he hates his job!

1. trucking is not for everybody....
2. as many years as i have been driving i still have a hard time sometimes getting into them hard to fit spots you have to grease the sides of your trailer just to barely fit in

a month ago only 1 spot left in the entire truck stop and a swift truck on both sides 1 barely over the line the other 2 inches over the line i greased it right in ther with about 2 to 3 inches on either side and had to park with my nose sticking out cause my mirrors wouldnt fit...... and i couldnt get out of my truck so i just left my nose out in the wind when the swift drivers woke they werent happy thats when i showed them they were number 1 and when they got on the handle to curse me out a few other drivers piped up and told them to learn how to park not me and that they should be ashamed of themselves for not straightening up when they had plenty of room on their other side....

3. ask for another trainer....

4. home time when your first starting out is almost a no go when i first started out wifey and i were away from eachother for 2 months verry hard to deal with but look at us now we run team and we do make descent money together working as lease operators....

 

sorry to hear that about your husband.
my son just started too and he absolutley loves it now...he didnt like it first the training the orentiation the admin junk...but he got real lucky and has a very good trainer.. I am sure thats whats making the difference...seems like we are neighbors..we are just south of the ATL too...if there is anything I do to help yall out let me know...

 

OK, you probably are not going to like my answer here. But this fella has decided after ONE DAY that he hated it? Sounds to me like somebody needs to grow up. Nobody owes him anything. If he has wanted to get into trucking for several years, as you have posted, he needs to re-evaluate himself. He has made the cut, and found a job. Something that a lot of folks were NOT able to do.

So his trainer talks a lot and snores. Big deal. He probably has some habits that his trainer is not too fond of either.

Frankly, from reading your op, I don't hold out a lot of hope for him succeeding in this job, or any other for that matter. There are times that you just have to "tough it out" for a while.

He hasn't even begun to give it a chance. I think it is time that you talked to him like the proverbial "Dutch Uncle," and told him a few of the "facts of life."

If he can be encouraged, pushed, pulled or kicked into relaxing and actually giving trucking some time, he just may find that he loves it. He doesn't necessarily have to stay with the same trainer, but he only has 12 days to go. Come on, an adult can put up with just about anything for 12 days.

He has suddenly decided he doesn't want to be away from home?????????????????????????????? And he wants to be a truck driver?????????????????????????

I don't know how old he is, but he sure has one hell of a lot of growing up to do.

 

if he can't stand being away from his family, why in the world did he even think about trucking?

 

almost sounds to me like either he's NEVER been more than 3 miles from his house, let alone out of state....

and he's a "mama's boy" crying about the big bad job he wanted to do for so long.....and see's he's not man enough for it.

trucking ain't for everyone, i highly suggest he get out now and let REAL men and women do the job he is so inept at doing, lest he cry a river of crocodile tears. there are just TOO many unemployed drivers and newbies WANTING a job, to deal with his horse-puckey....

here's the "good advice" you want to tell him.......call him and READ TO HIM my comments, see if he "grows a pair" after this.

 

Just my two cents:

When I first started, I felt the exact same way. Seems that no amount of mental preparation can really ready one for being away from home when they're not used to it, at least for some people.

I ended up walking away from trucking the first time, and it was a mistake. But hasty decision-making was a big part of my personality for my first 37 or so years.

Bottom line is that you can't possibly make an intelligent, informed decision after just 24 hours. Things do get easier, but it takes time....for some, a lot more time than for others. Understanding self is a big plus.