Really discouraged

You applied at Schneider; they do hair follicle drug test.

Here's from Stevens website: "No current probation or parole."
So it looks like if you're not on probation or parole right now, you'll be ok. Even if I was, I'd apply anyway because many companies bend their own hiring criteria.

 

It does matter what you get paid.

Couple of thoughts, and if this comes off as judegemental, it is not meant to be. The theft is worse than the attempted murder. Theft, in this industry, outside of drugs, is about the worst of the worst. Think about it. We are hauling hundreds of thousands of dollars of goods. The companies want to make sure you aren't going to steal it. They just see you and your record. They won't see the progress you have made. (You have done a wonderful job of overcoming your past, it seems.) Like me, companies don't know you from Adam. So, you have to prove yourself to them.

That being said, I would recommend a reefer company like Stevens, for a few reasons. 1) generally they pay better, not always, but usually. 2) reefer companies do not require a hazmat endorsement. A lot of dry van companies do require you to get it or have the ability to get it. Your felonies may preclude you from getting the hazmat. Also, find a company that wont send you to Canada cause with felonies Canada wont let you in.

Might try Craigs List as well. Some of those companies may be more apt to give you a shot.

Good luck.

 

Each persons experience with a company is going to bs different. One driver may hate it and not make much. You, and others may like it and make more.

 

HAIR FOLLICLE TESTS... retain in your hair 9 months activity in which your body has been exposed to. If you have been around someone or did smoke pot for example in that time period it's hot. And forget about shaving. Big hair goes bye bye, little hairs hold more secrets.

 

Not in your case because of that felony.You have to start somewhere.As the saying goes beggers can't be choosers.

 

Indeed. I once had to spend about three weeks on a small bowl of chili with trimmings every other day waiting for that payroll to come in. I refused to borrow a comcheck and go into debt. It was a interesting month. But I get a little upset when I realized now what problems I must have been during that particular month. Im glad it smoothed out and we all got along. But sometimes I dreamed that dispatcher sawing and sharpening his axe prior to calling me up to see what the temperature is in that blessed reefer.