Trucking Companys are not hiring !!! lets say state that is a fact

I’m surprised you went to a School in the 70’s. Used to be able to get a License with a note from an employer that said you could drive. Guys used to forge them, walk in and out with credentials. The whole driving school racket wasn’t a thing till after deregulation. Up until the mid-late 80’s it was still possible. Not sure exactly when road tests were required, whenever the CDL law went into effect. Maybe 1989? I’m not exactly sure. Took my written tests on lunch breaks, while working Local driving a 6 wheeler. Took road test through a 3rd party for $50 back in 1992. They’d rent a Truck for $50 if needed. They were all booked on the rentals. My Dad let me use his company’s Truck. He took a big chance on me. Could have gotten fired had something bad happened. The schools were just a scam at $3500. Guaranteed placement. Big deal. Got hired at the first place I applied, started immediately.

 

Yeah, but I was answering the question on why people leave jobs...

 

yeah, i had, had enough as a mechanic, and i did not know anyone in trucking.

i didn't even know you could just walk in, and if you had the license, could start that same day.

once i went to trucking school, is when i was able to get a job, long haul of course, as no one really wanted newbies doing city.

 

1&2 I experienced in my oilfield job in North Dakota, equipment was junky and always breaking down and I never felt truly safe using it. What's worse is that the company would always give me half-### promises that they would get everything back into working order and then when something, predictably, went wrong the driver got blamed for it. After multiple injuries and a few other questionable incidents involving circumstances out of my control I decided it's not worth my time to continue doing this.

3-6 I experienced at Roehl, that scam artist company with no honor whatsoever. When I was doing reefer with them I wouldn't regularly be abandoned with no meaningful communication coming from the company or the con about the status of a load or how soon I can expect to leave. I get that there is a lot of waiting with reefer but sometimes I would be abandoned for over 24 hours with no communication from Roehl despite every effort from my part to maintain contact. 65mph governor is awful! When they began stiffing me on pay, specifically underpaying me by 16 cents per mile, that is when I had enough and they ended up terminating my employment before I could finish my contract and then came after me with collections.

Despite all the BS I had to deal with at Roehl I still had a willingness to continue working for them at least until the end of my contract and if they actually paid me what they contracted me for I probably would have stayed working with them indefinitely. Like I said this company has no honor and Rick Roehl is a con artist.

 

Already a mechanic! Makes for a good Driver. Russian O/O once told me he had to learn mechanics in Russia to Drive. Part of the training. Said if not, you’ll be stranded often. Lol. He was surprised how many Drivers here knew little or nothing.

 

When I left Prime in March, they were actually slowing down with bringing in new drivers...didn't seem to be driver shortage behavior to me.

I road tested for two local gigs. The first was a grocery chain, the guy told me you used to have to know somebody to get a job there...I found it on an Indeed hiring event. The second (and the one I ultimately went with) is hazmat tanker...my trainer told me at one time there was a waiting list for a job there and they required 2 years of tanker experience. I got hired with one year of reefer experience and no tanker at all.

So I think it totally depends on the location. There's not exactly a boatload of people up here in northern New England to draw from...I'm sure that plays a role.

 

The company I am currently working for is hiring drivers. They are willing to take new grads and experienced drivers. Not long ago they offered a host of incentives. Not doing that anymore. The hiring process is now a little more difficult than before. They are being very cautious about hiring people. Your record must be spotless to even be considered. Just the way the market has moved.

 

Here’s a little truth biscuit for you….
Companies are actually hiring right now.
They can and will be more selective on who they hire.
I’ve seen some of the applications our terminal has been receiving lately, and honestly, ain’t no way i would want any of them on my team.
Why?
Every single one wants weekends off with a day shift…. And they have no experience whatsoever.
You want that? Good luck. You’ll have s better chance at Amazon or Walmart, and that won’t be a driving gig.
Like anything else, you gotta put in the time to develop yourself and become talented enough to function reliably.
In gas hauling, nights are easier.
Less traffic, less stress, easy in and out of the stores, less traffic at the rack, and you’ll be able to focus on the job instead of the 4 wheelers trying to kill you.
I had a trainee actually tell me she was fixing to tell our tm that she couldn’t work nights.
She looked me straight on the eye with a straight face.
Honestly, i was dumbfounded.
I politely explained to her that was highly unlikely to happen.
Inside, i was trying desperately to not bust a gut laughing.
Lemme get this straight….
You’re fresh out of school.
You have zero experience.
You feel entitled to a shift that took me 2.5 years to get.
That’sa HARD NOPE.
Try again noob.
You want to win you gotta play the game, and you certainly don’t have any leverage to try and make the rules to suit you.
And before you think you’re gonna throw shade on the experienced drivers to get them out to open a slot for yourself, understand that each of us has an excellent relationship with the tm, and we’ve seen that trash before.
You’re not bringing anything new.
What you are doing is making yourself look like an idiot, and first in line for the crappy stores nobody wants and that don’t pay.
You can’t make money because you refuse to play the game according to team policies.
I have zero sympathy for you.
Good luck.

 

Back in the 80s you couldnt even think of hauling fuel without 2 years experience and now they got rookies doing it?

 

Thats what she said.