The issue for me is that I have been in the military for 24+ years and to be honest I am tired of moving. If I can pick one place and stay the rest of my life I would be a happy man. I have been to 10 different duty assignments and everyone just wants to get a house and settle down. I hear what you are saying and it might just come down to that but not what I want.
Best place to go as a new Schneider driver???
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by e7shirleym, Jan 5, 2014.
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Thanks for your input and look forward to anything else you might offer up.
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Settle down? Nope.
Get a house? Why? You won't be in it long enough to justify the cost. Throw everything in storage. -
900,000-tons-of-steel Thanks this.
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There are no 4 seasons in Wisconsin, its 8 months of so-so weather and a 5 month winter. Tomorrow its going to be
-12 deg and thats the air temp. your family wants to come here? I pondered the same dicision when i left the military
in 92 and went with Schneider since i was out of trucking for 8 years. I made the mistake of picking green bay. Find yourself a nice warm location with low taxes in the south or south west. there is nothing up here, move onChinatown Thanks this. -
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Well, i only stayed there for 6 months. Prior to the military i had 7 years of experience. Then i quit and did 8years
on active duty. when i got out, no one would recognize my prior experience and i could understand why. I went with Schneider with plans to leave as soon as i had 6 months of log books filled out. I took the first job offer afte 6 months and have been driving day-cabs and punching out by 5pm daily since 1993. As far as miles go, i dont know if things have changed with their recruiting policies but back then they asked each of us how many miles you expexted or wanted to run. I told them "No more than 2500 a week" I had zero plans on running hard and staying out for weeks. They kept me real close to that amount so i was able to get home almost weekly which helped me as far as job searching -
That is kind of what I want too, home weekly or more. That is why I was thinking dedicated. Not looking at getting a million miles my first year but want the experience and to get a better understanding of the business. As far as searching for another job I don't think that me, at least I say that now. For the last 24+ years I never had a chance to just leave a company/ the Army!!! So I don't know how it will be when I start there but as I sit here today with the mind set I have learned with the military, time brings benefits, and you only get the time if you stick it out someplace. Just my way of thinking. I have looked at the Schneider page and you are right about the Intermodal, mostly experienced drivers. No issues, dedicated gives you a chance to see the same routes and might be better starting out to learn the driving and time management.
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