Torn between what to do with my license

Why would they be scared of a rookie? Yeah they may lose a run or 2 because they have somebody else to cover it, but if the company needed another driver they would be hiring somebody else anyway. These guys know most of these cdl graduates can barely make it through the cdl driving test. So if they know him, and know how easy it is to get into trouble when you don't truly know what you are doing. Then they are giving him helpful advice. This company is not going to hold his hand until he can properly back. Nobody is going to take the wheel when he's holding up the street trying to get into a tight dock. They expect you to know what you are doing. The only training they will give him is how to run the routes not how to drive the truck. What happens when he misses a turn? And has to back through 3 intersections. Buddy you better know what you are doing and just because you have a shiney cdl it doesn't make you a professional. You can always tell those who are out here living it, and have to watch on a daily basis the students who can't back up when there is all kinds of room. Don't let there be obstacles like in the real world. Good luck my friend. You know how comfortable you are in your ability to handle a truck. If you need more practice get it. That job will be there when you know you can do it to the best of your ability, and he probably can get a better job with better pay once he shows that he can drive a truck without scratching it up.

 

Colin,
Here is what I would do, I would take the company you are with on their offer. I do not think that OTR matters much in the way of actual training other than how to deal with a few different situations or living out of your truck. Overall local work can be trying, it isn't like you deal with cities and their traffic in OTR on a daily basis. Furthermore learning how to handle the truck in harder conditions is a plus when you are starting out.

Knowing the company you work for has a lot of advantages, you don't start at the bottom, you are obviously conformable with working there and so on. You may never know how fast you can move up at that company but with some other company you may be just a driver.