Comments By Rookie Doyenne

Discouraged? Bah humbug. I left my walmart job of 11 years in May 2008. Went to Prime and went home without testing. Thought life was over. Went to Roehl in October of 2008. Passed test but couldn’t do the practical driving. Thought life was over again. Finally came to swift where i have a year under my belt. You’ll be ok

Hey, Just Mitch, congrats for achieving that first year!Third time's a charm?! What great encouragement to share! Best rolling forward!

Godspeed, Will P.!

Hi Rachel! Welcome to Trucking Truth.

Your post will likely get quicker and more responses from Prime drivers and others if you move it over to the general discussions forum; this forum is for training diaries.

Expect a fair vetting of your issues; Prime is a well-regarded employer.

Mike B. - from what I've read on here, needing to re-do basic training after even much less time than 5 years away is more the rule than the exception.

There's companies that will pay at least part way, possibly all through the training process (many to check out on this site).

I recall that you wrote you were excited about the job and had a positive start to orientation. It's a great career, more than ever.

with your next steps!

Keith, this is a trucking forum and not necessarily where I best employ my teacher or mom hats. But know that your comment above, about not thinking you have much to say here, gave me pause when I read it.

I'm so glad that others jumped right on that with collegial support. I looked over your comment history to refresh my impressions before I wrote anything myself.

What I expected to rediscover is all there - breaking down a little the wisdom gleaned in trials across two successful years, not a small accomplishment: shared facts, information, anecdotals, reflections, some light comeraderie ..... what else is there in any recipe for effective collegial sharing?

This forum is for newcomers. I can only speak for myself but in complete agreement with Rob D., I'm picking up much from your posts in building my background knowledge and fitting together the many, many discrete pieces comprising this industry to learn about.

Synergy is a sum that's greater than the parts! Keep writing!

and stay safe and well out there.

Congratulations on that maiden safe year, Grumpy!

I celebrated with a 16 hour day yesterday. Was the 12th truck in line at 1500 for a load of toilet paper. Finally got a door at 1100 with 27 trucks behind me......

It's an amazing time to take the usual stock in acknowledging a milestone. Be safe and well out there as the next year rolls underway.

What kind of course is Wiley offering, Mike B.? Sounds positive, hope it works for you.

"Silver", like your crowning glory? ;-)

Now, that's just sterling news!

...I got my 250k mile stuff from Knight yesterday....... January was my two year mark back and driving A-class and now officially the longest I've ever worked for one single employer.

Hats off, Keith! Keep it going strong!

So, how's it going out there, Laura?