Rough time starting out

are you kidding ?

 

Listen , if you are for real-get out now and find another line of work.
I joined this forum because i trucked briefly, and other than being young and wanting to stay at home and hang out with my friends and girlfriends i enjoyed it. Other than the "newbies and Wannabees" that haven't either experienced enough or at all yet (Trucking) -there are some serious people in here that have it in their blood and take it serious. If you went through 2 companies and couldn't take it, why do you think trying again would help ?
Do something else - it just wasnt for you --or come back some years from now when you think you can handle it. Its just not for everyone --it takes a special breed to do it --continue it -- and make money at it --period end.
No offense --but if you do continue with it --please start a thread - i know i would enjoy it.

 

I apologize --look go local - Home Depot, Lowe's --something like that -if that works out and you want to try over the road again go for it. -- Trucking has a lot of things that are going to make a calm person absolutely panic - do you think you can handle that ?
Nothing like spending the night in front of some factory in Detroit to let some anxiety sink in.

 

Im gonna go ahead and say Schneider.Its a great place with plenty of room for advancement.
Maybe start out in management,or otr trainer

 

You lost 2 jobs since July,not bad some lose way more jobs then that in this field within a few short months.But you getting fired may be the problem.Plus you should get all your mental issues taken care of first before rejoining this industry.Get your treatment done and make sure youre 100% good to gtherwise you're going to have another brkdwn and once again quit or get fired.

 

I also tend to be anxious, though I think not to the extent you recently experienced. The anxiety wore me out, and that exhaustion, along with a very quick Schneider training course and extenuating circumstances all contributed to a (relatively minor) preventable accident my third day out.

Like you, I am starting again because I need to see if I can do it. Many folks advised me to get more in-truck training than Schneider provided (Happily, the only company so far that would take me with an accident, also provides 5 weeks with a side-by-side trainer.) If I have the same level of difficulty this time around once I solo, I will hang it up before somebody gets hurt.

Do you recall how you felt before you quit the first time, and before you had to be hospitalized the second? Would you recognize the warning signs and heed them before you become too distracted? It seems like you are honest with yourself and would not take unnecessary chances.

Schneider is a great company in that they treat you with respect; I'd hoped to stay there forever. But with them the first couple weeks out alone are intense. Other Schneider drivers that I compared notes with also spoke of exhaustion their first week, from stress. Schneider's entire training is 2.5 weeks, with only 3 - 5 days out with a side-by-side trainer. Your previous experience might help you this time around though.

FWIW I have not heard nice things about PAM. My Schneider trainer started there and he and another PAM refugee were comparing notes in the drop lot. Supposedly few new drivers last a year there.

Anyway, I wish you the best of luck and keep us posted.

 

A good job for people with mental problems is being a watchman at campgrounds that are closed for the winter. Free lodging(no campsite fees) & stress free. Buy and old RV or camping trailer and the jobs are there for those that can't deal with pressure and need medication. When the campground reopens in the spring there are jobs at other campgrounds being a watchman. Move from one campground to another. Quiet, relaxing & much better than being medicated and driving an 80,000 pound rig down a busy highway. One time I was kicked back on a Caribbean island and met an American guy with those anxiety mental issues; he found a job there in a surfboard shop renting surfboards. Just laying back in a beach chair renting surfboards with no stress. He was a former Marine infantryman suffering from severe PTSD & finally found his niche where he can enjoy his life now. He's a smart, sharp guy & we enjoyed chatting and having a beer together. Sometimes you must muster the courage to do what you should do and not what you want to do like the former Marine did.