new team driver question

I do cna work as an independent contractor through a registry, so, no benefits, and when I break down my pay (flat rate per 24 hours) vs hourly, its much less than minimum wage. I don't want to sound like I'm ignoring advice here, and I do so greatly appreciate it, but this is a dream career of ours, and if I need to hang back and let the hubby go first while I wait for my son to reach the age, I will. He has been supportive of my schooling, it's time for me to give back. We are talking with Prime now, seeing what we can work out, and hoping for the best. I may sound stubborn, and I don't mean to come off that way. After all, if I didn't want advice I wouldn't ask. As a caregiver, I know I'm burned out and need a break, so taking that break while hubby signs on with a company, and waiting this period of time out might just work out. In the mean time, I am still going to school for my cdl and nursing all the same, in this economy you have to do what you can. I believe things will work out, sometimes bumps in the road happen for a reason. One day soon I'll be a driver, until then, I'm happy to let hubby take the reins while I concentrate on school and our future.

 

We just were speaking with Prime, who is offering a team driving option (after hubby is out there for a while) as company drivers. That is what we're wanting. We're negotiating a plan for all of us to end up in a truck together, but it will take some time and hubby has to have a certain number of miles under his belt, in all 48, as conditions to be achieved first. I will also go with a trainer (not hubby) who is qualified to teach and let me learn the things I need to as well before we would go as a team. They are willing to let him have some home time ( a few months) with the little one while I do this in preparation, which is really nice. This will be a written plan with the company, with the goal being a good husband wife team, both with experience before we would attempt to go out with our son. As for all of the companies I have spoken with, this one seems to have a logical plan and realistic expectations of drivers, but then again I'm just a student, what do I know, lol. Both hubby and I want good experience before we team anyway, for safety sake. Every company is different, maybe we found a good fit, who knows. We definitely are not going to rush in to anything, and would rather drive as a company team for awhile while we learn the trade.

 

I have taken into consideration all of the above. I understand where you coming from. What I am looking into now is otr for the hubby til he gets enough experience to get hired local or regional, and, local for myself, ie bus or shuttle (I have a few connections that might be able to help me out there so, home every evening). Either way I'm still doing my nursing online, and looking for local employment as well. I know hubby will be driving otr for at least a year, and I'm hoping by then we will be in a better position both financially and scholastically. Either way I will be home schooling my son, that is a decision that was encouraged by the county here, (the school system here is horrible to say the least.) Oddly enough the county also encouraged all of us to pile in a truck and do the otr thing for a few years, which took me by surprise because as Chompi said, one would logically think a child in a truck is an easy mark for cpi. So I have had some mixed emotions as far as my child. By that I mean, one would have to really see our situation ( I wont go into all of it here), way the options, and come up with the best decision to fit our familiy (our child included) situation. When you have a hailstorm of rough luck, a bad economy, ever growing bills, and almost no marketability, and someone comes along and says, "hey, why don't you guys do this, we'll foot the bill and it will fix all of the above problems, all you have to do is sacrifice 1 or 2 years of otr, and it could be a great experience." well, it makes you think, long and hard about what you should do. I've stated before that I believe it's time to let hubby take the reins and run with this opportunity, and, as much as I would love to go with him, I do believe this is one of those times I need to step back, hold down the fort, give my son the best education I can, continue mine, and work locally. You never know where you'll be a year from now, but I have some choice as to where I won't be. I won't put my son at risk of being hurt, neglected, or worse, end up in the hands of cpi. That will not happen, period. So, long story short, I want to thank each one of you who posted here, you have given me plenty to think about, and that is why I'm here, to gain insight from experienced people. I will still be on here, as I'm still going to get my cdl, so I'm sure I'll have questions, and hubby will be otr, so I'll be talking to people about his journey as well. You guys are great. Thanks

 

Thanks I love to research everything so I'll go check it out now as well. It would be interesting to see what the statistics are, and get some insight from them as well. Either way, I'm not going out otr for at least a year as it stands for now, but it won't hurt to learn a few things and gather some more info. Thanks