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Choice: Home every weekend or cheap health insurance?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by onthefence, Dec 2, 2010.

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  1. Dec 2, 2010 #1
    onthefence

    onthefence Medium Load Member

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    As of now, only 2 companies want me:
    Superior or Covenant
    (6 'no's at this point)

    Superior-
    1 week training (unpaid until after 90 days, then $300)
    34 hour restart on weekends, so you're home every weekend
    Health insurance paid 100% by the employee the first 2 years
    (Family Health Plus can help us with the health insurance)
    28 cents/mile

    Covenant-
    3 days orientation, if you pass, $100, if you fail $0
    not sure about the health insurance, but its got to be more than $0 right?
    28 days with a trainer and then forced teams (14 cents/mile)
    if you or your team wants someone else, you sit in Chattunuga, TN until you find someone else-unpaid
    Hometime? who knows?

    So between a rock and hard place. I don't want to miss the kids too much, but I may be too green for 1 week training and here's your truck. I was suppossed to go this weekend, but I put Covenant off until the 27th (I can go on the 20th also).

    Any feedback/advice would be appreciated.
     
    onthefence, Dec 2, 2010
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  3. Dec 2, 2010 #2
    123456

    123456 Road Train Member

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    No choice in my opinion.................

    covenant stinks !!!
     
    123456, Dec 2, 2010
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  4. Dec 2, 2010 #3
    celticwolf

    celticwolf Road Train Member

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    14 cents a mile is a joke.. I am with 123456..
     
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  5. Dec 2, 2010 #4
    chainbreaker

    chainbreaker Light Load Member

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    You have to figure out what is most important for your family. Hometime or insurance. If you have never drove, 1 week is not enough training. If you have some experince say more than 90 days or so, you should be fine with 1 week training.
     
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  7. Dec 2, 2010 #5
    onthefence

    onthefence Medium Load Member

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    Well it's team and I have no experience. Respectfully, I know it's a joke, but I have no job at all and no one else wants me besides these two. Although Superior pays more, training is shorter. Although Covenant has issues, 28 days training us better than a week right?
     
    onthefence, Dec 2, 2010
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  8. Dec 2, 2010 #6
    chainbreaker

    chainbreaker Light Load Member

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    yea, if you have no experience go with Covenant. actually the team thing will be good for you, it will give you more experience and have someone in the truck to ask questions. Go with what you have and stick it out for at least one year before exploring any other options. The longer you are one job the more companies will want you in the future.
     
    chainbreaker, Dec 2, 2010
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  9. Dec 2, 2010 #7
    onthefence

    onthefence Medium Load Member

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    I have started at neither company, so there is no stick with what you have.
     
    onthefence, Dec 2, 2010
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  10. Dec 2, 2010 #8
    Rollover the Original

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    Whats important?
    Getting raped for a WHOLE $.14 a mile? ROFLMFAO!
    Who but a morom would take that and call it a job?
    Would you drive solo for that pathetic pissant pay?
    If you answered yes please go back to BK or wherever you came from as you'll make it hard on the rest of trucking when they see some idiot will turn a key for that and lower their standards for the rest of the drivers!
    That's NOT pay! It's slave labor!
    It does not even come up to federal minimum fair pay laws!
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know, trucking isn't governed by those fair labor laws!
    But still FOURTEEN CENTS A MILE???
    IF that truck can maintain a 55MPH speed it's still ONLY $7.70 a hour!
    We ALL know that in a castrated truck maintaining 55 steady miles an hour is impossible! Yeah I know, falsify the logs!
    For THAT??
    I wouldn't piss on their truck if it was on fire for that piddling embarrassment called pay!
    Why do you think Covenant has so earned the Rollover BFI Award?
    Take the Superior job!
    Anything is better than that embarrassment called Covenant!
     
    Rollover the Original, Dec 2, 2010
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  11. Dec 2, 2010 #9
    celticwolf

    celticwolf Road Train Member

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    Dang Rollover tell us how you really feel :biggrin_25523:
     
    Last edited: Dec 2, 2010
    celticwolf, Dec 2, 2010
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  12. Dec 2, 2010 #10
    onthefence

    onthefence Medium Load Member

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    Yeah really.
     
    onthefence, Dec 2, 2010
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