The whole hiring process sucks!

The second they say greyhound just hang up the phone and have another beer on the couch

 

I will never go on another grey dog. NEVER.

 

My personal favorite. There is one in every group of truckers in orientation who is always outrageous road tripping. He gets fired on the spot and made to walk to the bus station. The one who tries to back a trailer in at 700 mph.[/QUOTE]



Reminds me of a guy at orientation for my last job. He was the textbook definition of a super trucker. The orientation people wanted us to introduce ourselves, and give some of our background. We went around and introduced ourselves, and when it was my turn, I went through the formalities, and then got into my background as a local driver. When he heard I ran local for ten years, he laughed.

Up to that point, all my experience was local stuff, hauling farm equipment for a John Deere dealer. I was the youngest in our area to haul oversize equipment. And I was #### good at it. This was proven to me when other dealers were calling me and willing to pay insane money for me to haul for them.

Anyways, Mr Supertrucker, after laughing, continued his obnoxious ways throughout orientation. The company was pushing the Open Road legal plan, which I declined. Mr Super trucker announced to everyone that he needs it 'I'm a ROAD driver'. He looks right at me and says, ' local pukes need not apply'. What he didn't know was I was going OTR for this company.

We finished orientation, got through training, and went out separate ways. Three weeks later he was let go, after sticking a claw hammer through a pneumatic tanker. I stayed there two years, then left for my 'local puke job'

Last I heard he was a security guard

 

If a company can't provide a flight or rental car im not gonna bother lol unless i had zero exp

 

Exactly. And I'd prefer the rental. I'd accept a flight I like flying but I hate the tsa. They screwed up my cobra 29 when I flew down to pick up my truck.

 

When a company give you this talk of we pay 55 cpm, home every weekend, and 2 or 3 times through the week. And our dispatchers wash your truck every time you get to the yard. Then says oh and you will be riding the bus to orientation.

If that ain't enough to turn away. Then most certainly when they say that famous lie. "We are a family company, if you need to get home for anything let us know". That's when it's time to get up and run off there property!!!!

Real companies do interviews. Then fly you in, then once hired they pay the driver for everything the driver does. If a company starts off cheap, then they will pay cheap. And probably cheap out on fixing the truck too.

 

Atleast my company is family owned. It's 4 brothers. The ones I've met are all very grounded and nice people.

 

Claw hammer versus air unload tanker? Im suprised it did not kill him.

The tanker man in me rise up and hollar wtf? man are people stupid.

 

Yep. You read that correctly. Story I got was he was cleaning out, pressure near zero. So it shouldn't have been too violent. But, why? Hitting a tank with any type of hammer is immediate termination at this comapny

 

Reminds me of a guy at orientation for my last job. He was the textbook definition of a super trucker. The orientation people wanted us to introduce ourselves, and give some of our background. We went around and introduced ourselves, and when it was my turn, I went through the formalities, and then got into my background as a local driver. When he heard I ran local for ten years, he laughed.

Up to that point, all my experience was local stuff, hauling farm equipment for a John Deere dealer. I was the youngest in our area to haul oversize equipment. And I was #### good at it. This was proven to me when other dealers were calling me and willing to pay insane money for me to haul for them.

Anyways, Mr Supertrucker, after laughing, continued his obnoxious ways throughout orientation. The company was pushing the Open Road legal plan, which I declined. Mr Super trucker announced to everyone that he needs it 'I'm a ROAD driver'. He looks right at me and says, ' local pukes need not apply'. What he didn't know was I was going OTR for this company.

We finished orientation, got through training, and went out separate ways. Three weeks later he was let go, after sticking a claw hammer through a pneumatic tanker. I stayed there two years, then left for my 'local puke job'

Last I heard he was a security guard[/QUOTE]
Wow was this guy the reason I see trailers at the blue beacon or truck stop. With the words don't beat on trailer, do not hit, or don't beat with metal hammer?