Advice for Newbie...Please

Just graduated CDL school and looking at a place to go for my first driving experience. So far I have spoken with Tyson, Ozark, WEL Companies, A.N. Webber, and Roehl. Each have, on the surface, their own merits and "bumps and bruises", but I have already determined that all of these mostly address the things that I had wanted in a starter company and all are hiring in my area (Mississippi). Any current drivers for any of these with information to help "guide" me would be most welcome and appreciated. Thanks in advance!!

 

Thanks, Green-eyed! I have already done most of that filtering to get the list down to these five. I really have not found too much on the forum that is recent about these though. I have ranked these five, though they are not listed by rank. Hoping to see if anyone has recent information that might alter my ranking.

 

Well thanks for reminding me about the profile! Check it out.

I have spoken to both Roehl and Tyson and they both have their positives. In fact, I have spoken to all of them at least once. I am about to think that I may be suffering from analysis paralysis with all the research I have done in the last couple of months! Sheeesh! The boss says I need to put together a spreadsheet and get all the information consolidated into one place rather than having notes on several pieces of paper and in various notebooks. Hate to admit it, but she is probably right on that one!

Sounds like you all are in the process of making a change for yourselves. Good luck with your process. With the industry changing like it is, making the "right" choice is really almost like rolling the dice! But, if we do our due diligence we should come out better than some!

Thanks again!

 

Brin, I had an exchange with JohnBoy about Abilene a couple of months ago. There is a lot to like there, but I am not sure about the 6 month training time. Pasquale, not to worry, CRST is well known and, therefore, not forgotten! Hehehe.