Should I wait until a year or try before then?

Dont wait get out now while your still alive, jonny 5.

 

If it's been 5 months between BOTH CRST and Werner, I'd advise you hone your chops for another 7 months before jumping ship again. Patience, grasshopper.

And avoid the Dollar General . . . . at least for now. I have pictures. Local pictures. Wrecker involved.

 

No better, and possibly a bit worse

 

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They probably will cut some slack because now they say they're hiring drivers with "little experience."

 

What about that small outfit up there, Brown Dog Carriers?
They "prefer" one year experience and there's no mention of one year experience "required."

 

Is the dog included with the truck? Cuz if so...

 

It certainly helps to have a year under your belt, but I know how some places can screw you over and make it impossible to stay. My first job was with a mega, and after 4 months of great mileage at low pay, my checks were shrinking as my runs slowed down. By the time I was only making $400 a week and being gone 3 weeks at a time after 6 months with the company, I was either going to change jobs or quit driving. Wound up going with a small 2 truck outfit that paid a flat $50k a year salary, which at the time looked great compared to what I was making. Shortly after taking that job I discovered that I would be driving 11 hours a day, and spending another 4-6 hours loading and unloading my own truck. I was determined to stay there 6 months so I could get my year and I did. On the last day of the 6th month I told my boss to go F himself. He was a real piece of work. Then I hired on with a regional outfit for a year, and now I'm in the process of getting a new truck/trailer and becoming an O/O with my own authority with only 2 years of driving experience. Some say not enough, but I say it's either this or I'm out. Too many employers treat drivers as sub-human, and I refuse to put up with it any longer.