HELP - Am I responsible?

Even if they were "Super Master Certified Driver Trainer Experts" they would still be in a hurry to run as many miles as required and get rid of their trainee and get on to the next one anyway. They have to pay trainers differently so there is no hurry in getting the newb into a truck on his own, but that's bad for business, companies need that new guy hauling freight ASAP to make profit (cheap labor), trainer just wants to run as many miles as possible and bring on the next. So it's all turning wheel. There's no hope for that.

 

You all might be surprised on how many trainees want to team. Its trainers job to give them some experience at it.. Obviously its pointless if a trainee cant read a gps

 

You be surprised to know there are some old timers that train like they were trained. And that"s putting their reputation on the line. I know I have always taken the time to teach and not make money because other drivers will look at that driver and say Gashauler trained that driver. It's a shame that you haven't seen that type of driver let. Then maybe you'd keep a watch on new drivers and be very diplomatic on getting your point across. However, just reading what you wrote looks like a mega carrier and doesn't care much for their drivers. To have two inexperience drivers running team just doesn't make sense to me. Granted you've got 3 years but there's so much more to learn.

 

When I worked for Walmart we had a driver stop in our parking lot and tell us he was looking for the DC. It was 4 am and he had a 5 am delivery appointment and was lost. I worked at a store in Las Cruces, NM and the Walmart DC is in Los Lunas, NM which is 200 miles to the north.

 

Help come to those whom are looking for it. I help out by coming on here and giving my 2 cents worth to those who ask for help. In the last 2 months I have stopped and assisted at 2 serious accidents and one not serious. I have been asked by a number of companies if I would come to work for them as a trainer. I would rather drink diesel fuel while smoking a cigar. My husband and I own our own trucks, we have drivers who work for us and are placed in a truck leased to a company where they will be a good fit.

 

I thought DC was District of Columbia. I am going the wrong way and need to turn around.