Ok this is what is happening to me so far since i got my CDL CLass A
ok from jump street. i couldn't find a company that would pay for me to get my CDL's. i ended up paying for them myself ($3,895). thinking i would be a free agent and have all the openings i wanted. WRONGE. witch all i done so far it seem's is waste my money. Yeah i do have a Felony From 11/12/2000 for battery. even tho its almost 9 year's old. All of the big companys won't take me. even tho i have a very clean DMV, Work Record, i Even have 3 months that i can fall back on. i also had some tell me they couldn't use my 3 months b/c it was on a CDL CLASS A PREMIT. it's still a cdl a licnese right. so here's what i have came up with
FELONYS
if its not pass 10 years forget it. if it has to do with DRUGS, DWI/DUI, WEAPONS. you won't be hired. even if you find a company that say's " no felonys in the last 3 to 5 to 7 year's" they lie to you about it. if they run you and see it no matter how far back it is. they can still use it.
Here Is What i found out that The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Say's about Felonys. "(Felony means an offense under State or Federal law that is punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year.)((6) Using the vehicle to commit a felony other than a felony described in paragraph (b)(9) of this table.)((9) Using the vehicle in the commission of a felony involving manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing a controlled substance.)(The State must disqualify from operating a CMV for life each person who is convicted, as defined in §383.5 of this subchapter, in any State or jurisdiction of a first offense, of using a CMV in the commission of a felony described in item (9) of Table 1 to §383.51 of this subchapter. The State shall not apply the special rule in §384.216(b) to lifetime disqualifications imposed for controlled substance felonies as detailed in item (9) of Table 1 to §383.51 of this subchapter.)((c)(2)(v) A felony involving the use of a commercial motor vehicle.)". so when companys tell you they can't hire due to what the FMSA say's there LIEING
MISDERMEANORS
if it has to do with DRUGS, BATTERYS, COLD CHECKS/BAD CHECKS, again you won't be hired. some say they only go back to 5 year's. again they lie to you if its there and they can see it. they will use it
APPS
the ones that look like this . if you see this APP everything you just seen on that site. just went out the window. this app ask for everything. the companys that say no felonys or misdermeandors in the last X so many years. they use this app to get pass what they just said they require from you.
Recruiters
THEY WILL LIE THERE BUTT OFF. don't trust them. remember they only get payed if they get you in there school. i had a recruiter from MTC lie his butt off. i told him everything up front. he at 1st was truthful to me. told me with my felony being only 8 years old i would have trouble finding anyone to take me. i said fine how about if i payed for it myself. this is when he started his lies to me.1st Lie. he told me since i already had my CDL CLASS A premit i wouldn't have to go threw the hole school. i ended up doin a 40 hr class room. 2nd lie. then he told me i would only be there for about 5 to 7 day's. i was there for almost 3 weeks and a 170+ hours of training. 3rd lie. he told me i would since i was paying for it myself. i would have my pick of companys to go to (over 300). im still looking for you 300 companys. 4th lie. since i was paying for my own schooling i would have my own room. i was in a room with someone else. 5th lie. told me the place i would be staying at. was in a really good area. was nice and clean. and i didn't have anything to worry about. i ended up in a high crime area. i had to go to wal-mart and spend $60 on cleaning stuff to clean my room. just so i could stay in it. and my wifes car was almost broken into. i came out and seen them fixin to do it. so don't trust anything they say. make sure you look into it. call the school yourself. looking in to the area they will be puttin into. to make sure you will be safe at night
Companys
Here Are The Biggest Lieing Trucking Company's Out Here Today. So Run Fast From Them
Celadon Trucking Services, Crete Carrier Corp, Heartland Express, JB Hunt Transportation, J&R Schugel, Schneider National, Swift
Transportation, USA Truck, Watkins and Shepard Trucking, US Xpress, Panther Expedited, PGT Trucking, Marten Transport, WEL Companies, C. R. England, Pam Transport, Prime Inc, Werner Enterprises
SO this what i think about it. just my thoughts and only my thoughts
Lisn Up Ya'll
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by shaw_transport, Jan 30, 2009.
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ok, heres the truth.
1, quite complaining, you should have done all your research on getting your CDL before spending 3800 buck.
2,you dont get CDL's, you get one single CDL.
3, Recruiters, they lie DUH!!!!!!!!!!!
thats what they get hired to do!!
4. your record.. about the misdameaners, you look around on here to read about how most, if not ALL companies, from the itty bitty tiny ones to the big huge ones are limiting their hiring right now cause of the way our country is right now??, evry single company is now able to be picky as to who they hire
let me ask you this..
lets say you own a company, and you need to fill 10 positions, and you have 20 people that applied for the job,
10 of them are 100% clean all around.
10 of them have felonies,
who will you hire???
i would hire the 10 clean guys... why? cause my trust lever would be better with them, over the 10 with felonies. but thats just me...
who would you hire??
do you think dispacther are 100% honest too?? nope, they lie just like the others. they promise they will get you where you wanna go when your done your run, to find out you heading off in the oppisite direction of where you want to go.
and about the
ok here we go....
Here Are The Biggest Lieing Trucking Company's Out Here Today. So Run Fast From Them
Celadon Trucking Services, Crete Carrier Corp, Heartland Express, JB Hunt Transportation, J&R Schugel, Schneider National, Swift
Transportation, USA Truck, Watkins and Shepard Trucking, US Xpress, Panther Expedited, PGT Trucking, Marten Transport, WEL Companies, C. R. England, Pam Transport, Prime Inc, Werner Enterprises
i can tell yo that most of these companies are actully decen companies to work for. if you got rejeceted from SWIFT, then you should have gone no further then that... if watkins shepard didnt hire you, then its because of only a few things.
1. you didnt go to a appoved school for them.
2. what you told them and what you filled out on your app didnt macth up. thus making you look like a lier
3. your work history was not stable.
4. you dont live in their hiring area.. 100 + miles from a terminl.
5. you could have been rude to them, w.s isnt like the other mentiond above, they dont just hire anyone, its a mid size company, first name basis with everyone. they wont hire mean or rude people,
again, it comes down to this,
the econemy... every single company is hiring the " clean " people, spotliess people. hiring who they want to hire, not what they can hire, every companies turn-over-rate is at an almost all time low right now. which is a good thing, they are starting to weed out the dirty, higher paid, slack workers, lazy workers, low mile drivers, complainer, dis-honest people, cranky people, drivers that say no to all the cruddy loads, they are able to chose who they want cause everyone is scared to leave their jobs in fear they wont be able to find a nother one driving a truck.
when i open my trucking company, ill make sure to hire honst recruiters, and hire only drivers that have never ever had a run in with the law, not even a ticket while driving, and only those who have always had a steady work history. i wont care how great a driver you are, one run-in with the law and you wont work for me.
Shaw Transport, you need to " Listen Up " you have zero need to be mad at any company, trucking is not something you have always wanted to do, if it is, then you would knowing everything you complained about before hand, you would no that you get 1 CDL, not CDL's, before spending 3,895 dollars you really should have done all of your research, you cant say you didnt no where to begin before hand, you have used google and searched " trucking " or something of that nature.
you can rant and rave about how " shtty " getting a job out here is, but the bottem line is that YOU lied to YOURSELF for thinking you were a " free agent " and " all the openings you wanted ". thats rediculas buddy.
so this is what i think about, just MY thoughts and only MY thoughts.
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well thats good that you everything els is clean on you, sorry if i mis-undetstood what you said about the CDL'S,
and it can be called discriminating, that fine. but im not going to hire someone with a dirty record, my insurance would be higher then someone with a clean record, id still stick with my 10 clean drivers for many reasons,
1. if they have any type of fighting record, then i would worry that if my shipper/reciever would piss them off they may attempt to start a fight.
2. if they have a run in with the law, they way want to take charge.
3. if they come acrossed a rude driver they may take actions into their own hands.. not in my truck!
4. if they have reckless driving, they may tailgate, or make illegal lane changes, or not use a signal when turning - causing multiable accidents.
just to name a few. and the fact that someone with a record can in fact rasie the insurance cost for a company to hire that driver.
thats good enough for me, if people dont like the way ill hire people... well hell, they need to work for me...
western is an ok company, at least you found a company to take you, i wish you the best of luck, and encourage you to post on here about how things are going there and with the training.
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well, people are going to post, and they will be honst, not saying it will be NICE, i no 2 of them that will be blunt, if you take what i said, and what they WILL say, mine will look great.
and on this forum, their is no just posting your thoughts, its an open forum, your going to get all kinds of responses, nice, bad, ugly, yellin at u, defending you ( which i dont think will happen on this one )
but like i said, good luck, and keep us posted.
dance, my main is not workin AGAIN!!!
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