Advice for Newbie...Please

Gotcha. Johnboy is a friend of mine. The length depends on aptitude and how well training progresses. The payscale for trainees is different than other companies out there as well. No one starves...it might be an option down the road. Good luck on the decision!

 

I did a lot of research myself, felt like I knew more about some companies than their recruiters did. Anyway, keep in mind that recruiters are there to get you in, so you can't always take their word on everything being said. I decided to go with Roehl and had signed up for Texas Regional...they called me 2 days before my orientation and said something like: We wanted to let you know that the Texas Regional program is full, so it is likely that after training there will not be an opening for you in that program. You would have to go on our National fleet and we wanted to let you know before you headed up here in case that would change your mind about coming to Roehl.
Now it was bad news, but I thought that was an honorable thing to do on their part, I'm sure some other companies would have just let me come up and finish training, then said Oh well, you have to go National.
I stayed with them and will be testing out tomorrow to get my own truck. They may have some greate home time options for you (depends on where you live). They have great trainers...I had two because my first had to go on home time. They were both very knowledgeable, calm, and professional. Anyway, there are other good companies out there, I would think of home time, pay, reputation, and training.
Good Luck on your choice and new career!