Sent home from Schneider orientation...no experience.

1099 is not the 1st choice, but if you know your responsibility regarding taxes, etc. It's what some start out with when they have trouble getting hired the regular way as a company driver. Just don't do a lease.

 

@imataloss --

Schneider veteran here....

Your story is very frightening....on so many levels.

Please tell us -- what CDL school did you graduate from?

How many hours is it rated?

-- L

 

Stupid mistake?

If my read of the "tea leaves" here is anything close to correct.....A LOT of stupid mistakes were made (& not just by you)....long before you got behind the wheel at Schneider!!!

-- L

 

The bottom line:

Someone with very little experience at:

• the English language
• driving American streets & roadways
• recognizing/understanding/acting correctly on US road signs

has NO BUSINESS being issued a CDL (whether class "A"...or class "B")....or given any job requiring such.

Suggestion: spend a few years driving a regular, 4-wheeled vehicle (go inexpensive, at first)....on US streets & highways....BEFORE chasing a CDL job.

BONUS POINTS: If you start out driving...mostly in more rural/less urban areas.

Meanwhile: practice/work on your mastery/fluency of the English language. Be sure you can read/recognize/understand ALL common road signs used in the US.

I suggest the above because:

• it will probably save someone's life (including your own)
• you will very likely have a much more successful, satisfying CDL career -- later on
• especially for new CDL holders -- the CDL job market is terrible right now; you would save yourself further disappointments/failures in the near future

NOTE: Your CDL will not go "stale"...with all of the above. I got a CDL class-A job approx 2 years...after I got the CDL.

Hope springs eternal, as they say....

Think about it.

-- L

 

I may be mistaken, but it seems as if you do not have much driving experience, even in a car.
1. The road signs (although most people don’t see road signs)
2. Switching lanes in an intersection.
3. Backing Up in traffic. (That’s what got you fired. They had to fire you for that. Bad idea. Bad decision. Really bad.)

Your problem will be, even if you get another job, they’re going to road test you first thing. If you don’t have much experience driving a car, how are you going to be able to learn enough about driving, traffic laws…etc to pass a road test in a commercial vehicle?

@gentleroger any comments?

 

Any of you military guy’s know of a system like the OODA Loop system that will help OP in decision making?