Will this affect my chance of getting hired by another company

Aim high......and not just in your steering. When you choose crap companies to work for you get treated like crap!!

 

Isnt that the truth though till you day you end your employment with them.Does'nt matter if you're in training or solo you'll still get treated like crap.

 

Learning to Drive Truck: to teach a student how to properly shift is fundamental and requires the instructor to pay close attention, by a student driving 550 miles per day translates to highway driving & not learning to properly shift. The fundamentals of shifting are learned by shear brut work by running the gears going up, stop the truck by work the gears going down, then rework the gears going up...this is a humbling repetitive maneuver. This experience your having is unfortunate.

What to do next: I've read the post by other "experienced drivers", your problem was created by a trainer whom was not formally trained to instruct students however has experience as a truck driver...here's the rub...they're trying n don't have alternatives. Look for a Mega Large Carrier...they have a greater number of trainers, you may find the same model of trainer, (experienced driver/not formally trained) but they will work the model: If, at First They Don't Succeed, feed you to more of their trainers. (myself, without a doubt I could work your problem and no issues...knowing this, there are many more trainers that have greater experience than myself. (Keep the Faith...describe the problem to the training mgr. whom can help u focus on your simple issue.)

(ur warning ticket by Officer is a nonissue)

 

There are a lot of drivers that seem to make proper shifting something magical and one day you just (get it). Nothing could be further from the truth. Most of the truck driving schools should have explained how these transmissions work. Its actually very simple. The engine puts torque on one shaft, the wheels through the driveshaft puts torque on another. The art of shifting a non synchronized transmission is simply listening to your engine knowing your road speed and syncing these shafts with the proper gear. Think of yourself as a conductor you control the engine RPMs and the transmission. Once you understand this concept your on your way to proper shifting. It takes practice and it won't come overnight. There are some that train by telling student to actually look at the tachometer, this does help a lot in the beginning. However your better off learning how to (listen) to the sound of the engine. Please understand I'm giving simplified things. Yes there are other things to learn when driving a non synchronized manual transmission. But if you learn the basics the other things will come with simply doing it. Plus once you learn these basic things you can begin to float gears and not use that clutch except for starting and stopping.

 

The truck driving school was only two weeks that was part of the problem.

 

oh, ok..yes, in some instances, schooling that short can be a hindrance to get as much training as possible.