Thinking of TMC

Thanks,and cool to see another local on here. Yeah I went to Smith & Solomon in Cherry Hill I was on the weekend class. I actually graduated in September, I had other plans for work but they fell thru, hence why I am late in signing up for TMC. I might actually go back to school the next 2 weekends to do some practicing backing up and such.

And no thanks on the bus, another reason for not taking it is I think that long of a trip might be wearing and tiresome, I want to be fresh when I get there not road weary after 24+ hours.

Are you going to Des Moines or Columbia location? My recruiter gave me a choice so I chose Des Moines , he said it be colder there than Columbia but I said no big deal with weather for me being from Jersey and that most of my jobs involved working outdoors in all kind of weather. Rawlco on here also gave me the idea to pick Des Moines as its the main headquarters and a nicer hotel too.

 

Sorry to hear that, and that sucks they won't tell you why., is there any reason you can think of? Smith & Solomon said before that TMC was hard to get into. I waited 3 weeks before I finally got word. Well I'll find out in 2 weeks whether I'll have a career with TMC, I hope so and will try my best.

Good luck to you too in whatever you chose. Maybe you can give TMC another try if for whatever reason they denied you can be fixed. Keep coming to this site too, lots of good people and information.

 

My recruiter said they were getting tons of calls. I was always curious if they did really have that many openings, I know TMC has around 2800 drivers, is there really that much turn over are they really that short? I know they weed out a lot during 2 week orientation but still surprised with the slow down of the economy and trucking they still be hiring. I am lucky I guess to get the chance. I really should have upgraded my license to a "A" years ago.


Also I talked to the people at my truck driving school and they said there a lot more people there than there was in summer.