They weren't consecutive weeks, though. And unfortunately, mathematically, I only needed to be parked for 4 days in a single week, also not necessarily consecutively, to get no paycheck. Fact of the matter is, I was looking into other companies. Chatting with recruiters, seeing who would buy me out of my contract. Found nothing, of course, because why would I? But that's a moot point. What matters is that every time I started drafting my resignation and a request to be routed to the nearest terminal on the Qualcrapp, a load would (finally) come through. I was naive as all hell, and foolish enough to believe that they were finally done wasting my time and their money... that said, most weeks I only took home about $700. That #### collapse of the freight market caused by the trade war happened a few months after I got released to solo, and put an end to my $1k+ weeks because there wasn't 2,500+ miles for me to drive each week... at least, not that they were getting me, anyway
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To be fair about the training thing, I do believe that even the megas have some good trainers who try to teach those who are willing to listen and learn...
I used to know a C.R. England trainer who ran a dedicated route to my terminal a couple times a week. He was a REALLY nice driver, and he truly cared about teaching his students properly. He would even take the time to give them one on one backing practice in our yard when things were quiet.
When I trained OTR, I was with a smaller company, but I had a good trainer who cared about his job. This paired with me being a good student, and there were no problems... after several days of him observing my abilities, he would just hang back in the sleeper while I drove on the open road, and periodically check in on me. If I had any questions, or issues, he was right there to offer advice. In heavier traffic, or big cities, he would take the jump seat. I learned a lot from him.
He told me about some difficult trainees he had in the past. Some had to be re-assigned to another trainer, and some quit. Not all students are good learners or listeners. There are many factors that come into play.James j, hammer830, Voodoo Pyg and 4 others Thank this. -
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I had trouble with weird trainer stuff too. My trainer would "we" our work instead of taking accountability as a trainer . Maybe that was to make me feel more responsible but I definitely wasn't doing things to be treacherous. I wanted us both to make money and to be profitable. Training wasn't quite as painful for me because of the love and support I have from my family regarding my career decision. My parents own the house I'm living in so my costs at home were very low. But since it's my family's investment that I be here, here I am. I dont take that investment in my life lightly. During logs class, the teacher clearly knew that log violations were trainer issued because she said that the DOT expects some violations to occur. So they seem to start you off on the side of acquiring a few points in the system. I wouldn't be surprised to see more employee testing of government systems in monster corporations. Prime is also testing grounds for 18 year old drivers contracted with the army. I believe they dont want you to have a completely clean HOS record. The points are there to have a very minor flexibility for occasions. It's important to demonstrate flexibility and understanding of risk vs reward as such. Liabilities. The trucking industry promotes rule violations, seedy criminal type white collar crime behavior. I was disappointed my first points came from some stupid "test" from my trainer too. He left me on the training pad alone to practice and went and got coffee. I got yelled at I wasn't supposed to drive alone by another trainer. My wit: I wasn't alon . The lot was full of other trainers and even some DOT testers. Ha. So there. In your face, prime. I got some great answers. It's hard to shame me. But he got mad that I could validate what he did instead of it being a rule break like he planned. that's why I believe it's a test. A normal lazy coffee man woulda laughed at my very true valid point. Not get mad at my work around. Tests. From the government maybe. Checking our ability to perform or flexibility or stresses, physical and environmental. many things start in the trucking industry with trickle down effect.
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Since I left Prime things have only gotten better. I miss the pay, but then I remind myself, "Hey! I'm not saving every single receipt, having to stop where Prime says to save on fuel, and stacking tens of thousands just to pay taxes! In fact, I'll get money back! This is great."
It's always this kinda thing like, "Y-yeah! Well! You should be GRATEFUL TO PRIME! In fact, ya know what!? You're not even cut out for this industry!" Do these guys type all this garbage up while you're holding up the fuel line or what?
Meanwhile, every drop I made with the last company, I happily hopped off the truck, grabbed a pallet jack, and helped unload if the guys didn't have an electric one or needed me to help push stuff off.
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