New truck drivers

I think trucking companies should just pay the driver a flat rate of $20.00 a hour along with paid health care instead of the puny mileage pay. That way the driver would get paid for the 14 hour day no matter what. That way you get paid no matter how long you are hanging around waiting to be unloaded or loaded. I also bet these companies dispatch would do a better job getting loads to the drivers.

 

HA HA HA HA! Thats funny. What company did you do desk work for? I'll bet there a lot of truck drivers that would like to apply for that job.

 

sounds like you know!so you must have been a newb who made an ill-informed decision.I can not see any other reason for a post like this,unless you are that much of an ###!I for one am a newb and wont be making the mistakes that many have before me!And I take what you said as a personal attack.why don't you back up what you say with real stuff,instead of an empty insult/generalization of many wanna be or soon to be drivers

 

Do a lot of research on here there is a great amount of info on both swift and the choice of using a company paid school v self paid school.For the most part my research has shown that paying yourself is by far the better choice.Being cheaper and having the option of choosing what company you go to work for are just a few of the reasons,but they are big!Start searching you will find your answers here!

 

EvilTwin, if you don't mind, what are you paying for your schooling? How long will it run? Is it PTDI accredited? Just curious. Thanks.

 

I dunno. I paid $1,000 to attend National Driver Training School in Green Cove Springs, FL back in 1980; located at the former GCS naval air station turned industrial park. The correspondence course was about 6 months long and one was expected to be paid up within that time. On site schooling was one week - no balance due upon graduation. I don't recall if the major OTR companies had schools set up at the time or not.

Several years back I went to work for a pharmaceutical company. My 'trainer' was just out of a 'driving school' and that was his first real driving job. He related to me he still owed the school around $10k, including interest on the loan they arranged for him. He was fired about 3 months later.

I still think that going with 'free training' and the typical one year commitment is the way to go as your resume will be established and 'no balance due'!

 

Funny, I did.

I did some digging, talked to drivers from various companies, both on here and in person, did some phone call makings, and was able to rearrange my list based on information found.

And so far, so good, I am happy with my decision, even if I am with one of the bigger 'heartless giant mega carriers' My happy little governed white truck will putter along and I will be happy driving it so far.

I understand that can all change but I have a influance on that.

 

Thats a insult to fish.

They have spines.

 

You never got anything nice to say do you?

 

1. Fishing.
2. Logging.
3. Pilots / Flight Engineers.
4. Structural Iron and Steel Workers.
5. Farming / Ranching.
6. Garbage Collector / Recyclables Collector.
7. Roofing.
8. Installers and Repairmen Working on Electrical Power Lines.
9. Truck Drivers
10. Coal Mining.


For most dangerious jobs.


I can think of a few other jobs that you work hard for crap pay too.