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<p>[QUOTE="flyingmusician, post: 1984931, member: 61515"]well, I was one of the few that made it through the week and got hired......half the orientation class didn't make it for various reasons, both students and experienced alike....these folks seem pretty much by the book and only looking for quality people who don't cut corners so coming from an aviation background that is the sort of outfit i'll fit right in at and made me feel pretty positive about the company as a whole</p><p> </p><p>went out with a local driver friday and 1st paying run out had 45,505 in the box......never pulled anything that heavy before but no problems and in the dock first try.....then bobtailed over to pick up another trailer for an unload in downtown winston but not too bad....pretty wierd place and had to scale, cross the road into a parking lot and turn around and then pull back into the scale area and back into the dock.....no problems again, right into the hole and feeling pretty good for a first day out.....then pull up, back into an alley beside the building and line up to pull up back over the scale, back to the origin dock, drop and bobtail back to the term.....guy I rode with had nothing but good things to say so looks like i'm going to do alright at this lol</p><p> </p><p>so far i've met nothing but good people and nobody has anything bad to say about the company.....everyone seems pretty happy with their situation and that says alot, especially considering alot of what I see people saying about their respective companies on here.....</p><p> </p><p>talked to my trainer saturday and he seems like a pretty decent sort as well, very forthcoming and ready to take me on and get me up to speed so i'm feeling like I may have come out better than average for a newbie out of school but only time will tell...</p><p> </p><p>heading out monday morning so a new chapter in my life will start....i know it's going to be trying at times but just from a first week impression things look pretty positive[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="flyingmusician, post: 1984931, member: 61515"]well, I was one of the few that made it through the week and got hired......half the orientation class didn't make it for various reasons, both students and experienced alike....these folks seem pretty much by the book and only looking for quality people who don't cut corners so coming from an aviation background that is the sort of outfit i'll fit right in at and made me feel pretty positive about the company as a whole went out with a local driver friday and 1st paying run out had 45,505 in the box......never pulled anything that heavy before but no problems and in the dock first try.....then bobtailed over to pick up another trailer for an unload in downtown winston but not too bad....pretty wierd place and had to scale, cross the road into a parking lot and turn around and then pull back into the scale area and back into the dock.....no problems again, right into the hole and feeling pretty good for a first day out.....then pull up, back into an alley beside the building and line up to pull up back over the scale, back to the origin dock, drop and bobtail back to the term.....guy I rode with had nothing but good things to say so looks like i'm going to do alright at this lol so far i've met nothing but good people and nobody has anything bad to say about the company.....everyone seems pretty happy with their situation and that says alot, especially considering alot of what I see people saying about their respective companies on here..... talked to my trainer saturday and he seems like a pretty decent sort as well, very forthcoming and ready to take me on and get me up to speed so i'm feeling like I may have come out better than average for a newbie out of school but only time will tell... heading out monday morning so a new chapter in my life will start....i know it's going to be trying at times but just from a first week impression things look pretty positive[/QUOTE]
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