Don't be a job jumping baby.

Settling down for a while is important. You need some time to develop as a driver, and some time to develop relationships with the people you are working for and with. Job hopping will not help you do that. We have one former driver on here that says that he drove for a 3 year period, but worked for 21 different companies. That works out to less than 8 weeks at each of them, making him the ultimate example of a job hopper. And then he wonders why his "career" was unsuccessful and unsatisfying.....

 

They are persistant, is all I can say.

They have kept my mailman busy for the past year or more with recruitment fliers every few weeks. I don't even know how they got my address.

 

I gave them your address...

I while away my hours on the road filling out applications in your name and mailing them. It's sort of a hobby for me!

 

Hmmm I wonder if calling them and asking for a job, then going through the whole "phone" application, then stating I have a felony drug charge pending will get that issue stopped LOL

It worked with JB

 

Probably won't have any effect, since I usually include a complete drug history on each application, in the same section that I list the child molestation and dog fighting arrests....

 

Ever since I saw the Schneider commercial on TV I've been reading as much as I can to find out how to get into the industry. One thing i will tell you is boards like this will scare you right out the business. But, I've come to realize that if I want to give a try, then give it a try. And the number one thing that I have prepared myself for is that the first year or 2 will be rough. I've read about people losing their minds in the first six months and rolling out. I've been in the military for 9 years (12 when I get out and learn to drive the rigs) and I am fully prepared to be a "chump" again until i earn my keep. .... so when I read the "every company is horrible" posts, it's the straight forward posts like this that keep my interest from "freaking out," and bringing me back to understanding that I must go thru the bottom of the pole phases to be any good...

 

Thanks Bonnie! I too sometimes think I must have made a huge mistake dropping all that money on tuition, but posts like yours bring me in off the ledge! It's easy to get scarred or to think "no THATS the company I should go with, no wait maybe THEM, etc. etc." I think I have found a good co. for me to start at, I'm think of doing one of those "journals" since there's not a lot about them on this site. Anyway, thanks for the good post!

 

holy cow im 45 and just returning to the trucking industry, and i have only worked for 7 contractors in my lifetime (not trucking) this is my 2nd go around for trucking since 1999, he has 21 jobs in 3 yrs. makes you wonder!!! main reason for staying is because i hate to start over and over again...