Consensus on Best OTR Company, New Driver?

My advice, is to not listen to anyone else's advice when choosing your first company. You're gonna get people saying that company A is the best company to work for, and then other people saying company A will ruin your life. In all actuality, you as a driver have the biggest impact on how well or how poorly your experience is with a company. There will be negatives and there will be positives, no matter what company you go to work for. How you handle those, your level of communication, your commitment to staying safe and being on-time, will all have a major impact on how your company perceives you as a driver. The ones who are perceived as good drivers, in turn get treated well at any company.

Focus your research more on company policies. Weed out the companies that have policies that you don't want to deal with, and then see what you've got to choose from at that point.

 

C.R. England.

 

In a seriousness though if you want to tell the group where you live and what you are looking for and what is important you can get a good list of companies to research.

 

I really wish he'd change that England to a smart aleck remark. That's all it is.
Chinatown can help you. There is one company based near you. Do OTR. They stay low in the states. Don't go to New England. Seems really good. If you want OTR?
I don't know what to tell you. Prime is a real good starter company. Yet... I'm going with a company that nobody knows anything about. Doing bulk flour, in a tanker. Not much training either. Doh!
Everybody has problems. Nobody is completely truthful. That's this world.

 

But cre has arcades in the break room.. which comes in handy when waiting for a trainer.

 

The answer is usually a company you probably haven’t noticed before that’s in proximity of where you live. I worked for 2 OTR companies that I’d never heard of or knew existed and they were both a pretty decent deal, especially compared to what you’ve read that the megas offer.

Do your research and you’ll likely find a hidden gem compared to other options you see...

 

cmarona pretty much nailed it. The name on the door has much less to do with your experience than you do. Go in ready to work, with a great attitude and ignore the whiny rats and you’ll do fine. Most of the people that are struggling will usually reveal the true reasons in the 1st couple minutes they start talking. It’s usually some demands they have that make them more trouble than they’re worth to their dispatcher (won’t drive nights, no north east etc etc).

Pick what’s important to you (hometime, driver comfort, what type of freight you want to haul etc etc) and make your decision based on that.

 

Do you have a California CDL?
The reason I'm asking is because the address on your cdl determines the hiring area you live in. Do you have a Los Angeles address?