What is the best companies to go to for new drivers

I am also curious about what are considered the good starter companies.

 

A black and white ""The best"" company to work for is: A Myth. Do try to stay away from the mega-fleets where you are only a truck number. Ask yourself "what do I want out of it" by priority, make a list and start looking. You will have trade offs like: good pay, home time, long runs, respect, etc..... This Forum is full of "I love it"/"I hate it" reviews about the same place. Find out what kind of puzzle piece you are before you go looking for a place to fit your piece. Opportunity to drive for carrier with more perks will go up w/experiences.

 

One that fits your needs and goals. Not someone else's needs but yours. Sit down and make a list of what you want out of a company and set your goals down for the future. Make sure you include all the benefits especially retirement. The biggest mistake new drivers make is not knowing enough about where they are going. Some believe the planning stops once they get hired. Those are the drivers you see or read about that get to a point where they can not drive anymore and don't have a bucket to spit in. It's you that must do the work and only you know how you interface with other people. Seek the best and work down. It takes a lot of work to go to a good school then finding a good job. However, you can sit back and let others find you work but you'll have no right to complain when or if it doen't work out.

 

very well put. Now you can drive, but how much time do you want at home?, do you want benefits?, ???? can you switch companies after your first 6 months or do you have to stay for a year? Did you sign a contract? Many more questions but make sure it is what YOU want to do NOT what everyone else is doing.

 

Shouldn't you have asked this question before you started with USA? The grass might be a shade greener somewhere else for a rookie, but it'll still be brown. Training fleets expect you to leave after one year, it's the way the industry works. Better companies will look at your job history, and if you kept looking for greener grass every 3 months, the companies that ACTUALLY HAVE the greener grass won't hire you. You've already selected USA, so unless they stop giving you loads, tough it out for a year, and find a GOOD less than 500 truck company to work for. Remember every time you quit, you will lose at least 2 weeks of pay, on average.