May Trucking new driver training

Is May currently hiring? I was all set up with KLLM and was supposed to leave on Saturday, but they called me on Friday and said they had to scale back on applicants and my application got denied. WTF?!?

Anyway, I'm hoping to get on board pretty quickly here and filled out an application for May today. I'm hoping they are hiring from Illinois and can get me into an orientation soon. Thanks for this useful thread!

 

You can call recruiting in Brooks Or and talk to Opal..She can answer
all your questions...Closest terminal to Ill. is Denver, so it might be
out of the hiring area. It may help that you want to 48 states. Do have
a terminal in Pensicola,Fl sooooooo.....48 states is also Refer, so keep that in mind...

 

bigblue....thanks for making my point. I worked for the same company for 18 years before Driving.

Kbar.....Dogs have chased Rabbits for hundreds of years. I killed my first when I was 6 with a shotgun. So what is your point. Is the dog a better hunter than me. Are you a better Driver than me.

I never recieved the Qcomm about chaining. It is in fact true that they would like you to chain if conditions are bad, even if chain law is not up.

Fueling is a big deal at may because it is the single largest line item on the overhead. When fuel was going up so fast they would fuel us alot. Sometimes even twice a day. Now that it is going down or at a steady point you cant build up your showers.

 

To answer your question. Yes I am way better then you. The dog hunts on instinct. When you can do that with out a gun. Then you are a hunter. When you can drive the truck without some office yahoo telling you everything to do. Then you are a trucker.

 

Does antbody know if MAY is still hiring or are they on a hiring freeze

 

So you think you are going to work for the same OTR trucking company as a driver for 18 years? Driving OTR is not like any other job. So whatever you did before driving will be very hard to duplicate. It can be done but it will neither be likely or a wise decision in most cases.

Most company's pay increases and policy changes are not geared toward longevity. Some company's will even limit your productivity at higher pay scales so that your income stays relative to the company average. Some company's are also aware of time behind the wheel as a safety and health liability. Many drivers do not take care of themselves on the road and start getting lax on safety issues with time behind the wheel. All these things taken as a whole without the dangers of the job will make driving for the same OTR carrier for 18 years unlikely.

And I will even hazard to guess that most who are experienced drivers would see 6.5 years at the same carrier especially USX as a accomplishment. And certainly not the sign of a misfit when they did not stay longer.

 

If you guys just want to flame each other please exchange emails, the rest of really do care. This is a Great site for exchanging information for driver and this kind of s will chase off the good posters. KNOCK IT OFF or take it some where private.

 

Im not trying to flame. Just defending my employer from accusations from disgruntled former employees. I dont mind if people have a different point of view, I just dont like them condeming others because they disagree. My point has always been that no company is right for everyone. Stating fact and opinion is fine, but like I said dont trash someone else because they have been sucessful in an operation that you dislike or were not successful in. A lot of people have come on trying to make important career choices. I dont think its right for People to assume that there info or opinionis are the only correct one.

Sorry for any distractions.

 

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As far as info goes? I was at May Trucking for months. Was at the other 3 OTR carriers I worked for, for Years. I don't stay at good companies for months and not years. Not a opinion, those are the facts. Case closed

 

You have your work cut out for you defending May with all the negative posts about them . Too many posts about pushing drivers and creative log books .