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Heading to TMC orientation on Sept 7---anyone else?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Peterbilt79, Aug 23, 2009.

  1. Aug 23, 2009 #1
    Peterbilt79

    Peterbilt79 Light Load Member

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    Good evening all

    just checking to see if anyone else is heading out to TMC orientation on the 7th, ill be flying in around noon on that sunday----post up if youre heading there

    Peterbilt79
     
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  3. Aug 25, 2009 #2
    Ken1972

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    Wish I was I've heard nothing but great things about that company they were my first choice since I recently graduated an 8 week course.Speeding ticket and a no-fault accident stopped me from making it though
     
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  4. Aug 25, 2009 #3
    chief

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    do you also have a return ticket???? LOL. I'm sorry, I'm just couldn't resist. I don't think half the guys/gals in TMC's orientation make it half way through the first day. hell, some fail the road test (I'm talking drivers with 5+ years experience.) and many more of them drop out over the days/weeks when they find out what flatbedding really requires.

    but quick question - didn't TMC just lay off a bunch of people over the last year or so? and now they're hiring again? what gives? I guess they're just replacing the older, more expensive drivers with new meat, eh?
     
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  5. Aug 25, 2009 #4
    Peterbilt79

    Peterbilt79 Light Load Member

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    LOL---no return ticket, ive been a landscape construction foreman for 10 years, doing everything from patios to block with stone veneer, im all up for hard work, theres nothing like moving 12" block with a wheelbarrow all day in 90 degree heat....LOL so bring flatbedding on :biggrin_25519:

    And as to your question, i would refer it to Eckz he could fill you in on it all, i believe they did, and most for miniscule reasons, but then rehired some back............
     
    Peterbilt79, Aug 25, 2009
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  7. Aug 26, 2009 #5
    im6under

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    I drive by the tmc yard about once a month... they gotta have three hundred flats stacked up on the fence and a hundred tractors sitting.

    they pay flat pay for newbies or old hands so i doubt they are canning old guys with experience though the old guys may be leaving in search of more miles...

    grain o salt... I just drive by, not work there, but I haven't seen near the volume loaded down the road either...??? so who knows.
     
    im6under, Aug 26, 2009
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