Experience with YRC ( includes YRC, New Penn, USF Reddaway and Holland

Another 145 start... Hope it's not another double

 

Well, I'm headed to one of the terminals we picked up in the latest 'coo' that started this week (Bristol, TN).

 

Took my road test today...new hire training on Tues...start work on Wed...Indy is crazy right now, can't wait to get settled in.

 

Welcome to the family!

 

Are you staying at the Radisson?

 

MMMMMMmmmmmmm. This hotel has a free breakfast buffet. Cool! I had biscuits & gravy, bacon, scrambled eggs, hash browns, bagel with cream cheese, & orange juice. Now it's time to crash. Will get plenty of sleep cuz dispatcher said I prolly wont get called til 9 pm.

 

@cool35...thanks!
@squonk...nope, I live 45 miles north of the terminal.

 

Hey Squonk, have you been laid off at all since you got hired?

 

Yea he was, actually besides for skinny trucker we all were.

@squonk you would take advantage of the buffet... But so would I. I had sausage patty, and my low-carb protein waffle with some watermelon and pineapple.

 

How long do you think a typical lay-off is? A few weeks? Months? The union steward road testing me acted like a lay-off was pretty much guaranteed. I've never been laid-off in my life. When I had my interview, the manager said I could make $50,000 or more the first year as a pretty safe estimate. The website states that first year drivers can make up to $60,000. But my road tester didn't think so...any ideas based on your experience?