Am I unhireable after a DUI/revocation?

@Jay.B.B. --

Recall earlier that I said I was a Schneider veteran.

You don't say what carriers you applied to earlier....but when you start to (re)apply for CDL jobs again in 2023--I would encourage you to apply to Schneider ONLY AFTER all else fails.

Why?

If your experience there mirrors mine--your time out with a trainer will be short. MUCH TOO SHORT.

Other carriers will keep you on a trainers truck for much closer to the industry average.

Yes, I survived...it's true. And went on later to get a fuel-hauling job.

But I still don't think I can honestly recommend it for most people.

I think, given the coming economic recession, that you'd be far better off with another carrier, like Swift:

Swift Transportation Gary, IN Terminal - Swift Transportation

Also: be sure to avoid applying for jobs with A-N-Y of the 1099 companies. Start out in CDL life as a W-2 driver, instead!!!

Stay away from any/all "lease-purchase" contracts, as well.

For your first couple of years anyway....you just want to be a company driver--with no other related responsibilities.

--Lual

 

Without specific names and/or website addresses--it's pretty tough to weigh in on what you were talking about in the above....

Your biggest issue now is really just a short time with a license. After February, try these people:

Trillium Staffing - Driver Staffing Solutions
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--Lual

 

I don't trust places that do not know the right word to use.

Level of experience in one drop down list says...
I have more then 6 months experience.

I might be picking nits but; that has been on that site for how long, and no one has corrected it yet?

 

I've noticed misspelled words on lots of trucking websites. Sometimes, if I copy/paste some information, I'll correct the spelling. Even doing that, I misspell words sometimes.

 

i had a dui in 2013 personal make 98K this year

 

Yes, but a company website should be able to get the grammar and spelling right.
They, after all, are the professionals that are seeking professional people.

 

I got a DWI/revoke in the late 90s and have been in the industry since the early two-thousands... Only been driving interstate for six+ years, though... My first company was union LTL which were the hardest to get in to at the time..

 

I know I'm late to this thread, but I DID once work in the office of a carrier that WOULD hire guys with DWI/DUI convictions. First, let me preface that we were a 48 state OTR company of roughly 500 tractors and 2000 trailers, and we did NOT have a very good reputation among drivers (in fact, when I was driving, I would never have even considered this company...). So, we needed drivers, and not many drivers were interested, so we took the chance and hired guys with DWI records.

I used to have access to each driver's file, and although they never said "DWI conviction" outright in the file, we all knew that when the comment "No Canada" was included, that meant you had a DWI (because Canada regularly refuses entry to anybody with a DWI conviction). Otherwise, we treated these drivers just as poorly as any other driver in the fleet....

So, yeah, you CAN find employment at some point after your DWI, but it will probably not be with the best carriers (BTW, that carrier I worked for went bankrupt almost 20 years ago...), and you will limit your usefulness if your carrier does any Canadian freight.