What companies are actully hiring trainees durin economic crisis?

Newbies are ruining it again for all of experienced vets. I've noticed just within the past year alone the industry has sunk even much more lower with the trash flowing in from the streets. The truckstops look worse than homeless shelters with all the losers who got burnt out on their jobs at the warehouse or flipping burgers. Not too many people in this business anymore that actually joined because they have an interest in trucks.

What is funny though is the fact that a lot of these newbs are the same one's poking fun at us for driving a truck 10 years ago until they've lost their job and weren't smart enough to get into a business where they could market themselves in the first place. So hey, I can go truck it up and make the big bucks (26cpm) in a matter of weeks!

It is getting very dangerous out there with this trash still not receiving proper experience and driving their rigs like they're the Honda they've commuted in for years.

 

Too bad things are slow . We deliver to Henkel in Warren once a week . It used to be a lot more than that . If we were hiring you'd at least be able to get home when you got a Henkel load . It'll be quite a while before we do any hiring though .

 

That's probably true if "it" is the ability to complain yourself out of a job and find a replacement quickly like all other times in the past.

Those laid off in droves is not because of newbies since they're not hiring either.

And, there are less trucking jobs right now regardless, so FREIGHT is the reason for all the pain. I doubt there are any more newbs right now than at any other time except that they are all speaking up since there are no jobs for hardly anyone.

Us newbs are like the new mexicans right now. You're complaining we'll take the 26 cents but at the same time you don't really want those jobs either.

There's no money in trucking right now, we get it. But we still need a job. There aren't many if any other choices.

You can't point to individual behavior to explain aggregate behavior. You can only study the aggregate behavior to explain other things about the economy. No body knows they are an "aggregate" until there is a study or an observation. But knowing that it happened doesn't explain away the reasons it's occuring or can stop it.

 

Go find another job unless you're actually interested in trucks and transportation. I'm sick of the amount of careless newbs building up in this business.

Dont worry there really wont be any choices when you discover Swift and CRE arent the gems you Newbs brag about just after listening to their recruiters.

 

Technology is such that newbs at least have the ability to make much more informed decisions than at any other point in history. Whether they'll drink from the well or not remains to be seen.

You're not wrong in anything you've said in my opinion. I just think the best use of the information you know is to be mindful of the current environment and let that work for you. Now is a good time to be more patient and accepting of the workplace, keep what you have going for you and ride it out until it's better.

 

What company do you work for so i can keep that in mind

 

I work for a Quality Carriers affiliate . Quality won't let terminals take applications anymore . All applications have to be filed on the company website . There are 3 or 4 other tanker companies that haul in and out of Henkel more regularly . I know Dana is one .

 

There are only taking some they have scaled backed taking newbies. They have the academy students pushed back to March and April and are only having small classes.

 

Ahhhh QC that was one the companies the I was going to job hop to when my 1yr mark comes in. I'm a little worried though. I was bored yesterday so I called up 3 other driver mill companies and 1 flatbed company that supposedly hires in Michigan... none of them were hiring. (note even lied about my 2yr experience)

 

Hey there BackIsSore -

I am not really sure whether I need to feel informed or insulted by your post here. I am currently a student with about two weeks left of school. And THEN I am going to be a newbie. I'm not doing it because I can't find anything else to do.... I am doing it because it has been a dream of mine since I was a teenager. Situations prevented me from doing this prior to now, but opportunity has opened the door, and here I am. But I would like to add my $.02 to a few of your statements, if you don't mind. Why? Because I am tired of drivers out there "attacking" newbies like we are scabs during a strike. Don't flatter yourself.... I'm not doing this to make YOUR life tougher, I am doing this for ME. Just like you did 5 years ago, when you were a categorical newbie.

Newbies aren't ruining it for the experienced vets. We have NO INTENTION of trying to make your life any harder than it already is. Opportunities are being presented for entry level positions by trucking companies doing short run loads and rates that the experienced driver wouldn't or won't take. Does that affect your pocket? Only if you are one that would be willing to take that 200 mile run. But as far as referring to a driver as "trash", or a "loser" who was burnt out flipping burgers, I am assuming you are referring to someone else.

Again, a baseless assumption on your behalf. I, for one, have NEVER poked fun at a driver OR the industry. Oh I certainly agree that there are some people out there like that, however to make a broad statement of this kind is far from accurate. I actually was put in front of an opportunity other than trucking right before I made my decision to do this. And at the sake of sounding egotistical, I am smart enough to market myself. Another observation, if you have only been a trucker for 5 years, you wouldn't have been one of the ones THEY were poking fun at.

So this "trash" that you again refer to.... would you say that 5 years ago, you fell into the same category? Or did you come into the mix with all the experience necessary to operate a big rig safely? Understand, I am not looking to pick an argument with you. But I think it is unbelievably UNFAIR for you (or anyone else) to place every new driver into one label and slam me, them, us into the wall.

I have to agree with you that there are those that are getting into this industry for the wrong reasons and with the wrong mindset. There are a few guys in my class that SLEEP in the back of the truck when they should be watching every inch of road that the truck passes. And these are some of the same ones that came from the unemployment line because they had to. But we are not all like that.

And just because one has more time behind the wheel, it does not make them better or safer.... just more experienced. Because I can show you cases of new drivers wrecking trucks, and I can show you cases of 5 and 10 year drivers wrecking trucks. The driver makes the difference, not the issue date of a CDL.

For what it is worth, I apologize if I ruffled your feathers. That was not my goal with this post. My goal was to let you know that myself, and other newbies like me are not at all pleased with drivers referring to us as trash, losers, or anything of the sort. Especially when you were once in the exact same position where we are now.

I appreciate your job, what you do, and the effort you make to keep the roads safe for other drivers. I would also appreciate it if you would grant me the same.

Safe Travels, and Well Wishes.