You wish you had it this good :) Watkins & Shepard

Hey Dan I just took my D.O.T. physical and the other test for W/S and faxed off the results to Roxie. I am waiting on a phone call from them, I am guessing it will be a phone interview and to schedule my school date which I believe will start 3/24. Have you heard that the school has a waiting list?
Thanks for all your post on W/S it has helped me in my research for a good company to go with.

 

How bad of an accident did they get into in order to get fired?

 

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Could you be more specific about what the lie is. I wish I understood your explaination. I think your on to something. Maybe word it differently then I would understand the lie.Thanks!

 

Sure. The lie goes something like this:

Some trucking companies recruit green drivers from mills, and they get a grant from the government with each newbie grad they take on. How much this grant is, we don't quite know. I myself have heard from folks here (such as TurboTrucker) that this grant is several thousand bones for each graduate. This means it is in the companies' interest to kick down their vets and hire fresh grads. To keep the training racket sugar-titty flowing, companies simply whine like little piglets about a phantom driver shortage to the government sow. Of course, treating drivers like garbage so they'll quit helps the turnover cause, too. For the golden capstone, when an abused veteran driver quits, he doesn't have to be paid unemployment by his outfit.

 

ain't that the truth

is this the accident involving one of the new cascadias? if so, i was helena a couple of weeks ago and noticed it sitting there in the yard. didn't even get 50,000 miles out of a brand new truck.

as far as what you have to do to get fired at watkins & shepard, if you do your best to move the company's freight safely and on-time, you won't have to worry much. they're pretty forgiving of honest mistakes, especially in a newer driver.

that being said, there are some hard and fast rules:

1) DON'T piss off a customer. you're supposed to be a professional; act like it.
2) absolutely NO ALCOHOL on company property (especially the trucks, and don't show up with booze on your breath either).
3) NO recreational drugs.
4) don't abuse company equipment.
5) don't get in the habit of running into stuff either.

hope this helps...

 

Hey Danc, some great posts, tons of good information. I start my 10 day on July 9th with W/S and my experiences with them thus far have been great! From the recruiter Roxy to "Vern" my trainer they actually treated me like a person and tell me the truth confirmed by what you and others have said in your posts. I do have two questions though which if you could explain would help me alot. I expect as a new OTR driver to be out 2-3 weeks at a time which is fine with me. Now...what is a 34 hour reset and when does this happen? How many hours per day and per week are we allowed to run? From what I've heard we can run 14hrs per day and 70 per week max? I'm just wondering how that all falls into place. Thanks Danc and I'm excited about joining W/S! Run safe.