NEED HELP, STARTING NEW JOB

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  1. Oct 12, 2015 #1
    Tonyd32

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    Hello,
    I'm going to be starting a job with Schneider national in Chicago soon. Here is what I think I know just from what they have told me. It's a local position so I expect to be home daily because they told me it was. It's 1800 to 2300 miles a week and it's 37 cents a mile. I work Thursday thru Sunday and I'm off Friday and Saturday. Is there any reason at all that I should NOT believe this because this is what I was told. Please advise
    Thanks
     
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  3. Oct 12, 2015 #2
    G.Anthony

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    just go with it. try it for about a solid 3 to 6 months. if it does not work out, leave.
     
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  4. Oct 12, 2015 #3
    Tonyd32

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    Yeah, thats really all I can do I guess. Won't know until I try. Just nervous as hell. I already quit one trucking job that I was not happy with to try this place out. I worked there for 6 months, hated it, then left. Just hoping this wont be a repeat of that. Thanks
     
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  5. Oct 12, 2015 #4
    Longarm

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    Intermodal? SNI has plenty of home daily accounts. No reason not to believe you won't get home ..but! ; this is trucking and things happen. I wouldn't put too much stock into Fri/Sat off. Not at first anyway.

    Ganthony has the right of it. Give it an honest try and see if it works for you.
     
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    Florida Playboy

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    A local job paid by the mile and 37 cents at that? I'd run away fast! There are companies that pay $20+ an hour with overtime after 45 hours.
     
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  8. Oct 12, 2015 #5
    Tonyd32

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    Well they told me that was the schedule and yes it is intermodal as well. I hope they were honest about the days off but if not I suppose I'll have to cope. They also told me I would be on first shift with either a 3 or 4 am start time. I hope I can believe that because I dont want to work nights or evenings
     
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  9. Oct 12, 2015 #6
    Tonyd32

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    I dont have much experience is the problem. I applied for an hourly rate job and they wouldnt take me cuz I was under a year. This is the one gig I got with the experience that I have so that too is an issue I'm having
     
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  10. Oct 12, 2015 #7
    Florida Playboy

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    3 or 4 AM start time is almost as bad as night shift. Depending on far away you live from the terminal you'll be waking up as early as 1 AM everyday. I'd rather do OTR than do that but if you have to do this as a stepping stone to get your year experience I understand. Best of luck.
     
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  11. Oct 12, 2015 #8
    Tonyd32

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    I'm not too bad. Its in Chicago and I'm in a suburb of the city. It may suck I guess but what can I do. I'm a new driver and my options are a tad limited. I just gotta stick it out I suppose
     
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  12. Oct 12, 2015 #9
    Sho Nuff

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    Stick it out until you get that 1 year. There's not too many jobs that allow a person with less than a year experience to be home every night. After you get that year, I would look somewhere else. Getting paid cents per mile for a local gig, especially in a major city like Chicago, means you'll most likely get stuck in traffic, and who wants to get paid .37 cents for an hours worth of work.
     
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  13. Oct 12, 2015 #10
    Chinatown

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    Dartco and Dart Express has local city jobs and hires new CDL grads.

    www.dartexp.com is the website for the local jobs.

    There's also Dart Transit www.dart.net

    All these jobs are under the Dartco umbrella.
     
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