Let Go On Last Day Of A 30 Day Training Program

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Rock's Comment
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I was let go on the day I was suppose to graduate from my first trucking company because on my final driving test my tester failed me. I put in a hard 30 days and 2 weeks of OTR for basically low wages. My OTR trainer told me I was one of the better driving students he has had in a long while and would be a reference for me. On my final driving test the testers have no clue how good of a driver I was. I made a few minor mistakes which they amplified to unreasonable proportions as if they had something to prove for themselves. I had Just a few minor hiccups during the official road tests. So here I am two days later applying to other truck companies. I honestly feel I was let go for the wrong reason. I drove 2800 miles for this company during the month with no incidents plus another 1000 in CDL-A school before that. I was suppose to have my truck next week pulling in around $900 week (counting bonuses) on a sweet dedicated route. Doubt I will land anything like that again with no experience and a mark on my record. So what do I do now?

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.

Dedicated Route:

A driver or carrier who transports cargo between regular, prescribed routes. Normally it means a driver will be dedicated to working for one particular customer like Walmart or Home Depot and they will only haul freight for that customer. You'll often hear drivers say something like, "I'm on the Walmart dedicated account."

OTR:

Over The Road

OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.

Jan P.'s Comment
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Pick yourself up and keep going start applying like crazy all over, you got some more experience and it should make things easier the next time.

Don't give up.

Anchorman's Comment
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I made a few minor mistakes which they amplified to unreasonable proportions as if they had something to prove for themselves. I had Just a few minor hiccups during the official road tests.

Can you elaborate on these "few minor mistakes" and "hiccups"?

Parrothead66's Comment
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Run a stop sign? Tailgating? Curb a tire? No turn signal on lane changes? Poor trailer awareness? Just minor stuff...

Old School's Comment
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Rock, there are some very peculiar statements in your post, I hope you will jump back in here and clarify them for us.

So many of the times when a person comes in here with their first post being a criticism of how they've been treated as they were trying to get started in this business we are a little suspicious. Look, I am genuinely sorry that things didn't work out for you, but when you go out of your way to blame everything on the testers and make these silly statements like this:

On my final driving test the testers have no clue how good of a driver I was.

Seriously? That is why they are testing you. A test is a test - it is your time to shine and show the tester just how good you are. The only thing they have to go by is your performance. They can't go by what your trainer says about you. If that was all they had to do then there would be no need to road test you... "Okay, his trainer says he's good, and he obviously thinks he's good enough, let's just give him the keys to a new rig and put him out there on the interstate."

I've got to tell you that your entire post is puzzling to me, I do wish you would elaborate for us. Statements like this one make me wonder if you were even really out here in a training program.

I drove 2800 miles for this company during the month with no incidents

You put that out there as if it were an accomplishment. confused.gif

I'd like to take you seriously, and I'm sure that I could give you some advice since I myself got rejected and sent home on the bus from three different orientations before I got my trucking career underway, but you are going to have to jump back in here and explain some of what you have previously stated.

Interstate:

Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the Federal Department Of Transportation (DOT).

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