Best Company for new drivers? Please help!

Ignore the reviews! The best drivers rarely post reviews.
He's had a cdl for over a year and hasn't used it, so most companies will give him some refresher training before putting him on the road.

 

KLLM Transport has a terminal in Cartersville, GA.
It's a reefer outfit though with an excellent reputation and refresher training program. This company pays well and has decent benefits.
"We accept refresher course students from many states around the country. This is all based on where we are currently hiring drivers. Give us a call today at 1-800-925-5556 to speak to a recruiter on if your state is eligible."
Website: Drivers - KLLM Transport Services

 

He'll make much more money with flatbed over dry van. Flatbed or reefers is the way to go.
With reefers, hauling food and medicine will keep him busy. Any wait times he'll be paid stop pay, plus hourly pay during the wait.

 

Located in zip 30135?

Dry van, or flatbed?

No endorsements (yet)?

I started out in my CDL world with Schneider, running loads from their Atlanta terminal.

I had a CDL for almost 2 years...before I put it to any real driving use.

Schneider has a lot to offer a brand new driver; however, with them...you will be on a trainer's truck for only about a week (or maybe even less) -- & that's just not enough.

If you sign up with Swift -- you would have ready access to a nearby terminal, there in Decatur -- making the commute to/from work short...saving time & $$$. Also -- Swift has several lines/types of freight there, for your spouse to try out...& get varied experience (including dry van). After he does dry van there for several months -- try switching over to intermodal work (home daily, or weekly -- & will keep him busy) -- GREAT EXPERIENCE!!!

Swift routinely hires/trains new(er) CDL holders.

Swift Transportation Atlanta, GA Terminal

Best of luck!!!

-- L

 

Go anywhere besides Suckneider. Welfare Express would be better.

 

Welfare Express aka Western Express will hire him for flatbed. Western Express isn't for the 'faint of heart' though. Have to be tough and with strong self-discipline and the type that says, "No one can stop me."
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Western Express Official Site
Flatbed & Dry Van
Whether you’re a seasoned professional, starting your journey with a new CDL-A, or returning after some time away, we have something for you.

 

If a driver is “getting pay docked” and LUCKY to make $500, figure on that driver doing something wrong. The next time a driver tells you a sob story, don’t respond…set back and wait. Within a few minutes, he will tell you why in a way that makes you recognize the dumbarsery in that driver.

You’ve mentioned twice about how Hub wants to be a name and not a number or something like that. Is that Priority One? I would think that after sitting on that CDL and finally trying to use it, Priority One would be to get your foot in the door somewhere. Keep mouth shut and get through the whole training truck circus and that company will sign off on him and issue him his own truck. Congratulations! He’s now able to say that he’s an “experienced” driver and will never had to ride with a trainer so as long as he doesn’t let 2-3 years go by inactive. Even with little experience, more doors will be opened for Hub. The hard part is behind him at this point and now he can aim for better opportunities.

 

If you are going to read reviews then mark those companies off your list and move on. What companies made presentations at CDL school? Where did drivers in the CDL class go to work? Did he keep in touch with any of them? The key is TALKING to current drivers at companies he applies to. Reviews never tell you if the complainer is a hard working reasonable person or dramatic princess with outrageous expectations.

The industry is slow right now, economic slowdown and time of year makes it very slow. There are lot more drivers than jobs. THERE IS NO TRUCK DRIVER SHORTAGE. Your husband needs to decide what type of trucking (dry van, reefer, flatbed, tanker) and then talk to drivers working in those segments and having those drivers describe the pay, schedule, working conditions, etc, etc and then him deciding which of those companies has the most of what he needs to stay at that company for 12 months, minimum. Trucking companies are not all the same. But they all have similar issues so some things are similar between companies. Atlanta has a ton of trucking companies and many trucking companies hire from that area. Ignore trucking company web sites and recruiters they are not reliable info, they are like car commercials. They say things which make them seem great and nothing that makes them bad. It is your and your husband's job to find out the accurate info so if he walks into a bad employer it's because y'all didn't do your homework. If you/him think it's the trucking company's job to make you happy you are in the wrong industry. You/him get what you go and get. This isn't the McDonald's drive-thru.