Company Sponsored Training Hiring Private School Students?

Any school you attend,will have nearly every trucking company at the school,telling you how great their company is. When you get out on the road,talk to other drivers. All big mega carriers,only care about share holders and profit,your strickly going to be a number. Get your license wherever you can,get a few years experience,then find a small family run busuness,where you can talk to the owner directly. Youll never be appreciated at a mega truck company.

Any school you attend,will have nearly every trucking company at the school,telling you how great their company is. When you get out on the road,talk to other drivers. All big mega carriers,only care about share holders and profit,your strickly going to be a number. Get your license wherever you can,get a few years experience,then find a small family run busuness,where you can talk to the owner directly. Youll never be appreciated at a mega truck company.

Yeesh....that's not very encouraging...lol

Youll never be appreciated at a mega truck company.

You'll probably have better equipment, better benefits, steadier freight, options to go to other divisions, and maybe even better pay at a mega truck company, though, so you have to decide how much you need to be appreciated by anyone other than your dispatcher.

Youll never be appreciated at a mega truck company.

You'll probably have better equipment, better benefits, steadier freight, options to go to other divisions, and maybe even better pay at a mega truck company, though, so you have to decide how much you need to be appreciated by anyone other than your dispatcher.

I'm in it for all these reasons. ;)

The big companies,never have enough people,to accomplish,their work load. They hire kids out of school,give them a title..manager..and let them learn..they rarely realize every minute,is important,to the driver..they go home after 8 hours and pass the buck to another student for the night..probably studying for his batchelors degree,while answering your calls. Endless revolving door of people,hungry to be over worked. Large corps are notorious for waste,and getting simething accimplished at a mega..is impossible. Ive had 2 palets of cookies on my truck for 10 days..missed appt 1 was not my fault,picked up load in boston monday,drive to seattle by friday evening..sit all weekend,try to deliver am..we have no appt..come back wednesday? See what I mean?

I was with Knight, large carrier. I was out of a good terminal , built a solid reputation and everyone there knew who I was because of hard work. Was it a good company? Yep, no real complaints. I had a few issues, one of which never got resolved but it was a corporate issue and since I switched companies, is no longer an issue. I lucked into the company I'm with now, smaller and better money without the corporate crap and owned by a driver who still drives and lives by the theory that he will always know every driver and his goal is to make sure they're well taken care of. So far so good.

There is plenty of money to be made in the freight business,both for the driver and company. Your job,if you chose to accept it,will be to find a company,willing to pay you an honest rate of pay,without cheating you. Easier said than done.

Read Brett's book here https://www.truckingtruth.com/book/page24 Read this through page 28. It talks about big companies vs small companies. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. I worked as a manager for a small company (non-driving) and I have worked for a mega cooperation (non-driving). There is definitely advantages and disadvantages to both.

Schneider offered to send me to a private school and would hire me out of it. I know of at least 5 other trucking companies (mega) who hires out of that private school as I have talked with several companies. As long as they have the proper certifications necessary a company will hire you.

"Greatest Driver" etc. doesn't like big trucking companies any more:

The big companies, never have enough people,to accomplish, their work load. They hire kids out of school, give them a title..manager.. and let them learn..they rarely realize every minute, is important,to the driver..they go home after 8 hours and pass the buck to another student for the night..probably studying for his batchelors degree, while answering your calls.

That last load must have really been something for you to get such an attitude that you have now. You seem to be down on big companies, but how do you think they got so big? They did that yes, with good sales and keeping a professional staff, but also taking care of their drivers because their drivers is how they make money in the first place.