Linadin is pretty dead on. I used to do the road tests whenever I was near a terminal. Driver trainers give the road tests. In some places they...
Also, once this "6 months" is up, they might tell you that they dont have any trucks available, and make you stay as a team. USX is very...
Read my post to you on that other thread.. Think about this hard befor you fall into the trap they are trying to set you up for...
Then I would not go with them. You need to be retrained, this is their way of forcing you to team after being trained.. Dont do it Find a...
Thread might be old, but its still going on today.. 10% of the employees were laid off last week for the spin off company, Xpress Global...
Jazzy, thats very true. But make sure you comunicate as much as posible thru the Qual-Com. Thats documentation, and can save your hide if you get...
It was also the worst terminal in the company. Drivers showers never maintained, and always full of mold, mildew and other unthinkables (I have...
I know nothing of Western Express.. no help there I know alot about US Xpress I also know alot about Covenant.. I would go with US out of the...
I stopped and talked to a Crete driver at the Pilot in Missouri the other night. He had one of their brand new Internationals, and he had nothing...
I recently signed on to FirstFleet. So far so good. out 4-5 days,, sometimes a night home during the week, and home every weekend. No load to get...
That seems to be the jist I am getting from the drivers I am still in contact with. They have started inacting new rules that I, and they, find...
I did drive for them, and actually train for them. Their training programs is bad, at best. However, from working with students, and talking to...
I dont know about a few of the things you ask about, but they are a Chain Required company. I would expect it for a company based out of the far...
If you are looking just to get your feet wet, I would probly apply for them, as well as a few other carriers. Seeing as you are on the east coast,...
Personally, I expect that out of a union. Make all the cuts you want, unless its a cut to my overpaid butt. Cant let that happen.. So they have...
Rumor has it that they quit buying Volvos because Volvo couldnt keep up with the orders.. So they went to InterTRASHtional...
If things havent changed from when I left there, you could idle the truck as much as you want. They dont offer a APU, they dont offer IdleAire, so...
I am still with this company, and its pretty true what was said in the last post. Miles, at best, are nill to none. The closed their dedicated...
This economy has got to change soon, or we will all be out of work.. about 1000 resumes to companys all over the country, clean MVR, and 8 year...
I hope your good fortune continues... But I have to see the glass as half empty on this one. Your a new hire, your paid less than others with...
