Newbie with USA

I just found out that USA put me on their per-diem program after, in orientation, I specifically checked the box to not enroll me in per-diem. I guess I'll be on the phone with payroll on Monday. I'm on my hometime now and don't want to be bothered. Other than that I've had a decent week. 2576 miles. I know to a lot of drivers thats chump change but I'm content with that. I met a few drivers this week on the road who were bad mouthing USA. I've learned to just make them think that you're listening and play music in the back of your head. It really works. However, be warned that if you choose to play one of your favorite songs in the back of your head you run the risk of bursting out in song right in the middle of one of the rants. That actually helps move them along too. Either way I'm rambling, my point is that I have to get my feet wet somewhere and so far USA is not that bad of a pond to step into barefoot

 

It's been a while since my last post but thats only because there hasn't been a lot to report. I haven't had anymore accidents and the truck has been running great. I'm averaging 2700-3000 miles a week and the money is pretty good. You have to remember though, that I'm speaking as a newbie coming off of 3mos unemployment so we may not share the same view when it comes to good pay. But I'm satisfied with the company as a whole. I'll try to post a sooner than two months at a time.

 

Sorry Drachen but Enigma is completely right. When you get your truck that is exactly what you get, a truck. You have to build it from the ground up basically. It took me a few months to get everything in mine but I'm cheap and like to shop around. But now I have a satellite radio (mostly because my truck only has a cassette player and trying to change stations every town got annoying), cb radio (on sale at Pilot), a plug-in cooler from wal-mart (works pretty good), my laptop (most USA terminals have free Wi-Fi). I don't have a TV in my truck yet. Most times when I feel like watching TV I stop at a flying J, TA, or one of the terminals. That works for me. But like I said before Enigma is right, you get the truck and nothing more from USA.

 

Hey Enigma how long have you been with the company and what's your truck number. I still have the 9400i and will probably have it for a while. It only has like 398 on the odometer. Either way I'm 8040. See you on the road.