Knight Orientation Pay:$150.00 for Three Long Days!

There giving you a career for your future, when I went May orientation in Phx the week started with 20 people by the end of there were like maybe 7 and 3 of us left the lot on friday, two in trucks they flew me to Jacksonville to pickup an abanone truck, but thats another story entirely..

 

So you signed up for Knight. Accepted their terms and now want to cry about it because you think it isn't fair? Wtf is this world coming to?

 

I have a orientation with them on Tuesday in PHX, how was it? What if I blow the driving test? Do they send you packing or do they have a trainer thing like Swift does? Just asking if you can help me out with some inside scoop.

 

Back then it was dont hit anything, you'll go for a drive then they have you make right into the lot (do not hit the curb) pull around and back it into a spot. There were not second chance back then , dont know about now.

 

Thank you for teaching him the error of his ways. Love the support by the elite few on this site. If nothing the thread is educational on who to stay away from out there and in here.

 

And, when I went through orientation with May back around 2002 in Layton, Utah, they did all of the above plus gave me the company car to use while I wasn't attending orientation. Their only request was not to go out and get a wasted at the bars and drive back to the hotel.

 

They pay for hazmat $85 and TWIC $125 and post hire DOT physical renewals and endorsements.

They are not the best or worst. But the people out of Portland that can handle a 14/3 schedule make $1000 to $1400 a week + .05 in bonuses that are not hard to get.
A non- student starts at .38 or .43 with bonuses2650 avg per week which she (friend with 12yrs at knight as a driver) says is avg on the company board in Fairview OR. $12,084 per qrtr add $1590 for bonus? $54,696 per yr with bonus $48,336 without. 64% get all bonuses 29% get half and the rest get less the half. You will probably lose the fuel bonus in the summer (noAPU)
This is for a new driver not guys there a year or more. This does not include any accessorial or vacation pay that is gross divided by 52. Nor does it incude sliding scale for under 500ml runs or stop offs
My friend in Visalia Ca who went back to work for them after trying local makes .43 after 2 yrs runs 14/3 and made over 60k last year. He works out of Tulare The median family income is like 52k for the country. I am not a recruiter nor do I work there. But on the I-5 corridor talk to the knight drivers that look like they belong in a truck. I made good income at every OTR carrier I worked at. It was all the micromanaging donuts I did not like.​

 

They do... $50/day . What other job/career in America expects you to work for below minimum wage, or do work and not get paid. That's right trucking, why cuz it's just part of the job.

 

Does Knight provide a hotel room for you to stay at while during orientation? If so that's a lot of money they put out with the $50 a day for more then half of the people not to make it anyway.