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Your fleet manager in Joplin dispatches you most of the time. The exceptions are when you are close to a terminal, then that terminals local dispatch does it. If your in Canada then the Taylor terminal takes care of you.

 

I just put in my app with conway. waiting to talk with new recruiter looks like christine no longer handels crowder.

 

Hey all, it took me a few days but I finally read through all the posts. I am considering Con-Way as well. I'll be hired out of Ft Myers, FL so I have no idea where I would go for orientation. I know they pay .30/mile and have a pet program, and I haven't heard anything horrible about them yet, so they are on the top of my list. There are not a lot of companies that will hire students this far south of Florida.

 

hi strawberry, welcome to the forum. i belive orientation is in joplin. have you gone to school yet? i suggest you check out the crowder threads that is where i plan to go

 

I am going to PTEC which stands for Pinellas Tech something or other in St Petersburg, Florida. It's $2,200 for 6 weeks, 320 hours. It's close enough for me that I can drive back and forth from home every day (class is 4 days a week). I just heard about Crowder from reading this thread, I didn't know about them before but it sounds like a good school. Yes orientation is in Joplin for students I just found out from my recruiter.

 

Thank you for your interest in joining the team. I wanted to follow up with you about some of the things we have to offer. Con-way Truckload is a dry van carrier. We do have OTR and 3 Regional positions in the Northeast, Midwest, and South-Central.

*** We are currently accepting recent student graduates. However, if you are out of school for more than 30 days from your date of graduation, you will not be considered for employment until you get at least 3-6 months of over the road experience. ***

Our pay scale is as follows:
Students 1st 7,500 miles with finisher - $0.26 per mile then upgrade to company truck and earn $0.30.
3-5 months experience - $.30 per mile
6-8 months experience - $.32 per mile
9-11 months experience - $.34 per mile
1 year + experience - $.36 per mile

Team pay starts at $.44 per mile
Owner Operators - $.93 plus current fuel surcharge


Practical Miles 401K Options Pet Program
$.05 cpm N.E. Bonus pay Free Life Insurance Policy Driver Referral Program
Safety Bonus Regional & OTR Available Free Rider Program
$.03 cpm Hazmat Bonus pay Paid Vacations Fuel Bonus
Group Medical Plan (CIGNA) Dental Plan Free XM Satellite Radio
Well-Maintained Equipment Paid Holidays 65 mph governed

For your convenience we conduct orientation for experienced drivers in six locations starting every Monday which are: Joplin, MO, Lancaster, TX, Chattanooga, TN, and Jacksonville, FL, Columbus, OH, and Pheonix, AZ.
Orientation lasts for 5-days, we provide your hotel, daily lunch, and bus transportation.
You will be paid $25.00 a day for successful completion of orientation.

Student graduates will go to orientation in Joplin, MO. It starts every Monday and lasts 8 days. The student orientation pays $400 for the week. We do provide hotel, meals and bus transporation.

There are certain criterias that you must meet in order to qualify for employment. Please check the rejection reasons below to see if any of them apply to you. If any of the reasons apply, you can still call me and I can tell you what you need to do to qualify for Con-way Truckload at a later date.

Rejection Reasons:
Discharged from last over the road position for any reason.
More that 3 preventable accidents/incidents or 3 moving violations in the last 3 years. (No more than a combination of 5 in the last 3 years.)
Felonies that are less than 10 years old from the time you completed your conviction.
Multiple criminal misdemeanors.
No over the road experience in the last 5 years. (If you currently hold a Class A CDL and have not just completed a truck driving school.)
DWI/DUI/BAC - in the last 5 years.

To take your the next step please call me at your earliest convenience at 800-641-4748 Ext. 5611. I look forward to working with you. If I am not available please ask to speak with the first available recruiter. I am in the office 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. central standard time.

 

Regarding the info I got from the recruiter (see above) I have some additional questions and was just going to see if anyone here knows:

-Student graduates will go to orientation in Joplin, MO. It starts every Monday and lasts 8 days. The student orientation pays $400 for the week. We do provide hotel, meals and bus transporation.

Does anyone know if they provide all 3 meals? What are the accommodations like there? Will I go directly on the truck with the trainer after orientation?

-Students 1st 7,500 miles with finisher - $0.26 per mile then upgrade to company truck and earn $0.30.

Does anyone know why they call it a finisher? Is a trainer and a finisher the same thing? And does anyone know if I will be running team with the trainer, or will they be able to be awake and in the driver's seat while I'm driving?

- Safety Bonus

How much of a bonus do you get? Anyone here ever get it? How often do they give you the bonus, quarterly or yearly?

 

Katey, I see where conway trks go to calexico quite often. I'm assuming that is freight going into Mexico. Is it one certain area that these loads originate from? I have been following u on "what's your 20". I want bother u there since I'm not with conway yet. Keep the info coming. Mark

 

strawbery i believe your 8 days will include bootcamp at crowder. i believe 3 meals durring week 2 on wkend. trainer finisher same deal. I was told they are awke with you in the jump seat. No team driveing. truck is run as solo.

good luck hope we both make it