Hiring Freezes FTL

To true to true BUT what would all these big companies do if they had to get off the goverment teat for training all these new drivers that won't be able to find a trucking job right now anyway?

 

heck ive had my CDL for 24 years,wont consider me without current experience of 6 months or better,been driving heavy dumptrucks intrastate,but first 5 was OTR.there telling me i got to go back to truck school! just to satisfy their insurance co.! and just to let you know, back in the early eighties when unemployment was at 10.5%, it wasn't this bad in trucking as it is now.from what ive been told, over the last several years ,these schools have been turning out crap drivers with all kinds of problems.the old notion that truck driving is a last refuge in a bad economy, doesn't apply anymore.not when you got a consumer driven economy.i was told by people smarter than me, that first quarter of 2009 was going to be BAD for trucking.just look, you got a driver here with 17 years clean record, cant find a job?you got a job? keep it,soon ANY job will do.

 

I just talked to Werner today and they are hiring.

 

That's how I wound up at US Xpress. They were hiring, but they had no miles. Last month was pretty good. Worked Through Christmas and got great miles. Now I'm sitting again. I hate USX, but glad to have a job. Feel a whole lot better if I can get running again. I hear USX is only hiring lease operators. But lots of rumours floating around. Suppose I'll still be here at the terminal Monday to see the new batch of recruits.

 

A USX recruiter told me the other day that they are NOT doing any hiring of anybody until at least March...

 

The other day I was told by a USX recruiter they only hire team drivers with 6 months experience OTR. No entry level. I don't this new carreer is gonna happen for me.

 

j b hunt told me april!

 

Date: 2009-01-11, 8:06PM MST


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