USX Training Issues

Thanks SheepDog. First a little background. I retired early from Mgmt and have alot of friends and family in the Business. Wife has been a planner for a major company for many years, Friends are o/o but their contracts require a year experience to drive with them. I'm looking to gain experience to go O/O once I've learned the ropes from the Drivers side. What I like about those 2 companies most (from what I hear) is that the Pay is decent, and weekly home time for the most part. I need to break my family in slowly to being gone so much. Also, until this thread I heard they have the best training programs. I'm not afraid of physical work in fact I welcome it. Need to keep in shape! any input is appreciated!

 

Roger,,,,You will want to go with TMC than...They are a good company and you will be home just about every weekend and work hard M-F...

USX is a good company as well but you will have to stay out two weeks before you can come home... Unless you take a dedicated account..

 

Exactly. At least with dedicated you know where you are going all the time. You know what the dock situation is, etc.

 

Sounds like they don't wanna be a snitch...But at the same time, that trainer is being paid extra to do a job, and he is just using his students for the extra money. Also he is supposed to make sure that everyone that leaves that truck is ready for the rd and is trained for all situations to the best of his ability. But to him, he is just happy with the extra money, and could care less if the student killed someone tomorrow when he goes solo.

My second trainer at USA was super cool. We got along and I was his first student since he had started back driving. He told me when he dropped me off for my upgrade, that if I thought he sucked to tell them. I said man you done great. He said well thanks, but if their is anything tell them. That way they can let me know and I can improve on it. I said I will do that, but I honestly had nothing bad to say about him.

 

The bottom line is that most students are completely broke by the time they get with there trainer and just want to get out on their own and start making money... I do understand this but that is just a ME way of thinking... I never just think about ME, I always think about someone else and that is probably a downfall of mine of sorts... but that is the majority of students. I find it hard to believe that all the students Renegades trainer had and Renegade was the only one that had issues...Comeon!

 

SheepDog, we will be reading about you next...LOL

But seriously, I think it's what the guy above said. Nobody wants to be a snitch. That's what all the guys with lots of experience taught me. What happens on the truck stays on the truck.

Renegade doesn't seem to need all this training he is complaining about not getting. He knows what needs to be done. Obviously the last trainer was confident with Renegade's ability to drive.

I'm not saying the trainer was awesome or anything.

 

Renegade, you don't have to tell me about annoying partners. I drove teams for nearly 2 years. I could tell you some stories...LOL. They always seem to get even more annoying if they aren't doing the job you think they should be doing.