am i wrong to insist on training pay

I'm waiting for the day you come on here to create a thread title "boss man fired me after seeing my posts complaining about him" and then asking what we think you should do.

 

Look, meat...your boss is going to do what he wants to do, the way he wants to do it, and in whatever fashion he chooses. Period
I'm not saying he's right and I'm not saying that he's without fault.
But...it's his company, not yours. He was running like he is long before you came into the picture. I doubt you'll change his ways even if they really need changing Get with the program or take a hike. Your choice.
Whatever you do, quit whining

 

They threw a trainee with me a couple months ago. Extra $15 a day for doing it, I think I’d pay them $15 a day to throw him with someone else.

Guy claimed to have 6 years city driving experience with Pepsi and a food service company. I call bs. He wouldn’t use the cruise control on the open highway in the middle of the night, constantly speeding up and slowing down between 55-62 mph in a 67 mph truck. Kept hitting the rumble strips on the shoulder, kept crapping out after about 6 hours. We get down to the terminal and I run inside to clock us in and tell him to put the trailer in the door, disconnect, and come inside.

I’m standing there talking to a couple dock guys as he’s backing and he proceeds to hit the trailer on the passenger side 3 times. I had to sprint outside before he tore the trailer door off. After 10 minutes and him making every excuse in the book on why he couldn’t get it in the dock, I took the seat and did it in 30 seconds. He also backed into a trailer at the home terminal at the end of the shift.

He was with me 3 days and quit, which was for the best because I was gonna fail him anyway. He drove too slow and was putting everyone behind who was waiting on our freight and kept hitting things in the yard. 2 of the 3 nights I had to take the wheel on the way in because he was falling asleep. There’s no way this guy had 6 years experience, especially in the city.

I told my company I’m not doing it again, was the longest 3 days I’ve had at this job. On top of that, the dude was a total jerkoff as well...

 

I would expect training pay, personally. If he won't give you that, move on.

 

My second job driving was working with a guy like your boss. He only hired new drivers because he knew he could get them for cheap, and they didn't know enough about the business to question his decisions. He forced me on a 4 day team drive in winter during a snow storm through Colorado with a young guy that literally had no hours behind the wheel. The first night I tried to sleep while he was driving and we were stopped in the middle of the freeway at 2 AM because he lost speed going up a grade and couldn't find a lower gear. I wound up driving the rest of the trip and fudged the paper log books. That was my one and only team drive. I lasted 6 months there then I quit with no notice. Left him hanging on an important load with no replacement driver, and I would have done it again. He was just that nasty of a person.

 

Why would you want extra pay?

You are being paid to work, no one says that the job isn't just driving truck.