Any First Year Schneider Drivers Out There?

I have an offer and they promise to be home every 2 weeks. The more people I speak to say they are absolutely lying. Sure slightly more than 2 weeks is fine but out a month? No way... So I thought I'd see if anyone is in their first year to with them to gain a truthful picture of what to expect.

Everyone drive safe... and Thank You...

Hey Greg, what possible incentive do they have to lie to their employees or prospective employees. Give a shot at answering that and see if it makes any sense to you.

By the way, you have got to handle your end of this bargain. If you can't be productive out here they may need you to stay out and prove you're worth the trouble of routing home every other weekend. They can do it and will do it, but the privileges in this career come with the responsibilities involved. That's what very few new drivers understand. Personally I love being on the road for a month at a time. It gives me some momentum in my pay and my experiences.

Get in there and prove yourself and you might be able to get on something that gets you home every weekend. Have you considered flatbed work? A lot of them are getting drivers home every weekend. It's regional work, but it's definitely something a lot of folks appreciate. Look into Maverick, TMC, and McElroy.

Hey Greg. Schneider has a ton of different divisions and different types of freight. They have drivers that get home every night, some that only get home every few weeks, and everything in between. There are no regular OTR companies that I've ever heard of that require a driver to stay out more than 3 - 4 weeks at a time.

Unfortunately, there are a million truck drivers out there who will flat out lie about their circumstances. It's why we named this site Trucking Truth. The amount of garbage you'll read is mortifying. So I wouldn't go by what you've heard randomly online. It's rarely credible.

Have you been able to speak with any drivers that are currently on the account you're looking into?

A month ago you said:

My objective was to seek advice on companies that may look past my past, understand this is a new career and my job-hopping won't scare them away.

There are no companies that will look past your past. Your past is the only thing they have to go on. Job-hopping is a very common problem in trucking so there's obviously going to be companies that hesitate because of that. The fact that you went to a private school to get your CDL will make companies wonder if you did that to avoid the commitment of a contract in the first place so you could change jobs at will that first year. I'm not saying you did that, but they'll wonder.

Another big thing is this:

Attained my cdl (haz/tank) in late Feb, but haven't looked too hard for a job cause I thought I was moving. Now its late April. Does potential employers see that as a negative?

Well now it's late July. If you haven't been driving all this time then your training is considered "stale" and most companies will want you to go through training again.

Do you actually want to get a job as a truck driver? Because you've been finding excuses to avoid committing to it for five months now. Companies are going to look at all of these factors like job-hopping, private school, 5 months without getting a truck driving job after getting your CDL, and just say, "I don't know what's up with this dude, but something's not right. Too risky."

Good God commit to something and go for it. Trucking takes a high level of commitment. You've got me wondering what the deal is with you at this point.

Unfortunately we won't be hearing from Greg anymore. It seems he thinks you guys are a bunch of "morons" Well he put it a little more harshly than that, but he decided he doesn't need our advice, because as he put it "any f*****g moron can be a truck driver."

I'm not sure why he asked us for advice in the first place. Oh yeah, it has something to do with the fact that he isn't a truck driver yet! Good luck Greg, you obviously are gonna need it.

-Old School, one of those "losers" you aspire to be like.

Wow. What an overreaction, eh?

Obviously, I must have touched a nerve when I pointed out that he graduated from school 5 months ago but keeps finding excuses to avoid getting a job. It's kind of a dead giveaway when you bring up a seemingly benign issue and the person suddenly erupts like a volcano.

I picture Greg screaming and waving his arms and running around the studio like a wild man while Dr. Phil rests his chin on his fingers thoughtfully and says, "hmmmmm......So Greg, do you feel like maybe this is an issue for you?"

Just because Greg cast doubt on Schneider's honesty, I want to say that what Greg heard, or claims to have heard is total B.S. My own experience combined with the other 3 Schneider drivers I've kept in contact with ALL get home when they are supposed to get home. Schneider is VERY CONSCIENTIOUS about getting their drivers home on the scheduled and agreed on time. Schneider is a really good company, just like many other mega-carriers out there. They want to keep their productive, safe drivers, so they don't lie to them.

What I see here (and don't see apparently due to vulgar language) is a classic example of why I like this forum. The unabashed, straight to the point advice that makes sense. I feel he was told exactly what would help his career the most. Too bad he couldn't look past his emotions to see the point.