Can I be hired with this record?

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  1. diesel drinker

    diesel drinker Road Train Member

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    LOL I meant city of Chicago (actually Chicagoland to be precise).
     
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    Yup....he is hireable with a that record, his pay........ same as flipping burgers.
     
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    .30 cents a mile is better then McDonalds lol
     
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    Nah, 42 CPM for start.Has to be able to do AT LEAST 3000 miles/week.
     
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    Lol when i started at a reefer company....it was .30 cents....only a year and a half ago...
     
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    Really???I started at 48 CPM (November 2014,dry van).
     
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    BigTennOTR Medium Load Member

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    Yes sirrrrrrrrr im with a very small company now.....alot better haha
     
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    Those tickets are going to need to come off. The seatbelt one is a safety issue and the fat speed 19 over.. backed by a slower big speed?

    You were or going to be almost as bad as me if you don't watch it. Or sell that car and stuff yourself into a little clown car that maxes out at 45 to protect your future in this industry.
     
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    I ordered my record from the DMV and they are on there, but I hope you're right about the big companies. I would be excited for the oppurtunity to be a Swift driver at this point (though I don't think they are the worst company out there anymore)

    I'm trying to stuff myself into a truck and get the hell out of here ;) I drive a little 4cyl Toyota soccer mom car and a lead foot isn't the issue, so unfortunately I wouldn't do any better in a clown car out here. I have worked with my job to set up a localized route for me though so I shouldn't get any more surprises out navigating the backroads of nowhere DMV. The seatbelts were my bad for sure, I should have known better than to take it off before the officer came up to me and I should have had it on before pulling out from the curb. Lessons learned there. I am going to try the megas and Chinatowns other recs in the morning. I just need a company to tide me over for two years so the seatbelt and earlier speeding ticket drop off my record and my most recent ticket will be 3 years old at that point. Fingers crossed that someone halfway decent gives me a chance.
     
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    Any trucking job is better than flipping burgers.
    People say, "well you can eventually be a manager at a fast food joint."
    No thanks; I've no desire to try and manage a bunch of snowflakes that think their waiste is about mid-thigh which is where their pants hang.
     
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