may trucking company a word to the wise

A word to the wise of recent CDL grads. I just graduated CDL school not to long ago and I was doing some research on companies that I wanted to go with.I heard to many horror stories on some companies (even the 1 that pre-hired me while I was still in school) you all know what companies I am talking about so there is no reason to get into all that.Anyway I came across this company (MAY) that sounded pretty good,so I submitted my app on line and was contacted by a recruiter the next day.The recruiter was telling me about the company and blah blah blah.Anyway she told me that she was going 2 call tomorrow to give me my bus Comfirmation#.The next day she calls and she tells me the comf.#I get to the bus station on the day I was supposed to leave come 2 find out that the comf.# she gave was invalid!!WTF?!?! this was on a sunday and orientation started the next day in Phoenix.At this point I am Pissed off.The next day I contacted my recruiter and told her the 411.She tells me that I must of made a mistake and I was supposed to be on that bus.WTF?? She then told me that the next orientation was not until the next monday.I told her that I didn't want to wait any longer and that I wanted to hurry up and get trained.I then asked if there was another terminal I can go to.She says yes there is one in Salt Lake City and if I could be there by the next day.I said yes and she asked if I wanted a bus ticket for SLC and I told her NO that's how things got screwed up and I was going to drive myself there.She says no problem in fact that will work out great so when you come back from training you could drive to the fontana terminal to get your assigned truck.She also told me to save all my gas reciepts and I will be reimbursed at the terminal. I go to Salt Lake City and went to the hotel they were putting me in.The next day I meet with a group in the lobby who were also going to orientation.We get to the terminal and started the paperwork process,drug test all that then out of nowhere this guy comes up 2 me and asked if I am ready for my driving test.I said OK not really knowing what wuz up but I was ready.We get in the truck and he tells me to go out of the yard and out on the street,fine no problem we go down a few streets then he tells me to drive into the yard.I did we were approaching some barrels that were lined up in a squire and he tells me "I don't care how u back in just back in" so I started to back into the spot and noticed that I was a little bit off. I G.O.A.L. and straightened the rig out and backed in.The road tester was very angry with me because I G.O.A.L. I then told him that that is how I was trained in school.He then told me to wait 4 him in the office. He comes in and slams the door & said "I'm failing u"!! I asked why he was failing me and he stated that he did not have 2 give me a reason. WTF?!?! now im really pissed off!! I then go to the terminal and asked to speak with a supervisor.I talk 2 the sup who was a real arrogent hole and he told me "well you must have done something" and I told him no the only thing that I did was I G.O.A.L. then he tells me "I'm sure that is not the reason why" now I'm HOT AS FISH GREASE!! I said well just give me my reimbursement $ on gas that wasted coming here.He informed me that "oh we don't do that here u have 2 take that up with your recruiter"WTF?!? needless 2 day I contacted my recruiter as I was leaving and she tells me that the road tester told her that I "JUMPED A CURB AND FAILED 2 BACK IN PROPERLY".WTF?!? I said that is total BS. I then asked if I was going 2 get reimbursed for that gas I wasted and she said "they were supposed 2 give it 2 u when u got there. I said well they did'nt and she replied "well there is nothing I can do about it at this point."I said What the ever and hung up the phone.SO again I say all my fellow newbies out there stay as far away from this company as possible!!!! U HAVE BEEN FOREWARNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I have read all the replies on the thread that I started and I want to make it perfectly clear that I DID NOT REPEAT DID NOT JUMP A CURB with ANY part of the tractor or trailer!! I know this because if I did I would have failed right then and there and furthermore he would have told me to go back to the yard.He did not do this he didn't mention ANYTHING about the curb at all while I was driving.Again I know this because it is the same thing at the DMV if you jump or hit a curb with the tractor or trailer it is an automatic fail.When he told me "I'm failing you and I don't have to give u a reason" Bull but tells my recruiter that I "jumped a curb and did not back in properly" as I mentioned in my thread that what HE told MY recruiter was a balled face LIE!!!!! and that is the honest to god truth