Why do most new drivers quit?

I'm surprised that didn't get x'd out.

 

And that's probably the best answer

 

Because they feel they are working too hard for too little compensation and in most cases it is true. Too much "free" work that goes with the job. Feeling like a slave to the truck and the company that owns it. Trucking is modern day slavery for some people, of sure you can quit and are not held in chains, but you get my drift.

 

I blame the northeast vortex that starter companies dump new drivers in lol

 

I think many people leave the industry due to them not really being prepared for such a dramatic lifestyle change. Most people are not accustomed to being away from home for several weeks at a time and are not comfortable being alone with their own thoughts. I think the most reason I usually hear for leaving this industry is pay. But, when you look closer it isn't really pay. It is being away from home or some other reason. Pay is just a convenient answer that doesn't require much thought. Some recruiters do exaggerate the lifestyle and are not upfront and completely honest about what this career entails. Trucking is different than any other profession in which you could work. The closest would be military service or traveling salesman, like a manufacturer's rep. This business is as much about a lifestyle as a job.

 

I think they quit cause they are excepted to do what can't be done. Also, all the beautiful women throwing themselves at them. Lot's of pressure to be a big rig operator!

 

This is why you need thick skin in this biz.trucking drains you mentally and physically.People don't last because it's scarey out there more so for the new drivers.most come into this industry for one sole purpose and that's to make money because the companies leads them to believe you're going to be making the mega bucks and soon find out that's not the case.drivers are stuck on the side of the road for hours waiting for road brake down,stuck at the terminal waiting over a day for a pm and/or a load.they re sitting hrs in the dock waiting to get loaded/unloaded,all this adds up drivers get tired of it then quit find another company only to go thru the same exact thing or worse.there a million reasons why new drivers don't succeed in trucking.the sad thing is companies don't even try to improve because in reality they could care less if you stay or quit.

 

Hahaha
I've totally done that!
Well, it was a '69 Mustang, but still.

 

Grit.
Lack of grit. Definitely my number one. The learning curve, the lifestyle... it's all what you make of it.

There is some vague sense of self entitlement to most new drivers. They want the moon for a penny... and nothing's free.

They also think they become some sort of expert after a few months and get under a lease or a new truck payment... then figure out they're not an expert at all.