Stevens Transport - Dallas, Tx.

i don't know about now but i know that Prime inc used to do the same thing PLUS they had/have the guys right there at the main bldng that issue the test and give you your license....cool huh? add that to the "no one fails "policy" i've heard more than obne tell me about.....................

 

Lol swift tried to do that and now they're under a lawsuit in tennessee

 

yepper and they wonder why there's "so many big truck wrecks!" out here right?

 

Yup yup. Especially central refrigerated drivers. Omg I talked to one of them after helping them back up into the dock. I asked him where he got his license and he admitted that he paid for it. These are the people that'll ruin the trucking industry by making the DOT stricter on all truckers with the BS rules.

 

Unless he got his licence while it was still Dick Simon then I call the BS on that!

 

Either that or he paid someone for a license then got central to hire him. Who knows but a lot of drivers nowadays can't back up anyways. I've been hit four times already. Twice by flatbed and twice by van trailers

 

DON'T BLAME THE NEWBIES! BLAME THE #### TRUCKER MILLS! THEY JUST GET YOU THE MINIMUM FUNDAMENTALS TO GET A LICENSE! THEY ALSO TEST YOU! IT IS OBVIOUS TO EVERYBODY UNLESS YOU HAVE A BACKGROUND IN THIS YOU ARE NOT REALLY GOING TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. THE SCHOOLS JUST CHURN OUT STUDENTS & DON'T GIVE A #### ABOUT THE PRODUCT. VENT YOUR ANGER AT THE SCHOOLS. THESE POOR SOB'S ARE BEING RIPPED OFF BY THE SYSTEM! 5 DAYS TO LEARN AT 15 MINUTES A DAY DOES NOT TEACH YOU HOW TO BACK UP CONSISTENTLY!

 

i have no complaint for Stevens school. i believe they teach you pretty good. It was three weeks of school then 5 days orientation then you go out with a trainer for 5 weeks then pick a co driver to do a trainee trainee team for 3 weeks then you're out on your own. I liked that system. so most stevens drivers are pretty good drivers out there. Even though I don't like the way how they run the company, i still like the schooling part of it.

 

This is nothing new. The trucking schools are usually 4 weeks long, you can only learn enough to be dangerous in that amount of time. They don't teach you how to drive a truck, they teach you how to pass the CDL test. That's where companies like Stevens, Swift, and others come in. They take these raw recruits in and try to mold them into truck drivers. Some of them make it, most of them won't. My experience with Stevens a dozen years ago was a mixed bag. Their training program is top notch. If I was a trucking company owner looking at applications and I saw the driver had trained through Stevens Transport that would score extra points for me. As for being a place to work long term, I don't think so. I was out six months after they let me go solo. dealing with their payroll lady was a nightmare. I don't know if things have changed, but when I was there, every payday was a screaming match over the phone because half my miles would be missing from my paycheck. That was my experience.

 

I agree slider. It's a good company to get your experience. Then move on, theres much more opportunities out there than getting only paid 24 cents a mile.