Refresher course

Hate to say it, but with no experience you are probably already looking at having to take a refresher course.

 

Good luck, let us know what happens.

 

USX is getting rid of all of there autos and only buying standards now

 

Maybe he is getting flashbacks from having to those 2 or 3 stick manuals. The old timer that got me started used to tell me the stories of those rigs.

 

I can understand having to do refresher courses if out for a long period. BUT--- I've heard (and tend to agree) the companies have you go out with a trainer too long a time to get "refreshed". This is because they pay you way less when you're doing the course than what you're worth because of your experience, so they take advantage of the refresher period and stretch it out. Do this with all the experienced drivers coming back in ---- you're talkin' plenty money. After all if these drivers have been driving 10---15 years , how long does it take to get "back in the saddle"? A friend told me one company has an 8 week course if you've been out over 5 years , I think he said. Another one charges $1200 for 2 weeks or so. Just seems strange to me. I believe that this is contributing to the so called driver shortage. When an experienced driver hears that length he 'needs to refresh', he has a good chance of just forgetting the whole thing. JMO

 

Avoid USX like the plague. I went through their orientation once, and they charged me $300 on my credit report for the cost of orientation.

USX is hands down the worst company I've been to. It was absolutely ludicrous.

Their company policy was like a list of all the things I hated about every other company I had worked for.

I'm not a fan of Werner, but USX is absolutely horrible by comparison.