Officially In The Drivers Seat

Congratulations on the upgrade Chef!!!

If you don't mind checking a thread in the diary section titled Schneider Recruiter Visit... posted by Ed P. He asked a Schneider question I could not answer. Hopefully you can assist him.

Thanks! Good luck with your new pumpkin.

I just checked out that thread and i never even heard of that, maybe other OC offer that. I had my CDL going into it and unemployment paid for that so i didnt get reimbersed for anything and I also didnt have to sign a contract like that.

That is what i thought about their stance on night driving as well, but some of the dedicated runs require a 7 am delivery time and the loads from the distrubution center werent usually ready until 3 am sometimes. So you have to drive at night. And as far as the bluetooth/headset use goes, it is a very stict no cell phine use, hands free device or not that they have in place while driving. You can use them while you are parked at in a safe place. People have lost their jobs over that and some recently while pulling into the OC while on them. We even had to turn our phones off during the day while we were on duty while we were in class.

As a new driver, that's going to be for the best anyway. Talking on the phone, even hands-free, can still be a distraction, and from what I've learned Schneider is real big on safety. Although that can probably be said about most companies! Do they follow the road training up with additional testing, or after the training has been completed, it's five more days in the classroom, and wait for your assigned truck?

Yeah you do one week with the TE and once you get back you have 4 -5 days of classes again as well as a final evaluation. A lot of computer stuff to do, qualcomm and trip planning, eta's, etc.

Congrats bud! I just finished my first week at orientation and will be heading out with my te on mon!

Thats awesome congrats, I just left Carlilse OC with my truck today. Which OC did you go to?

Thanks for all the congrats and today was very nerve racking being alone for the first time and now everything is on me. I couldnt even back into a spot today thats how bad it was, lol. I just need to get all the bad stuff and mistakes out of the way and i will hopefully be good, lol

I'm at carlisle as well, we probably bumped into each other there, :)

Congrats bud! I just finished my first week at orientation and will be heading out with my te on mon!

Thats awesome congrats, I just left Carlilse OC with my truck today. Which OC did you go to?

Congratulations! I've been with Schneider myself going on seven months months now and I couldn't be happier. When I look back on my first couple of weeks on my own now, it seemed that whatever could go wrong did go wrong. I was missing exits, making wrong turns , it took forever to find a spot to drop a trailer. I remember talking to my DBL that first week and I thought I was about to be fired and he says to me " Dave, your doing great keep up the good work". Whatever happens don't get discouraged, after a while, things will start to place.

Congratulations! I've been with Schneider myself going on seven months months now and I couldn't be happier. When I look back on my first couple of weeks on my own now, it seemed that whatever could go wrong did go wrong. I was missing exits, making wrong turns , it took forever to find a spot to drop a trailer. I remember talking to my DBL that first week and I thought I was about to be fired and he says to me " Dave, your doing great keep up the good work". Whatever happens don't get discouraged, after a while, things will start to place.

Haha you just summed up my day today, lol. A couple other Schneider drivers did help me out today, so that was surprising. They just said hey i was there at one point too. I want to be that guy saying that to a rookie driver someday too.

Where are you headed for your week for your TE? And do you know who it is yet?

I'm at carlisle as well, we probably bumped into each other there, :)

Congrats bud! I just finished my first week at orientation and will be heading out with my te on mon!

Thats awesome congrats, I just left Carlilse OC with my truck today. Which OC did you go to?

I'm meeting my te mon at the tunkannuk yard at noon. His name is Mark Nett I believe. He has over a million miles. Talked to him last night and seems like a nice guy. I'm pumped!

What are you running? otr , regional , dedicated ?

I'm going otr. I wanna do that for a year and see where I stand after that. Thats the plan anyway. :)

Where are you headed for your week for your TE? And do you know who it is yet?

I'm at carlisle as well, we probably bumped into each other there, :)

Congrats bud! I just finished my first week at orientation and will be heading out with my te on mon!

Thats awesome congrats, I just left Carlilse OC with my truck today. Which OC did you go to?

Ah nice, one of my classmates i believe had him as well, if not him it was someone who parks at the same location. You will be good though, just ask questions and listen to what they say.

As for what I am doing, i took the otr route as well to see how it goes and to get experience, but i must say after running a dedicated route that my TE had, i wouldnt mind doing that at all, lol.

I'm meeting my te mon at the tunkannuk yard at noon. His name is Mark Nett I believe. He has over a million miles. Talked to him last night and seems like a nice guy. I'm pumped!

What are you running? otr, regional , dedicated ?

I'm going otr. I wanna do that for a year and see where I stand after that. Thats the plan anyway. :)

Where are you headed for your week for your TE? And do you know who it is yet?

I'm at carlisle as well, we probably bumped into each other there, :)

Congrats bud! I just finished my first week at orientation and will be heading out with my te on mon!

Thats awesome congrats, I just left Carlilse OC with my truck today. Which OC did you go to?

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