A company called givens there in cheasapeake va

any one no a bout a company called givens there in cheasapeake va

 

i live in a small town called toano its just a few mins. from bush gardens. i wonted to no what the company is about ,what do they haul where do they haul to what is there pay . are they doing any hiring , for long haul, are regional .i have 16 years experience driving . i am going to be looking at companies that are hiring come around mid June and would like to drive for a company that's not half way across the country .Ive been a owner operator and company driver . any information first hand not gossip would be aprecated .

 

hi there ,just wonted to say i use to do that all the time when i picked up rolls of paper at the mill in plymouth NC i had about 10 inches on each side of the mirror and it was dark backing in to the dock ,did it some times 3 or 4 times a month to pick loads up going out west .they produced only a certain kind of paper at that part of the mill.and i read your answer about givens . one thing if you have years like i do driving a truck for a living and take a few years off .don't you think that you could get back behind the wheel and drive a truck just like you use to ride a bicycle when you were a kid ,if you went 30 years and hadn't been on one and one day you sat down on one and peddled it do you think you would be OK or fall down on the ground ,you'd have fun ridding wouldn't you ,you wouldn't fall down. when i heard you say all drivers haft to go with a trainer for 2 weeks at least i was shocked .Ive got a million miles may be a little more under my belt and i'd be dammed if i was told id haft to ride to show some one more in likely has not any where near the miles on the road as i that i can handle a truck .id say See ya really quick.now if you wont me to take the truck down the road a few miles ans see me drive that's fine. but i wont go out with a trainer as you say all who wont to work at givens . i tried to find out info on there web site all they have is a phone number ,its like they are really finicky about what they pay and all information about them with out calling them up . oh i think you said this was the first company youve ever driven for am i correct? only 1600 miles a week is very bad miles at .35 a mile oh and you said you get stop pay ?on every stop or is it after the first 3 or 4 ,and lay over pay you didn't say how much,? id like to no these things .,wouldn't wont to think a bout a company with out knowing what you really are payed for and what your not .i got burned a few time years a go because i took it for granted that company's care about there drivers and pay them for what they had driven .these are things every new driver or any driver needs to no about what there getting in to best by drivers currently working such as your self. i ve seen drivers out on the road get promised $1200 a week and get out on the road and after taxes bring home $4oo a week some even less .unless you live with your parents or have no home of your on you cant servive on that little amount unless you spend it all to survive living in truck stops . jb hunt ,swift are like that .oh one other major thing what is the trucks speed set at ,? also some companys make you give them mony incase you are in a reck to cover part of the coast ,some even if your not at faulght will make you pay also one comany in richmond va a company called abaline .so its good to get the scoop on what company policys are and all info small and big thing .the more you no about a company the more your informed to make a desion is this the company for me .more info about the company would be most welcomed .lyion