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You peaked my curiosity, can you expand upon how ugly it was ?

 

Guys, Yea..I know ALL of the details, but he has not been on this site in months and I don't think it's fair to make any additional comments, as he never posted any conclusion to his venture. I am sure he is embarrassed as it took him over 2 weeks (once home) to even tell me.

However, I will say this much:

50% of the issues he had out on his 1 and only solo week either could be expected or should be expected and I don't think it's fair to blame Millis for crap that happens at any major OTR company. People need to do their homework and have a good support system of friends to reach out to, if difficulty happens out here.

The other 50% were Millis issues. Suffice to say, if I didn't know any better I would think they had it out for him since day 1. Too bad too, cause he was a good guy and just wanted a chance. I wish he would have brought concerns to Mike Millis. When I met Mike in person at the company headquarters, I felt he was a straight forward guy that might be interested in issues within his company. At least I would hope so. If your gonna walk away anyways, what do you have to loose by going right to the TOP and asking for help!?


Ever since that 'issue' in NY State with Millis, things have and are changing within the company....So YMMV..

 

Update 3/31:
My friend has to pay for the schooling. He sent Mike a certified letter outlining his issues. Mike called him the morning it was delivered. Mike had an 'answer' for everything. Hmm. Yea, I could see that one coming...

Well, as long as he pays it IN FULL before May 1st, Millis agreed to accept $3100 as payment in full. Beyond that, Mike said the entire $4400 balance would come due and the matter would be turned over to collections.

I sure feel the love there.

So I guess that answers the question about *if* Millis would pursue this....

 

I drove for millis for a year and 3 months, and got fired. Watch how you use the brakes with beer, i bent 3 of the load bars for the bulkheads and they fired me. 1 month after they fired me they sent me a letter telling me i still owed them 1,000 dollars. I called them back and told them to take me to court over it, have not heard anything since. That was January of this year.

 

Just want to send a Happy Easter out to everyone. Especially all of you on the road that are not able to be home with your families.

 

Nice truck, hope to have one sum day

 

Man I had totally forgot about this thread....
Owning your own rig opens up your wallet to dimensions of emptiness you never thought possible...

 

I drove for millis for a year and 3 months..then got a call that they had a opening for regional that would give me 2,000...to.....2,500 miles per week...i was otr with a very good dispacher..we got along good and he was a great dispacher...anyway i said i would do it but under 1 condition if i didnt make it money wise i needed to go back otr and i get me old dispacher back...ok deal....they said no problem,,,well here is were the #### flies and when they sling #### it goes everywere...they fed me more #### than a newborn on apple juice!!..it didnt work out regional i asked to go back otr..they said sure we need to find u a truck..ok i gave them a month no call no truck...so i called they said we dont have any trucks... so i started getting calls from my friends that were still otr they were telling me trucks were sitting everywere...so i called back and said wat about the truck sitting in richfield,Wi...oh that truck is assighned alrdy that happend 3 times....then i see this frieghtliner cascadia sitting empty but it is nast smells like crap the guy in it trashed it...I took good care of there equipment so i asked hey leem clean that truck out and lemme go back over the road.. i tell them atleast i will take care of the truck....they said no we are ganna give it back to the same sloppy stinky nasty driver that was in it....hmmm ok watever...at this time i am pissed..so i start calling cause they say it is a open door policy here at millis....(BULL ####)....ended up me going over some heads and asking questions the sorry son of a guns that messed it up and lied to me lied to them to cover there ###... i heard oh ur dispatcher doesnt want u back i am thinking hmmm ok thatsa lie cause if he put the load on me i took it and it got there ontime.....so there is lie number 1....then i hear well no dispatcher wants u because u got some crap started and thats how they work....so here comes the starve out no miles i got a 36Cent check one time and keep in mind i have a 4 year old and a wife....so this isnt good so i then leave finaly gavem a date i was leaveing and i left there whent to crete got to there oriantation well they told me yeah we can give u a truck were there wasnt a smoker in it...cause i am a none smoker.so hey give me this truck i do a pre trip find all kind of stuff wrong they tell me oh no it has been checked by my head shopman....well 3 days later i get the truck out of the shop so i get into the truck it smells like cigs....i asked him about that oh we cant do anything about that...now i keep my house clean if ima live in it it will be spottless....so i clean it for 2 days got it clean hit ready for dispatch took them 14 hours to give me a load...i told them to keep the load and the truck and i left that next morning....so do ur home work before u go anywere....now if millis woulda just put me back otr and with my dispacher i would still be there withthem they do take care of there equipment they do pay good....and there are alota good people that drive forem....just get it in writing..........good luck to any1 just getting into it it is getting tuff out here!!!!!

 

How long do you have to wait for a trainer driver to pick you up or hear from him?

 

Usually there will be a trsiner ready for you as soon as you get done with class if you want to leave immediately. Most guys take few days off. Sometimes there's a wait though as we have more students than trainers but not often and not for long