Company Evaluation Questionnaire / Spreadsheet

Nice work. Thanks @farmboy73 ...even better than the Benjamin Franklin "Piece of Paper with a Line Drawn Down the Middle" technique.

In all seriousness, thanks for gathering the criteria, and putting it together in one place.

 

@farmboy73 nice work very legit. Absolutely a tool I would use..

 

@farmboy73 great work, wow. This thread needs bumped and highlighted, maybe even stickied.

 

Excellent tool ! May I offer a recommendation....

Carriers are typically vague on many of these items. Applicants are told someone else handles that or I don't know etc. They know you won't like the answer so.....

I suggest a scoring system. Very simple too. Give the carrier say 100 pts and deduct for every negative or vague answer. Unknowns or side steps get the same as no. The applicant can assign the point value to each category based on their needs and wants.

There is another issue that needs looking at.....the carrier lying to you to get you in the door, also common. Here I suggest always interviewing a couple of drivers too. Find at least two in case you catch the company man. More if you can......

Lastly, I always looked at the drivers parking lot at the terminal. Carriers frequently segregate us into areas like parking, a drivers room and behind locked doors and windows. Your good eye will give you a strong insight into home time, wages and treatment based on what you see. It's there if you know what to look for.

Jumping carriers looks bad on an application, the driver is much better off making good decisions and to move slowly.

JMO...good luck!

 

What do you look for and why?.

 

What company did you end up going with? I live in Kentucky. I am looking at getting my CDL's. I am researching schools and company's while studying the CDL manual on my own. I want to start out with box trailers then possible tankers. The problem is I am gonna run team. My team mate is making an XXXXX a year but team pay is split. I am trying to find a company where my team mate is not taking too big of a pay cut. Both of us still have to pay bills. We need the miles to at least net 1,600.00 a week. My team mate and I live together so we split the bills.

 

Thanks!