Am I making a mistake leaving Werner?

apparently that was the case but they dropped those bonuses. at least that's what he said. he also said that the have the trainers take classes on how to encourage students to remain with the company.

the more i read here, the more all of this makes sense. seems like more truth is spoken here.

 

the tanker division is earl T. wadhams. i will start with rist, and i can transfer to ARG or earl T. wadhams after a year.

 

one more good laugh. we drove into an area of black ice, actually i was driving when the road surface got really slick. i kept plenty of following distance i actually brought the truck safely to a stop. scared the crap out of me though. the DOT had all of the trucks shut down for safety. we were told we had to chain up in order to move again. my trainer didnt know how to chain up, he had no clue. we had to sit there until the sander finally came through.

 

perhaps since wadham's is a smaller carrier that does indeed have trainers and a training program, they not a widely known "training" company. it is my hope that they offer a much high caliber of training program and that i can actually learn something from them. they have 4 trainers and are all highly experienced drivers. i had an actual face to face interview with the guy in charge of the rist division. he actually hinted on all of the things mentioned here, that the trainers are with the large training companies arent really all that experienced themselves. he didnt go into detail about the government grant because he cant bash werner. as much as he might not like them, its unethical to bash a competetor. he agreed that the trainers at werner are training only for the sake of collecting more miles. they dont operate their training program like that. trainers get paid a flat training wage and they dont collect students miles. allowing trainers to collect students miles just encourages abuse of the students by the trainers.


maybe i will get a real trainer now, that will really help me learn the right way. im looking forward to their training program. i think it might be much better.