What Is It With These Forced Teams?

I think it's split per mile but I'll have to check.

TBH I'd rather not Team. I mean I'm willing to do it if necessary and I can see the plus side of doing it but if I have a say I'd rather stay away from it. I have been in too many situations in my life where I had to depend on someone else and most of the time they have let me down and I get yelled at. I don't think such a thing would happen here but I can see issues arising from keeping the same space for so long. I don't do roommates. I've had them before and half the purpose of getting this job was to avoid roommates. If I could do Team and Local I'd be game in a heartbeat. Meet my trainer early morning, run the shipment and then go back home? I'd do that. If I could do Team and Regional I'd consider it. Just let me get back home as often as possible if only to get away from my trainer. Team and OTR? I'd do it but hopefully for a very short period of time. When they told me a month I thought that isn't so bad providing I get this huge pay increase after all is said and done. They portrayed it as if my money would literally double when I get out of Training. When they said six months to a year because I won't want the Training period to end I got a little concerned. When they told me that the Training ends at their discretion I understood but at the same time I don't like the sound of it. I pulled one person to the side and asked what the deal was with this driver shortage. They told me that a lot of people get stopped with drugs and lose their licenses. I went through a lot to get my CDL permit and then go to school and many people in the class have told me the same. I'm still in class but all of us have developed a whole new respect for truck drivers. I don't think that's the reason why there's a shortage. I remember reading on here once that the problem was pay. I began to think that the real issue might be the fact that they force people to team up, go OTR or something else and they don't pay adequately for it. That's just my guess as I'm still in school and haven't really driven yet. I understand that driving is hard and there is a lot to learn. I'm more than willing to work with a trainer. I just don't want to be stuck in a truck with them for days, weeks or months at a time if I can avoid it.