Passed Orientation, now I am sitting at home

Waiting for a trainer is unfortunate, but common. You're likely to run into the same thing with any carrier. There's a lot of logistics involved with getting the trainer to you.

 

Yes, patience is a virtue. But they made you stay in a motel 15 miles from your home. I wonder why?? Also, if you're done with orientation and have been told to wait, why do they need to be reassured you still want the job? Just curious...

 

Sorry scorpio, but your best bet is to wait it out. By the time you get all the paperwork to another co, and they review and accept you, your USX trainer could have been there and gone.
'Be patient grasshopper, mediocre things come to those who wait...'

 

Dude if your still waiting, you need to start making phone calls and rocking the boat. stop calling the dispatch since they have proven not to care. contact their boss and tell him the story.

 

Is this your first CDL job ? If you already have the CDL you may have some options, maybe not. Depends on if you signed anything or not. Other things you may try, part time job not in trucking. Any truckstops near you, most of them love to talk, go sit and have some coffee. No experiance, a recruiter suggested to me, go to a truckstop and solicite to drive teams with an O/O, the pay may not be great but you may be able to get enough experiance to make a play somewhere else. Try a driveaway company, no trailers involved with this type of operation and a lot of them allow part time work. good luck drive55cat

 

the instructor from my class at ASU said to call them 2-3 times a day and ask if there is any news yet. bug the crap out of them he said!!!

 

and this coming from a man sitting and waiting also. lol. j/k

 

LOL i had to call at 2:30 she told me if i hadn't heard from them (USA Truck) by Wed. to call back