I'm still a green thumb...

started driving last December, I have around nine months experience. I guess I'm officially labeled a "Company Hopper". I had no intentions of dancing around companies. I just got released from my third company last week. I'm 42 I've never been fired before until the last week and I'm pretty down in the dumps about it. all I've done is fill out applications over the weekend. 32 to be exact.

I'm trying to find my niche here. I don't want to be on the road all the time and not have a life at all. My previous company I drove reefer. I made decent money. from my experience, you couldn't make decent money doing reefer unless you're out at least four weeks. I have a young daughter and that's pretty tough on me and her.

here's where I'm having issues... I really like operating a tanker but it appears to me they are very picky about who they hire and they want at least a year experience. it's real shame that this company that runs 100% pneumatic tankers did not work out for me. now I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to move forward in this career.

any advice would greatly be appreciated.

 

to me, being on the road is easy but it's selfish as a parent to disappear on a young child for months on end. supposedly, I got fired for pissing at a rail yard while loading my tanker trailer. it was an absolute lie.

I'm in metro Atlanta. I have 5 months experience as a tanker 3.5 months experience reefer. I left my reefer company which was my second company in the industry for a better job opportunity in Atlanta.

Schneider(1st job, work slow, resigned. Tanker)
Magnum LTD(reefer otr, good job, left for better)
A&R logistics (fired)