Mentorship

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  1. Kid Cricket

    Kid Cricket Bobtail Member

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    My mentorship period is dragging.
    Not the fault of my mentor, not my fault.
    The company and the communication has just been really abysmal.

    Today marks the end of my 4th week out here with my mentor. I've switched between several trucks and had to go with another mentor for a week because my current one was taking a vacation.

    I'm not getting consistent answers from the company regarding anything and we're both getting worn out because he wants his home time and I want to get my own truck. He just keeps getting told I need more hours and the amount changes week to week. I'm his first student and he's considering not doing mentoring after this because of how much headache it's been for both of us. We both agree I'm ready. Terminal disagrees. It doesn't help that the runs on this account are 5 hours one way at most. Between getting bounced around so much between trucks and mentors and being dicked around by our contacts in the company we're just being burned out.
     
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    TripleSix God of Roads

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    When you went through orientation, you were given an office contact. How many more hours does your office contact say you need?
     
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  3. Kid Cricket

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    It keeps changing.
    At first it was 120, then 150, now it's 180.

    I also never went through any kind of orientation. It was from their program to obtain my CDL, then waiting two weeks, now 4 weeks with a mentor.
     
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  4. Allow Me.

    Allow Me. Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    You will find in this biz co's that are run like a well oiled machine and others that aren't. Sounds like your co. is the 2nd. Do you talk with mgmt about this problem ? And ask why they keep changing your training hours requirement ?
     
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    Ouch, that's not good. I'm glad I'm going through schooling and such right now. I didn't want to be stuck on some companies contract for a year or more. My schooling is being paid from.by a grant which I got because I'm considered poverty level. I guess I got lucky.
     
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    I agree. Shouldn't there be something on the contract he/she signed? I'm wondering if he/she just signed and believed all the pretty promises and BS lies they verbally gave him/her.
     
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    Allow Me. Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Most co's accept the trainers recommendation, trainer says he's ready, or, trainer says he needs more training. Reminds me of a training situation with Dick Simon trucking out of Salt Lake city years ago. 2 or 3 trainers said DO NOT hire this guy (nut case) but Simon hired him and he went solo and drove his truck up the Capitol steps in Sacramento. No easy feat !
     
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    Wow......
     
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    How long have you had a CDL?
    Are you in one of those dock-to-driver programs or what?
     
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    So, you have no office contact and nothing in writing? No one had you watch safety films and explain company policies to you?

    How long has your “mentor” been driving, and is he a lease operator?
     
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