Trainer Question and the Millis leap

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Majority of the trainers are excellent, the occassional knucklehead will become a trainer but they dont last long. If you have a issue with your trainer can always switch without issues. Everyone has a different method of trainging/personality/way of learning an on occassion those clash.

 

My buddy started with Millis and went out with a supposed decent trainer...Well, all the guy wanted to do was watch Porn or listen
to X-rated stuff on the Sirius.

Not all trainers are bad.....

 

Hi,
Welcome to Millis. I just passed my sixth month with them. I can’t speak but from my own experience. I had a great trainer and we got along great. He had been driving for over twenty years after working his early years as a cop. He taught the skills I needed, not just for being a good driver, but how to live and work out on the road.

I too have worked in EMS, for two years with a busy multi-county service. I’ve had other jobs since but nothing has carried the stress that pre-hospital care did. It’s the stupidity that eats at you or at least it did for me. I also went through a divorce during that time and wow…talk about a stressful time in life.

Millis has been a great choice for me. I drive regional and am home on the weekends and sometimes through the week. They are giving me one of the new Freightliners here in a month or so or before December. My stress level is so much lower these days. I simply drive and listen to my radio and podcasts and take in the scenery. Sometimes I might miss a turn or exit – but nothing to get all bent out of shape over. At age 45, I’m done with all that.

You've already drove so my best advice is that you work hard and try to get along with your trainer. If, for some reason, you do get a trainer you conflict with then let Mike Millis know ASAP. As said before you can get placed with someone else if there are any problems or conflicts. You know that five weeks on the road passes quickly. When there are those moments - just keep thinking about how soon you will be in your own truck and driving and stopping when YOU decide. Hang in there and best of luck.

PS
What part of Florida were you in? I enjoy the Panama City and Jacksonville area. Diving in the Gulf is great. I hope I can retire down there someday.