Finishing First Year With Same Company
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I worked for PTL for six months, then was offered a non-trucking job overseas for 11 months. Seemed like a one time chance so I took it and had a blast. I am now coming back to trucking and PTL agrees to rehire me. But I wonder if I can do better than PTL with six months experience. Do you guys think I should go back and finish my year before changing companies? Does it matter at all? Thanks for your input.
You most likely will have to do a refresher course and that year is going to start over... I'd check this link Company-Sponsored Training cuz a lot of those companies offer refresher courses and see what they all say....
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Company-sponsored Training:
A Company-Sponsored Training Program is a school that is owned and operated by a trucking company.
The schooling often requires little or no money up front. Instead of paying up-front tuition you will sign an agreement to work for the company for a specified amount of time after graduation, usually around a year, at a slightly lower rate of pay in order to pay for the training.
If you choose to quit working for the company before your year is up, they will normally require you to pay back a prorated amount of money for the schooling. The amount you pay back will be comparable to what you would have paid if you went to an independently owned school.
Company-sponsored training can be an excellent way to get your career underway if you can't afford the tuition up front for private schooling.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.
Personally id go back to ptl, itll look better to hiring managers later on that you went back after leaving, but the decision is ultimately yours
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I worked for PTL for six months, then was offered a non-trucking job overseas for 11 months. Seemed like a one time chance so I took it and had a blast. I am now coming back to trucking and PTL agrees to rehire me. But I wonder if I can do better than PTL with six months experience. Do you guys think I should go back and finish my year before changing companies? Does it matter at all? Thanks for your input.