wife of newbie HELP!!

One thing you might want to consider is that contrary to popular belief the contract does not guarantee employment. Most of the time you have to sign a dual contract meaning that you are saying to the school if I come here on a contract with the comp. and do not get hired or stay long enough for them to pay you off then I am responsible to pay you (the school) off. Also with a contract with most companies if you do not stay with them for a year then you owe them or whoever they sell the loan to.

 

My mother has a friend in sales at ConWay. From what she was told last week at a little get together is that ConWay is laying off and plans to close some terminals. They are in the process of laying off much of the sales dept along with drivers and the reported closings of some terminals. Her friend has been with ConWay for around 10 or 15 years. Not looking good over there, as there is very little freight to move.

Mike

 

To be honest with you, I would not recommend anyone go into trucking at this time. I have been out here much of my adult life and have never seen it this bad. And when I say bad, I am saying nightmarish!

If he is a vet, I would look at some other field. I know the military has other programs in regards to education. I would seriously recommend looking into another line of work. Good luck!

Mike

 

From what I have heard is the layoffs are on the LTL side and not so much the Long haul side. I just was accepted to school for them and will be going to the one in Oklahoma. I am ok if things are really slow out there since I have no expenses of any kind nor am I married. So, for me I can handle this slow time. If they did lay me off after getting hired on at least I got a CDL for a reasonable price. Since there is no contract that means he is not required to drive for them for a certain amount of time. However, even companies who have contracts still do not guarantee a job after school. From what Christine (main lady for longhaul recruiting) has told me is that I will not be officially hired until I passed everything they required at orientation. Once I get the all clear I will sign on with Conway and then I am an employee. Then off to training with a trainer. I have talked to a few of the Longhaul truckers here at a local truck stop and they were telling me they were still doing 2500-1800 miles a week. I guess you and your husband should just sit down and decide if you two can handle the slow times or a possible layoff.

 

It's not that hard. And most places will allow a retest the same day, for a price

 

If you want the truth on Conway used to be CFI email me and I let you know what they are all about ..

 

MO CDL permit test isnt that hard. One thing, there are a few review questions in each section of the manual... I cant recall a single one of those questions being on the test.