My first trucking job

To American cobblestone
To the new guy

 

Earning the license does not mean that he is trained well enough to go down the road on his merry way. If you believe that, buy yourself some trucks, and put brand new drivers in them, with just one week of "training" and see how well your company does.

 

You're #### straight, I'm willing to bag on the companies that will throw a new driver out there, with little to no training.

Also, just because the government agencies in charge have given him a driver's license, that DOES NOT mean he is ready to go on the open road. It means he knows enough to get around a town or city, in order to pass a test. Your simplistic way of thinking is just mind boggling.

As for saying I should get the government involved, no thank you. I believe less government involvement is better, and I believe more companies should be willing to do the right thing, even if it isn't legally required. I guess that's why I stay at the company I am with. They aren't perfect, by any means, but they certainly do things better than most other companies, including the driver training they do.

 

Just a thought...would you trust this person to yank tanks? He has his CDL and if he gets his Hazmat or TDG this could become a reality. If it were your company I'll bet you would have a different outlook on this.

 

what do you think you can learn in a week?Iam scared for you and everyone else out there

 

be honest with yourself

 

that doesnt say much for the company,cant imagine what they pay for insurance

 

Insurance...OMG!!!

 

were you the first day of class if they let us do that at school it might have helped ill do it from now on

 

Why wouldn't I hire him?
He has a license he can drive. Even passed the test with no schooling.
It really is just that "simple".

You seem to believe that experience should be the only deciding factor and it's not. If it were then driving would have an apprenticeship attached to it.





When I look at his qualifications and interview him:
1) Does he have a good work history and references? (Will he stick around)
2) What level is his education?(is he able to take direction and learn)
3) How is he dressed when he shows up to the interview? (does he think highly enough of this opportunity to show up well kept and presentable)
4) What does his car driving record look like?(if it's clean, most likely he will drive a truck the same way....concientiously)

If he is open to learn and listen he will pick it up quickly. I can give him directions on what I need done and he can "get er done".....the first time.
I am after a good employee as well as a good driver and who is to say because that he is newly licensed that he is not a good driver.
If the guy comes across as someone with a good head on his shoulders,he gets hired.


You come at me with some stupid argument of having to hire this guy "if" I had trucks and what "if" he pulls hazmat.....so ####### what....... "IF" MY AUNT HAD BALLS SHE'D BE MY UNCLE!

We don't drive trucks on "if" we drive on "can" and "cannot" and the government says he "can".

There's no argument.