Is there hope?

Your options are as follows for "easy to get into", you will figure out the decent part. CR England, call them and you will have a bus ticket in 5 minutes. CRST, PAM, USA, Swift, Werner. I read through your posts and you seem a little desperate which I understand given your situation. If you do decide to get into this be prepared to be shocked. All the good feelings about trucking are quickly replaced with a huge amount of responsibilty to move freight from point A to B without screwing up. They allow for some mistakes but not many, because there are thousands of you out there. You will not see home for awhile, you will be scared, bored, tired, mad, happy. Your girlfriend will move on cause your not there, you will be homesick if you have never left before. You sleep where it smells like piss, and in areas that most humans would never dream of. You will see the aftermath of wrecks or the real thing on an almost daily basis. You can't have your way, you go where they tell you when they tell you.

If you make it through that and learn how to balance the good with the bad then you will be ok. Oh and pay for that period of time will be crap.

 

It has been said that this line of work is very much like the Military.

Having done both now, I would agree with that statement 100%

Understand one, understand the other. Understand?

 

You will need to commit to ONE place for ONE year to turn things around, no matter how miserable your new company is - and it probably will be.

If your history of job hopping follows you into trucking you may wind up homeless! At your young age, not a good place to be!

Grow up!

 

Not just that..
It's a work your butt off and eat crap from the ground up while learning the ropes and lingo.

Like was said, 1st year is hard. My first 2 months are so far. Especially if you get crap equipment.

But again, go into it like it aint nothin. That's what I did in the Army. Some guys got alllll stressed out while we were getting smoked and when ya can NEVER "do it right, or fast enough". Not me. I knew the game already.

Only difference that might be is, in the end, our DS's loved us and there was a reason for everything that we went through.
I hope to find that in this industry. That in the end, someone loves ya, and it'll pay off. You'll "make rank", pay your dues, earn your respect, learn what you need to have a solid foundation, and most of all, have respect. At least from your company/boss.


Hey, if you gotta move back in with your folks, don't sweat it. I did twice. It's a good way to put some cash back and figure out what you wanna/gotta do w/out stress over losing everything that you have. Odds are, if ya gotta move back in, you're past that point and lost it all anyways

good luck

 

What is the relevance of that dumb^ss video, to this thread? I want my 8 minutes back . (and I gave it a thumbs down, in case you're spamming your own channel...)

 

WTF? is this stupid moronic, boring video? Please get lost!

 

Have you actually applied for unemployment or just think you're ineligible? You can be eligible even if fired or terminated... it depends upon the situation and how well you present your "case". Just marking "fired" on the unemployment app and giving no explanation doesn't cut it... you need to take a day or two and really get your facts together and present "your side" of the story to unemployment in the form of a very detailed statement. Even if denied the first try... there are multi level appeal processes. No company wants to be dragged though an unemployment claim appeal... especially not over $5k or $6k... so that's when your chances become very good. The key is to get detailed facts together and be persistent. They have a story to tell... and you have a story to tell.

I went though the exact situation you're facing many years ago and I had no problems getting unemployment by doing the above.

Also... if you need work now... look into temp agencies in your area. Many of them will put you to work quick. Might not be the best job or pay... but you'll be working. You knows... you may even land a local driving gig through one of them. Many temp jobs become permanent if they like you.

 

that's right^^^

unemployment CAN BE COLLECTED even if one IS at fault for being fired. it does have to go to "adjudication" is what i think it is called, and so many times, unless it was criminal, one can collect.