Company Sponsored Training?

Well then I am being treated fair.

 

say you were referred from andrew on the forums. CRST will sponser you if you qualify and will house you close to our school until you are done with training

 

None of the BFI's pay a fair wage for 2 years OTR . If you have that much experience why are you still working for a low wage running OTR ?

 

Read through these forums . Taking "free training" makes you an indentured slave . A high percentage of drivers don't meet the employment obligation after training and get billed for over $3,000 for schooling .
American -Trucker is being honest . Don't even think about trying trucking . You'll be away from your family making poverty level wages . The only reason companies keep hiring is because people keep quitting . Use common sense . All these businesses slowing down or closing down have a drastic affect on the trucking industry . Over 90,000 jobs were lost in the industry last year . There is no opportunity here for someone with no experience .

 

Okay Super Dude how do we underlings get experience?

 

If you have half a brain you'll get a clue and make an effort to find a career where workers are needed . Yeah , the BFI's will give you experience - for about 3 months . Then some of you will get negative DAC's and your career is over . Others will find out the fantasy isn't what you thought it was and leave . It has been stated by many members in many posts 90% of students leave the industry within 6 months .
The AVERAGE turnover for OTR is 79% right now . BFI's have higher than that average .
Newbies are only needed to go get the trucks other newbies with less than 6 months experience abandoned . If you want to pay $4,000 for that experience go for it .

 

Okay, we are still waiting to hear what expert advice you have, all you have done is swing you stick of negativity around and make broad statements about how everybody but you are stupid. According to your profile you have 35 years in the trucking industry, so open up the big bag of information and spread it around so all of us less fortunate can learn from one of the masters of this industry.

 

Because at the moment, I make enough to live, I am content, and I am being treated fairly. When the time is right, I may move on. Right now I am blessed to have a job in this economy that allows me to provide for my family. By industry standards I make exactly what I should be making for 2 years OTR and if I am making less its not a significant amount to make me want to start fresh into unchartered waters.

I will move on when I feel the time is right.

 

Nothing wrong with that . No sense making a move if things are the way you say they are .