New pumpkin driver

Congrats Jason. I thought you would be out of Edwardsville. My #### Heart rate was too high when I went in March so I had my Dr change my medicine and now it's a waiting game until Sept so I can get back on the road with hubby.

 

Good luck to ya both!

Okay, so whats the process now for SNI? I am looking at a dedicated wal-mart out of Olney, IL. Do I apply, and if accepted, go to Green Bay, or where? ... then training? I was hoping to train out of the Olney OC then.... do you (or anybody) know?

Thanks!

 

Jason,

Please keep us informed. I am weighing between Roehl and Schnieder as my first company, leaning more towards Schnieder at this point with the regional run they have offered me. It is good to know you had a positive experience through orientation. After living in TN for twenty plus years, I can deal with the orange just fine

 

Hi Jason, good on getting out. Sounds like you have a decent attitude, try to keep it regardless of what happens. The SNI trainers I've met have all seemed a good bunch, and were more than willing to answer any questions when I went to SNI. Seems like anywhere you go, orientation leaves more questions than answers.
Edwardsville is a nice little OC.

I think something to keep in mind. I've been with three other big companies, and a small one with only 12 trucks. I've had nicer trucks, made a little more, and drove where I really wanted to be. BUT, and it's a biggy, I've never been treated as well as I have at SNI. Each DBL I've had since there, knows me by voice on the phone, as an example. It seemed at my last company, my Fleet manager never could figure out who I was, and I never bothered to go to the Glass Palace in Chattanooga to see him thru the bullet proof glass. [Maybe someone can pickup on what company that was].

So, be a huge sponge, absorb everything, ask questions, no matter how stupid it may seem. There's a lot going on out here, and it takes a bit of time to notice the small things. You'll get to the point of automatically looking for certain things.

Good luck and good miles to ya'.

 

Congrats on everything. Please keep us updated on how it goes. SNI is also one I am looking at as well.

 

I just went thru new cdl orientation with them a few weeks ago (I only had 6 months experience) and finished with their week long training. Blew my mind that all the instructors remembered my name when I went back for SQT.

Everyone seemed happy to be there (Fontana terminal) and everyone I came in contact with treated me with respect. The other 2 companies, well....... not so much.

Now if my co-driver could get finished up (this week), I could get my ##### back on the road.