High Turnover Confusion

They should display those individuals in a seperate report...

 

Alot of these people don't want to work and at the same time they may have bad driving records felonies ect ect.

It has been many years ago but I meet this lady when I stopped by a trucking school to do a little recruiting for the company I worked for She really wanted to go trucking and was doing great in the school (goverment paid) We talked for a little while and she had a DUI and a few minor felonies no one would hire her.

But the local goverment offices have to make it look like they are helping people or their money gets cut.. It's all a sick circle

 

I agree with some of your concerns. Treatment of drivers and turn over numbers.

Disagree with a lot

Financial aid, is provided for many people in all walks of life. For a lot of other jobs, not just trucking. Most of the people I know who file for financial aid, come from prominent families with money, who could pay for it.

Trucking, is one of the few jobs that allows you to start making money within 90 days of applying for a loan or grant.

It is also one of the few jobs, that allows you to quit within your first year. After receiving the loan/grant.

Reason: Other loans/grants take 2-4 years for completion. So it will be 3-5 years before that person decides to quit, for any reason.

The numbers seem widely skewed, due to the large amount of time that passes in other industries, from application of loan/grant to actual employment.

 

out of 30+ students I trained only 2 had the financial means to pay their own way while in training.

most were "down and out" and some were just shy of homeless and destitute.

the biggest hurdle I had was teaching a lot of these guys basic financial sense.

kinda sad to explain basics to a grown man - but it had to be done.

unfortunately like with most who have never had any cash flow - they got stupid with their new found career and income and wound up deeper in debt than when they started.

 

I would much rather use someone else's money to find out what a true POS occupation that OTR truck driving has spiraled down to.

Rarely is a "free" education ever really free. Even "subsidized" drivers get to pay for their company training in one way or another. Be it in the form of lower than average wages or being an indentured servant for a year, that training wasn't free.

Frankly I'm glad I threw away my cdl. The urge to come back is relentless but I know the job is barely recognizable compared to only 5yrs ago. I doubt I'd even make a yr because of all the changes that I find ridiculous & unfair.

 

statistics can be skewed as you choose and possibly by the question being asked. as I read it... we train 30 guys and only three stay...

this isn't saying all the others went back to welfare or that they are UNEMPLOYED.

I paid my tuition, went to transport america, orientation/training/solo otr.

"POOF" I was gone.

not unemployed or out of trucking...

true a large percent could be problem children???? but I highly doubt the validity of 90% and the connotation this number implies.

If I cut an apple into ten pieces and give you the "one" with a worm in it you can assume the apple was rotten, worm infested, and not worth anything.

I feel most studies are very biased to either the opinion writer's point of view or else to the financier's.