stunned...........

Good luck to ya !!! Gotta have a thick skin in this biz , BRO i agree its getting pretty sleazy in this industry its kindve insulting us all that we shall except being treated sheep getting ripped off ,lied to your face costing time and money,marriages ,fatherless children,death could happen in an instant ,sleepless high stakes ,window times to find before you are late ,unheathy eating habits,all your friends think youre dead

 

You can try Conway, they will work you like a dog 14 hour days 10 hours off. When you get home Saturday morning you will not return to work until Monday afternoon. You might be able to survive a year to get a year of experience.

Check with the food service companies like Sysco or US Foods. They have a lot of trouble keeping drivers because most drivers don't want to unload trucks.

Try the moving companies like Mayflower, or United Van Lines. You can hire lumpers to do the heave lifting of refrigerators and freezers and your second year you could make 60K.

 

No wonder the industry is the way it is... between the bottom feeders and the self righteous ones tearing down the newbies (who admittedly made mistakes), any chance of a consensus amongst drivers is a pipe dream. If I was looking at starting a career from scratch, I would have to rethink my choice to be a driver these days.

Good luck to ya, Floating. Keep the shiny side up.

 

See now... I have a different view... I think it is very easy... almost too easy to make it at the megas.. they have so many resourses and so many departments.. that even if you screw up, you can make a few calls and get it fixed in your favor..

If you cant make it at a mega.. then you will only be a liability to a smaller company...

 

If I'd have to start again I'd do the same- it was fun.

 

I think alot of it is in the drama of the newbies.... I wouldnt say you were abandoned... you were put up in a hotel and paid ... abandoned.. no... Homeless veterans living on the streets are the ones abandoned..

 

Alone in hotel... without wife and mommy.. sucks...

 

To any new drivers looking to get into trucking,there is an abundance of jobs.
You have to wade through the sharks,and want to work.
Its not always gonna go how you think it should,but its gonna go.
I hope your doing well Fgears,and you will earn your stripes.
The times I had in my first year were scary,sketchy,and fun.
I don't wish bad on anyone doing this job,its a sacrifice, especially if you have family depending
on you.
I joke with most of my posts,but will gladly help if I can offer any useful advice FGears.

 

What campus are you going to? Is it a job or back to school to try something else?