Stranded in Fargo North Dakota (e w Wylie)

That's being awful generous to the truck driver community as a whole. I have never once heard a driver later, truthfully admit they were in the wrong following a crash. So am I to believe truck drivers are perfect, saints, and forever truthful? I'm not saying the subject here is being honest or is lying, but I am going to reiterate I will be skeptical until I can be proven wrong. There is A LOT of fraudulent applications hitting carrier HR desks every day. I know of drivers using a "friend" as a contact number for a past "carrier reference". The HR person interrogates the "carrier contact" just a little and come to find out they don't know the first thing about trucks or their alleged business. Desperate and "clever" people have dozens of ways of trying to pull crap on potential employers in the application and employment history documentation process. Most reputable carriers who've been doing it a while have seen it all by now and have gotten good about detecting BS.

That said, I realize many don't get too deep into the verification process until late in the game, and I never will understand this. But this practice is nothing new and anyone who's been doing it long enough to call themselves "experienced" and do not have a big skeleton in their closet they're trying to hide, should know nothing is guaranteed in this industry, anywhere. Right or wrong, it is what it is.

 

Please someone tell me why the hell anyone would travel from Maryland to North Dakota to go to a orientation for a OTR job & not have all their ducks in a row?
If you fill out any application in OTR the company by LAW has to verify all employment for 10yrs if it is CMV related. Common sense tells me I won't leave my doorstep without having a way home if something happens & they can't hire me.
Maybe companies shouldn't even pay your way to orientation & then we would have more people who could function like an adult & be prepared for a job opportunity.

 

Ego or desperation. Take your pick as I'd say it's 50/50.
Ego is that a person thinks they are too smart, clever, or whatever and can trick the company into hire an otherwise unqualified driver.
Desperation is, I hope, self explanatory. They will do anything for an income.

 

Because North Dakota is practically heaven on earth. The whole state is one great big Disneyland resort.

 

I know a well qualified driver who went to Heartland Express orientation about 5 years ago.... traveled to Memphis for it: after the 1st day they let 6 go; never gave any reason: just cut them loose.. this driver was one of them... come to find out; they were bringing twice as many into orientation as they wanted because they usually lose 50 percent during the 1st day or two... He was told that by an office person who thought this was disgusting..

 

Classic! Awesome post!

 

As a previous driver and my son is going to North Dakota for orientation. I have a million questions before you leave.

Did you ask your son anything before leaving for this adventure? Sometimes I think sharing information with family can be helpful.

 

Because so many newbies get into trucking on an act of desperation. I was in a bad way when I went trucking school in Murfreesboro TN. I was just smart enough to either look at Covenant or Western since they were close to home. That's phenomenal advice sir.

 

They should call Enterprise. They'll pick him up.