leaving roehl

It is important if you are a new driver to get at least a full year in at one job before trying to make a move. Most companies won't give you a second look if you have less than a year of experience. The previous post is correct, your FM puts your hometime in the system, but they are also pushed for truck utilization and that fun stuff, so they might tell you that you are off for four days, but only put three days into the dispatch system, and that would explain why you get the phone call that you need to leave early. You could probably work that out by changing your FM rather than changing your job, but it is up to you.

 

gotta gut it out and make the changes you can... jump ship too early and you are not employable

 

Congratulations on having another driving job lined up before moving on. Sorry to hear things didn't work out here at Roehl. The important lesson here is; have a plan before making a change. The other posts accurately expose the view other trucking companies take with someone with your experience, but you need not feel trapped, just get your ducks in a row before storming off to what might appear to be greener pastures.
Best wishes to you and your family.

 

What do you mean pay them? I'm considering Roehl. But what would I have to pay them for exactly?

 

He did his driving school at Roehl, and if you don't stay for at least a year you have to pay them back for the school.

 

i believe in that are most would just quit befoer paying their dues and as for a wife having troubles with it all didnt you talk about all this ?

 

Alot of guys and their family do not know what they are getting into with OTR Trucking. The company tells them what they need to, to get them to sign on. I think they like to target unemployed people the most, because I do believe they get a tax credit for hiring them. It is all a game, hire, hire, hire, just try to keep the trucks full, need a warm body in each one of them. I wish the companys and the schools were more upfront with what this job is all about, I think that would help with the turnover problems.

 

I never got that either. You would think with all the money they spend recruiting and training drivers it would make more sense to retain some. Somehow it is better to keep training new guys than paying better and keeping experienced guys. I asked about the tax credit and never got a strait answer.