PREHIRES

I remember a guy at school, on the first day asked the safety/training director who I knew all my life "would he be hired by anyone if he had any felonies and spent time in jail"? My friend ask him "what was the felony that put you in jail"? His response was Drug smuggling and selling" We all looked at him and my friend responded " sure, but you will have to knock on a awful lots of doors. He didn't bother showing up for training again..

 

Mgassel - I think a small correction is in order

PreHire is a letter saying that the company is willing to hire you - IF you meet all their qualifications. It's not even a promise that you'll get invited to Orientation

 

Here is where I stan as of now:

I had 3 pre hire offers all three have done the DMV and background checks. I know this because I was self employed for a while and all of them called to verify employment.
I have been given a reporting date by two of the carriers and expect the date for the third today.
I still don't have a job yet, but I have been accepted to come to orientation, usually 3 days or so of paperwork and a road test, then out with a trainer anywhere from 28 days to 8 weeks (depending on company) then back to the yard for another round of training at the facility, another drive test, then issuance of a truck.

That seems to be pretty standard, across the board, some of the time periods differ, but pretty much how it goes.

How close to reality does that sound?

 

Sounds pretty close to reality.

 

My husband went to orientation. There were 72 there. At the end of 3 days, only 1/3 were passed to the 5 weeks on the road with a trainer. Even his roommate in the CDL classes didn't pass. And even though he is with a trainer, he is being tested. Then he has to pass 3 weeks with a rookie. He could still fail and not end up with a truck. The possibility exists for everyone to get that far and not get to solo.

I agree, until the keys are in your hands.....you are not hired.

 

Not quite, usually )though I imagine some companies may differ( Generally speaking, though - if you survive orientation, you are hired. Thus, any time out in the truck - whether it's yours or not - you have been hired.

Look at it this way: if you are being paid, you have been hired.

If - for some reason - you don't get your own set of keys after orientation/training, it's not as though you were never there. You get *fired* for non-performance or some such.