So here's what happened to me on Thursday........

I understand why EducatedDriver took the job. My husband has been in Midland/Odessa for the last couple of days and has submitted several applications. You would almost assume from reading a lot of the post that it is super easy to get a job with no experience if you apply in person. We are not finding that to be the case. Maybe its the wrong time of the year I don't know. Hopefully he will have better luck next week. I think he has been to every company that was suggested on the threads. I guess my expectations were a little unrealistic.

 

http://odessa.craigslist.org/trp/4632148328.html

That will link you to a listing on Craig's List for Odessa and then you can look at the other postings on there. I know in looking through these for us, I have ran across some that say they will train or CDL Graduates welcome. I can't remember which company that takes CDL graduates, but look through those, if you haven't already. Maybe there will be something you haven't seen? Good luck!

 

We get what you're saying, however, 100+ Hrs/wk is ridiculous even if it was just lookin at a computer screen all day.

Do YOUR thing, though.

 

You really need to drive 40 to 80 miles S and SW of you sometime.

 

What are they hauling?

 

Thanks for the Thread and Congrats!! Hopefully you have enough time to keep it updated.

Exactly what I'm thinking about doing once I finish CDL school. I'm not sure why people are knocking the 13/hr. It's common knowledge that this is what Hali pays for new people coming in. If you can stick it out its pretty easy to move up in the company since so many people jump ship after a year.

 

100+ hours a week is ridiculous for you. It is not for me and plenty of others.

 

I did read this thread from the start. That's exactly why I thought $13 per hour was low for you!
If you never set foot inside any kind of truck before this job, I still think the rate was low simply because of how and where this particular job is carried out!
I have trained folks from new, (not like you) I mean brand new, just went to school to become a truck driver type new! There is a big difference here is you know what you are doing and you also have enough experience to know driving a truck is what you want to do as a career. There are a lot of folks that get their CDL and then realise they don't like it and quit. It really doesn't matter wheather your pulling a dump trailer, flatbed or tanker, they all have specific operating tasks different from each other but the job is fundamentally the same.
Feel free to pm me anytime if things don't work out where you are.

 

Sorry didnt mean to offend