Training Them Team

Don't like the training love trucking though! If I don't like it with a trainer so how can I team for 240,000 miles more. Didn't sound bad at first but teaming is like a marriage its got to be with someone you know well already! If after training I move on from Celadon will it hurt my career? How much is the quality payments ? Any help would be nice.

I was looking to go to Celadon next week. I am little sceptical about the team deal too. Thinking of going to Stevens Transport next week instead but not sure where to go.

I was looking to go to Celadon next week. I am little sceptical about the team deal too. Thinking of going to Stevens Transport next week instead but not sure where to go.

Stevens teams when you leave your training truck too. I call it "The Blind Leading the Blind!"

That's 240 thousand miles not 340 typo sorry. I now do feel I made a bad choice but not ready to rock the boat either.

It won't hurt your career from departing to a better Carrier once you get your CDL. I did it and it worked out great for me, I went on right after getting my CDL and started with Knight and they knew exactly what I was doing the whole time. Knight did, is what I mean.

Right now, I try to be positive, but later I might start moaning. It of course depends on what kind of partner if have. I hope I will get a partner that does want to run hard. Nevertheless, I am going to stay at least one year with Celadon.

I can tell you right now you don't have 1% of the determination it's going to take to get through your first year. If you're wishy washy about your decision right off the bat and you're thinking of changing companies before you even completed your training then you might as well start packing now.

But what you're going to find is problems everywhere you go. Every company has its pluses and minuses. You might wind up with a miserable dispatcher for a while. You might wind up in an older, crappier truck. You might run the Northeast more than you had hoped to or the miles might not be what you had hoped. Everyplace has problems.

It won't hurt your career if you jump ship right after training, assuming you land another job somewhere and things go well. But it's awful risky. For instance, say you jump ship right after training. That looks really bad. Then say you go to a new company and three weeks into it you get in a pretty good fender bender and the company fires you (which is fairly common unfortunately). Boy is it gonna be fun looking for a job after that:

So Mr. Unlucky....from your short time in the trucking world would you say your best quality is your inability to make a decision and stick with it, the lack of loyalty toward your previous employers, your poor safety record, or your utter lack of experience?

That would be a fun job search at that point. I mean....who would hire you? In a matter of only a month or two you managed to walk out on a contract and get in a fender bender - and that's how you started your career? Not too promising in the eyes of employers I would say.

You should at least stick it out for a while - maybe three to six months - and get some experience. If you still want out then call around and see if you can land something elsewhere. If you leave right away it's a mark against you. If you screw up after that you'll have two marks against you right off the bat and a lot of companies aren't going to touch you until you prove yourself somewhere else.

People don't realize how tenuous a trucking career is in the beginning. If you come into trucking and screw up a couple of times early you might find yourself on the outside looking in or at the bottom trying to scrape up any crappy job you can find to get experience and work your way back into the good graces of the industry. Even 6 months of safe OTR experience can make a world of difference when you're looking for a job and you'll see why once you look back on your first 6 months.

Love Trucking ! Trainer I can handle! a year forced team contract ok thought not bad for free training. Recruited Sucker!!! I only wish I found your sight B4 I joined up for this, I would do it different now. There are more solo options after training had I looked into it better . But OK try it longer, jump & take that chance as it comes.