I have a few dumb and dumber stories too but i will behave lol
It just proves that stevens will hire morons too

yeah i used it cause i thought it was a good post. so i decided to pass ur info onto the newcomers. sorry

Cat dont be sorry
i am honored you quoted me
And yes indeed they need to know the risks of what they are looking at
Thank you for quoting me
The truth does need to be exposed
Especially to the new guys and gals starting in this industry
There is so much to cover to help them out but so little time to cover everything
Especially since i post on my 10 hour break lol

Anyways
young drivers
heres some red flags to watch for
Especially with stevens

1. promise of more than 1 week a month home time
(on avarage most truck companys give you 1 day for every week out
if your lucky you will find one who gives 2 a week)
(this doesnt mean they will have you at home once a week for 2 days)
(this means for every week your out you aquire this time for home time
Be cautious of home time it can cost you more than you want it to
you do not get paid for home time and the companies can force you to turn in truck if home more than 4 days on avarage)

2. Pay This is a tricky one
Companys word their pay scale very carfuly Stevens is VERY guilty of this
and in all reality they are one of the lowest paying freight companies in the industry
Watch the words "up too"
if you can find a company who pays revinue to the truck thats where the money is

3. DONT LEASE no matter how good it sounds
if your new you will loose your rear leasing
Stevens tries to force leasing
If you feel the need to lease go with some one like Prime inc
where there is no cost to break the lease
Stevens charges 2500.00 to break lease contract

4. Watch out for a company who tells you about training when you first come to orientation and you havent worked for a truck company before
This should send off all sorts of alarms

Dont train
It will put an added stress on you you dont need when first begining
Besides how can you train something you dont know yet

5. Training
(this is yet an other grey area
Stevens is in a rush to get you out there and making them money
but the training is almost a joke
if you dont believe me go to a truck stop and sit there for a while
any trucks in the 5000 to 6400 series are trainees just watch them
Training consist of 1 week in class during day / out on course at night
5 weeks with a suposed experienced trainer ( I got lucky I had a true vet of trucking)
3 weeks with an other trainee ( This is SCARY VERY SCARY)
I had Bad Bad Bad Experience there
Then after that your routed back to yard
and you have about a week of doting the i's and crossing the t's
Then your on your own
Grad fleet
This is a nightmare
they give you crap runs and test you to see what your going to put up with and you are only getting .24 cpm
let me tell you about the .24 cpm
it is more like .12 cpm by the time the finish raping your paycheck with supposed cash advances
and reembursments???? .......Dont hold your breath it doesnt happen its against their religion to be honest and pay you for what you spent for their company
your a trainee your at bottem ot pecking order
now your grad fleet for 3 months
then you go to regular fleet
This is when you get a real DM
hope it isnt the one i had or you will not make any money at all
anyways you get my point on training

.6 Equipment
They look too good to be true ?
they probably are
you will not see the equipment that recruters show up in till your with company for quite a while

.7 Companies who have their drivers show up with their trucks
3 times a week if your in a private cdl training school
This is a sad tatic they use
because they are eather cheap or cant get normal drivers to apply

.8 Ask about termanels
This is IMPORTANT
VERY IMPORTANT
Go with a company who is in your state
why?
because if something should god forbid happen and you cant work for that company anymore you will have to turn in the truck to save your d.a.c record
and when you quit a company they are not required to bus you home
and most wont
so work for some one close to home
or who has a drop term close to home


I guess this is all i can say for now
I will start a new thread soon to help new members of trucking

I don't blame them for charging you for the accident.
You trying to tell me that you are unable to realize that things can (and will) slide on ice??? What kind of a truck driver are you? The kind who doesn't think?