Onboarding With J.B. Hunt Amazon: Hair And Urine Tests Tomorrow! 1/7/19 Start Date

Marc I read a couple of your replies about CPM vs mileage. Think about why JBH is offering you 54cpm as a rookie. It’s because you will be hard pressed to run 1800-2000 miles per week. Dedicated accounts can be very demanding, with aggressive SLAs in place that will challenge you to the core.

Amazon is in a very time-sensitive business, I think you know this. Since you are at the root of their supply chain you will be pushed many times beyond your rookie ability to perform satisfactorily.

Learning the ropes of this account; the routes (primary & secondary), the process and the most efficient ingress, docking and egress at each DC is critical to success. Managing your on-duty clocks will become a primary focus necessary to maximize your performance.

I strongly suggest to approach your training on this account with an attitude of humility and coachability beyond what was applied during school. Please don’t be insulted by this, but you know virtually nothing and only have an inkling if what to expect running this account. Be the “sponge” during your training, absorbing it all, making keen observations, taking notes when applicable and on-you to adjust to the style of your trainer.

Good luck!

Ah yes, I did see this.

I am curious to see exactly what this job entails. I originally assumed it was a linehaul type situation, but with only 2,000 miles per week, and stop pay, that doesn't seem likely.

Marc I read a couple of your replies about CPM vs mileage. Think about why JBH is offering you 54cpm as a rookie. It’s because you will be hard pressed to run 1800-2000 miles per week. Dedicated accounts can be very demanding, with aggressive SLAs in place that will challenge you to the core.

Amazon is in a very time-sensitive business, I think you know this. Since you are at the root of their supply chain you will be pushed many times beyond your rookie ability to perform satisfactorily.

Learning the ropes of this account; the routes (primary & secondary), the process and the most efficient ingress, docking and egress at each DC is critical to success. Managing your on-duty clocks will become a primary focus necessary to maximize your performance.

I strongly suggest to approach your training on this account with an attitude of humility and coachability beyond what was applied during school. Please don’t be insulted by this, but you know virtually nothing and only have an inkling if what to expect running this account. Be the “sponge” during your training, absorbing it all, making keen observations, taking notes when applicable and on-you to adjust to the style of your trainer.

Good luck!

Ah yes, I did see this.

I am curious to see exactly what this job entails. I originally assumed it was a linehaul type situation, but with only 2,000 miles per week, and stop pay, that doesn't seem likely.

The low mileage is an indication of where he is driving (cities, urban), the type of driving (local perhaps) and multiple stops each day. If I recall it’s out and back at least once.

Once he is in training and begins to understand the lay-of-the-land, I hope he can tell us exactly what the job entails.

This sounds more like a shuttle type situation, where it will be going from Amazon A to B to C and probably D and E every day as well. We have a Amazon warehouse right across the street from our terminal and there are a lot of JB Hunt trucks coming and going.

I just hope he doesnt get stuck doing intermodal , which was a possibility if I remember from a few weeks ago. Most of those Chicago intermodal yards are brutal.

I just hope he doesnt get stuck doing intermodal , which was a possibility if I remember from a few weeks ago. Most of those Chicago intermodal yards are brutal.

I did Chicago intermodal in training and the local.drops yards do indeed suck!!!! We went as far out as Anderson In, KY, MO, IL WI.... so that is 5 of his 7 state regional right there. So youz guyz (in my jersey accent) are probably right.

The worst yard I went to I had to back down the street FOUR whole.blocks at night cause there was no turn around. And there were so working street lamps.

Good luck