Profile For 49er 4.

I've looked into Schnieder they are not doing the, jet set, in Alaska right now. They're only hiring veterans. It is not my goal to get a job in Alaska. I only came back because of the promised rate of pay that never happened. (It would have helped me financially in a big way.)

I would really like to know of any companies that stay mostly in the south part of the US.

I can easily handle snow and ice in my personal vehicle. I've no doubt that I can learn to handle it in a truck. However, I'm tired of snow and ice and want to be in a warmer climate.

If your end goal is to get a driving job in Alaska you're going to need to get comfortable driving in snow/ice. What better time than with a trainer. You could use this link to Apply For Truck Driving Jobs. Also of interest may be Schneider. They have something they call "Jet Set". They will pay your airfare to and from your home (maybe even Alaska!) And send you to an area they need you. I believe they have you run 3 weeks then send you home for a week but I may be wrong.

Hello Ladies, I got my CDL A, at the end of July this year. 2020. (I've had a CDL B since July 2019) I live in Alaska and was not able to find a company willing to hire me and train me locally. (I hear other beginners have had a difficult time as well.) So I decided to try and get a job in a different State. I bombed with that as well in the beginning because nobody, hires out of Alaska. That's what they tell me. Uhg!

So, I then got an online real life street mailing address in another State. Finally somebody would talk to me! I explained my situation and that I would fly down on my own dime, for orientation etc. This particular company hired me and set me up with a trainer. Three weeks into my training I received a call from somebody in Alaska about a job. Not just a job, but a driving job that would pay $1450 per trip. The trips would be. Anchorage, Alaska to Seattle and back and I was to be team driving with another woman that I was acquainted with. I was extremly excited and wanted to do this. It was perfect for me.

I explained to my trainer what was going on. So he then took it upon himself to text my driver manager (while I was sleeping) and tell him that I had a family emergency and had to fly back to Alaska right away.

It really ticked me off, that he stuck his nose into my personal business because I had planned on telling my driver manager, face to face, the TRUTH. (We were actually in our terminal city that day) I had no intentions on lying to the driver manager.

However I made the wrong decision to just flow with it because I didn't want to have a bad situation with the trainer and I didn't want to get him into trouble either.

Fast forward to the new job....... it was a farce. This company promised the moon but once I was on location then they tell me that the contract (with the shipper) had not been completed yet but if I need to work and to earn a paycheck that I can drive one of their box trucks etc. I now have a 3 to 4 hour commute from my home, depending on weather, and im working 10 to 12 hours a day getting paid pennies comparitively. This other driving job is not going to come through. I found out that I am one of many who were hired and then set up to drive a box truck.

I want to go back to the lower 48 and go back to work driving and commit one full year of driving for one company before even thinking of changing anything else.

My problem is that the original company doesn't know the truth and my recruiter has been extremely difficult to work with. They told me if I was back in a truck by December 2nd they could just continue the training and let me finish. The problem is, is that the recruiter will not call me back in a timely manner and now because of this it looks like I will have to start all over again from scratch with this company. Then to top it off my new possible trainer tells me today that maybe I should wait until Spring to start driving because of the snow and icey roads. Uhg!

I still have bills to pay!

I've decided I want to scratch the original company. Because of my first trainer (there's more I didn't go into) and the recruiter behaviour I'm just disgusted and done. I've been trying to make arrangements to get back there since A week before Thanksgiving, but the recruiter waited an entire week to call me back. Phone goes to voice mail and she doesn't respond to text messages.

Since I was told I should wait until Spring because of road conditions and because I really do love warm weather; are there any reputable larger companies that train beginners but stay in the southern part of the US?

Do you think my track record so far is going to hurt my chances on a new company?

It's been very hard to get started in this business and I'm not ready to give up but I am getting pretty discouraged.

Any advise would be appreciated. But please don't chew me out for not getting things straight with the driver manager right away. I know I screwed up.