a week, you purchase your own fuel.
Thats $450.00 times 4= 1,800 a month , plus fuel, I'm not sure about the insurance. You can save them 1,800 a month just in truck payments, not including exspensive fuel cost.





You eat out for three days thats dinner and breakfast and its not cheap. Remember you will need additional employment back up.

You are not to be employed by any company when you attend their Orientation. I was told this before driving up. Must not be employed by anyone.

Your physical consist of carrying heavy dumbell waits in crait down a hall turn a circle and walk back. You then are told to lift this heavy crates and place up high on shelf. I watched men struggle caring crates as well as women.

You have additional health checks included.

Be prepared if hired to travel where ever truck is to be picked up, assigned to you.

This means if your sent to chicago or another state, you ride in a rental van with other drivers and your not getting paid. You could ride for several days no pay.

If your not hired you also loose money for sitting in orientation class you will not be paid.

All in All its a very exspensive orientation to risk to drive for pennies.

Also if not hired they can choose not to tell you why. This is when you mention a lawyer,and they will give you a form to fill out and mail in.

They will not tell you about this paper work unless you ask for it.

Originally Posted by sanityfree

I've only worked for 2 different trucking companies, USX being the first, and yes, what he/she says is true, but it seems to be the case for every big carrier out there.