trainer has disgusting habits, I can't hardly bear it

OMG.... Time to tell the company about this pig, and get another trainer.

 

COMPLAIN and ask for a new trainer. You can not learn if you are in an uncomfortable situation. This guy shouldn't be a driver much less a trainer.

 

sounds like a trainer from werner that someone has posted on here about a while back

 

If they dont get you a new one, then 'bail'...I did on my first one!!

2 types of trainers: 1) Those that actually want to train ppl, and 2) those that JUST want the $$$

 

I with everyone on here! It is time to report him and ask for a new trainer. No one should be subjected to the lack of tact this gentlemen, who in fact is representing the company you are working for.

If this behavior is acceptable to the company, it's time to look for a new company to work for

 

You need to tell some one at the co. and get out of his truck if he is as bad as you say then he is not going to teach you what you need to know . If the company won't do any thing then start looking for a new one

 

Oh It sounds like my trainer, but I got even with his butt, the piss bottle stunk up the cab, asked him to dump it but was told same thing he (trainer) I took his bottle and while his butt was asleep poured his Piss on him!!....He decided to throw my butt out of the cab for that stunt but he forgot I had Cell phone in hand Called Company about this PIG and they dispatched another Company Driver to pick me up. But when New driver arrived He had someone from the Company pick up his Rig and I guessed that his ### Was FIRED cause they asked him to removed all his stuff out of cab, and told him to Walk....

Don't Be affaird to let Company Know what is Going on, all they know is what is Not being told about a Trainer and his teaching Skills!!

Motto:
"Be Careful out there, You never Know what might Happen"

 

It really bothers me to see items like this. I've said before that I believe there should be another endorsement on the CDL and laws that a trainer be knowledgeable enough to train. I know nobody wants to see more laws or rules but look at it this way. Trainers are shaping the new drivers. Shouldn't they have the best training a company can provide? I know some of these big companies will put anyone in the trainers seat but in time they will learn or go under. I retired from a large company ( ARCO) and they learned along time ago to cover their ### when they get sued by anyone looking for deep pockets. Our trainers were the most experienced drivers. And in my line of work you don't get that kind of experience (15 to 30 years) unless you do the job the right way. No one is forced to do the job, but it does come with benefits.

 

You are so right, it is time for things to change. And it has to start from the top: Change trucking to a skilled trade (from an unskilled one), so that new drivers would have to apprentice for a certain amount of time, until which they would be managed by a trainer. Yes, this would mean more money for both drivers, and it would cost us (the end consumer) a lot more for our day-to-day goods, but it would stop the flood of underqualified drivers out there, and, by setting stringent standards for trainers, would all but eliminate stories like earl's.

Earl, you must talk to your company and get yourself a new trainer, you just might have to be a bit tactful, esp if this trainer is looked upon favorably by your company. But in the meantime, keep your chin up and be safe. Good luck.