What to expect during my mentorship

Well the issues just got worse.

Just got my first training check...69 bucks...

I just drove from Ohio to Chicago back to Ohio to Texas...for 69 bucks.

I was having a good day, but after getting chewed out over the fact I can’t backup when he’s giving me wrong directions, to that kick in the balls...I just went 4 weeks making practically no money, now they expect me to drive my ### of for 69 bucks...

Half tempted to tell my mentor where to stick it then use that 69 for a grayhound.

 

Oh I was going to ride out the trainer, but 69 bucks for the week...it’s not like it’s passive learning, I’m doing the majority of the driving

 

Waiting for their response, they kind of skirted the issue when I left them a voicemail.

I was told 350/week, I’ve got it in writing somewhere.

 

Dig it up and present the 350 a week in writing. (Minus taxes you probably will sit on 200. And yes dear you drove the USA twice for that little bit.

Thats what they paid my spouse a week in training (FFE no less...) back in 2000. They paid me piles of money but all that went into the same checkbook so... its irrevelant.

If you carefully spend 7.00 a day you will have something left over from that 69.00 next week.

Your trainer is probably sitting on between 1400 to 2000 a week in cash after taxes for your trouble.

 

Wh probably not that much, he’s a lease operator lol

 

I took it as all part of the deal. Given the fact I couldn’t afford to pay out of pocket, the financing options were insanely high interest, it just seemed like two weeks of #### was better than being in debt for several years.

I guess it still is lol idk, it’s just hard.

 

Just received a call from home about a possible health issue for my son.

Don’t want to go into details in a public space, but it could be quite serious.

I called my student liaison to see what I can do.

I don’t want to lose my mentorship or risk my job, but if it does turn out to be what the doctors fear it is, I can’t leave my wife alone to deal with it.

Most of my driving issues are maneuvers and the manual trans. The trucks are automatic so that rules out the trans issues. The maneuvers I know how to do them, I just have issues when I have a mentor on my ### while I do them.

I know to go slow, GOAL, use a spotter, use your mirrors, etc. I’m going to do them slow even if it takes a while until I’m good at them.

There’s a written test as well. I have a book with all the answers I can memorize that in a jiffy no problem.

I just need to be upgraded to first seat and go home...idk what to do...

 

Oh I definitely understand that, I’m by no means calling myself an expert or anything like that lol I know where my shortcomings are, and where I need to improve.

It just seems at this point I’d be better off trying their upgrade tests and seeing what happens, so I can get home to my family.

 

AND THE FUN CONTINUES!

They may be shipping me home regardless! Not because of the family emergency, but evidently they were auditing logs or something like that, and my mentor was violating a ton of rules/laws!