Wondering If I Might Be A Good Millis Candidate

I've been researching companies for a while and I like what I see that is written about Millis. I'm just wondering if I would be a good candidate.

I'm 46, divorced, both my kids are now adults ... one lives with me while he attends college, but, basically, all he needs me for is a roof over his head. He's hardly ever home. I have always done clerical work! Always! For the past 25 years. I've been with my present employer for 11 years as clerical/customer service (financial services) and I'm sick of it (but that's another story). I don't make a living wage there ($10.85 hr after 11 years), employees are expendable, and I've known for some time that it's time to move on, but I always had kids to raise, I was a single mother, and jobs in this area are hard to come by. I'm at the point in my life where I know I need a change. I'm not happy with my job in any way, shape, or form. It's a battle just to get up in the morning.

Again, I have nothing holding me back. Both my kids are adults, I'm not in a relationship ... the thought of OTR doesn't bother me ... I'm alone most of the time anyway. I may as well make good use of it. And how many jobs offer you the opportunity to possibly travel to areas you might not otherwise see? Aside from my stable work history, I have no moving violations, I don't drink, and I don't use drugs. I read somewhere where one company does take a hair sample to test for drugs and that doesn't bother me. I have no criminal record. Nothing! My credit isn't good. I went through a foreclosure a few years after my divorce when the mortgage company refused to do a loan modification with me when I was working two jobs and legal aid was also attempting to help me ... they said I still didn't make enough money to keep my house even though I was working two jobs (this was a $65,000 house, btw). And this is the only fear I have about not being accepted ... my credit history ... and it's because I've not made a living wage with the job I presently have and have had for the past 11 years.

My main concern, if I were to be accepted, is just that I would make a living wage after making a total career change. In one way, I feel that I don't have much to lose ... I already know that I don't make a lot of money. But something is better than nothing. After telling a friend what I was thinking about doing, he told me that he decided not to do it after talking to another friend who drives a truck told him he would only be making $100 a week starting out because of the cost of the schooling and not having any loads, and then I would also have to eat on that. I was feeling really good about the situation until he put that fear in my head. In all honesty, I don't expect to make mega bucks when I first start, but I hope to have a living wage if I decide to do this. And I can't be without ANY income for any extended length of time because my son still depends on me to put a roof over his head while he attends college full-time. The college he attends is local and doesn't have dorms.

Another concern is that, to be blunt, I just won't learn how to drive the big truck. I'll be honest! No one has taught me to drive a standard.

Also, job satisfaction. I have worked for employers previously who treated me well. I didn't make a lot of money, but I was treated well. At this point in my life, that's very important to me. I would much rather work for an employer who treats me well and take a little less in pay if that's what it takes. From reading the forum, I get the impression that Millis treats its employees well. Like I said, I don't have to make mega bucks, but I would like to make a living wage and be treated well. If I decide to do this, I'll be doing it for at least the next 20 years. I'm not a quitter. Even after 25 years of low-wage clerical positions, I'm still in that field.

As I said previously, I'm mainly concerned about my credit history and being able to making a living wage after I've received my CDL and I'm still in training. I've given it some thought and I could schedule two weeks vacation during the first two weeks of my training so that if I fail or I'm just not making it, I still have a prison ... I mean job ... to fall back on. Seriously! I'm in one small room seven hours a day. It IS a prison! But I honestly can't be without a source of income because I have no one to fall back on. And there's always that possibility that I won't be able to learn how to drive the truck. It is pretty big! I have to be honest. But I would at least like to have the opportunity to try.

I'm hoping that someone can give me some insight. As I said, from what I've read, this does seem like a good company to work for.

 

That was one of my main concerns. Thank you for answering.

 

Just looking back on my post and seeing that I've repeated myself several times.