He isn't having a problem with his pride, he's having a problem with not learning anything from a lazy mentor. BIG DIFFERENCE. Get it done? Get WHAT done? Sounds like no one is teaching him very much. The problem here is the worthless mentor, not pride.
That sucks for you, I can say that my mentor is fantastic, every week we are reviewing what I need to learn the next week, he gives a #### about me being good, because as a mentor with swift I believe you get a penny for every mile I run once I'm solo for 6months. So he teaches me how to be aggressive in getting loads, getting miles, doing what I need to do to make money, cause he then makes money as well. We also are the same age and enjoy the same sorta music and stuff so it's a good match. Everything we do is also the swift way, do its the safe way, which means while I am taught how to blind back, it's a last resort. In really enjoying my time out here, and I think my mentor is doing a great job, so if any of you know joe in truck 122404 tell him that you heard he is doing a great job
Guess you have it all figured out mr professional. You see, the job offer is still conditional on 240 hrs of training and then testing out before you get the keys to your own truck. Want the job? Get it done. I didn't say his pride was the problem. Just offering my advice on how to achieve the end goal.
Depends on what the driver is looking for. There are many options. I believe an OTR driver will be out a minimum of two weeks.
I have not had a problem with it at all. However, there have been people who did. I guess a lot of that depends on who your DM is and which terminal you run from. Be proactive about your home time and you should be okay. Unless freight is really skinny. We are ever at the mercy of freight cycles.
I am glad that so many of the good mentors PM'ed me and answered a few of my questions. I have talked with my mentor, but it does not help. He let me know it is his truck and we will do it his way. Which is fine. I will finish with him. It is just frustrating that we are sitting in the terminal most of the time. Maybe things will get better once we get past my 50, that way he can get in the sleeper and let me drive. When he is asleep, I will probably drive 55 MPH to maximize the number of behind the wheel time to get the hell off of HIS truck. So far I haven't found anything that is difficult to learn. Backing is pretty easy. Heck it is harder to back my 39 foot 5th wheel travel trailer than it is to back a truck. When we do backing, I was getting out and looking, but my mentor said that embarrassed him, so now I only GOAL when it is a blind side or I am not sure.
