TMC Orientation - WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

I thank its TO MUCH CHROME

 

Love the chrome and all of the chicken lights,and don't forget the bug-screen with the flames.Who says you can't have it all?Forgive me,I almost forgot the train horns.

 

And to think, my first year of driving I wasted my time in a stripped down International 9200, pulling dry boxes, with a C-12 and a 9-speed, only grossing about $44K my first year. Boy did I ever miss out!

 

I really don't think this makes them a bad company at all. As drivers we are presented with unpredictable situations on a daily basis. As drivers we have to react to the situation in the proper manner or suffer the consequences. When any company hires a driver they are putting their name and reputation on that driver.

 

I hate it for you,Did you at least have a brown paper bag to put over your head?At least be incognito going down the road.

 

I know, I really had it bad my first year. And to think, Instead of my take home pay being between $600-$1000 a week my first year I could have driven a shiny Black Pete.

That Pete Looks real nice when you're laying over for days with no load, and taking home a whopping $250 per week if you're lucky.

 

Never had one of those Petes,just said I liked the chrome.We have a shiny white KW with the chrome and chicken-lights.We do sit and wait some,got to be picky,not going to haul the cheap crap.

 

truckerswife08
They do warn the recruits. My husband made it through. He said they tell people straigh up that most of them won't make it and what is expected of them. they tell them halfway through that they have their eyes on recruits, watching who is going to get cut. I have to agree it is a bit much for orientation. Just wait til he gets his own truck. My husband has had nothing but problems with his fleet manager. He finally had enough and called to get a new one.

 

ouch! had to tell the hubby that one, lol

 

they let they guy my hubby was rooming with go because he had a bit of trouble reading English. He was German and could speak the language clear enough. Obviously read it well enough to get a CDL. They guy even told TMC upfront but they let him in anyway only to cut him half way through.