They still talk about my Epic Fail at Truck Driver School.
Sounds like an opportunity..
Any Freepers want to get together and start a trucking business?
Sattelite radio and Patriot Channel are nearly as good as Freeping all day!
Maybe the reason nobody is applying for trucking jobs is because of this:
http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/10/news/economy/oil_workers/index.htm?iid=EL
In general, truck drivers are very conservative and are reacting to the Obama economy by not driving trucks as the industry has been destroyed by Obama and there are not goods needing to be shipped in a bad Obama economy.
If they would raise the pay, they would fill the positions.
It’s just supply and demand.
Crab fishing is a much worse job, but they fill the positions because crab fishermen get paid a lot.
You have to be able to pass a drug test to get your CDL, and an exploding proportion of our population has no shot in hell there.
another thank you to unions and their obsolescence
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—LOWELL GEORGE
They still talk about my Epic Fail at Truck Driver School.
Like many other companies that complain of unfilled jobs, I never read about them offering job training programs at company expense. I heard this guy just a few days ago - I have all these jobs for engineers, math trained people, Technical people - no one is qualified so we need to import more foreigners ... REALLY NOW ... Then where is the job training program ? Where? Are you telling me that there are not many Americans who have the ability to be trained ... if he is saying that - HE IS LYING...
The same problem exists with other companies. When Lowe’s opened a store here, they had a hard time finding anyone that could pass a drug test.
The military has lots of big-rig drivers.
There is also the prospect of being WATCH every 3 feet you move your truck - or don’t move it ... by GPS systems ... There is good and bad in GPS usage - but it is not an appealing aspect of trucking jobs...
There are a million ways the government can prohibit you from getting a drivers license. From DUI to child support issues.
I remember talking to an owner of a trucking company, who said he implored his employees to not drive when they were NOT working. Always let your wife drive while not on duty. All you have to do is have a cop accuse you of being high on pot, after blowing 0 in the breathalyzer, and there goes your job.
I don’t envy long-haul truckers one bit. I think that’s a tough job. Oh sure, there are super-ultra comfortable cabs you might see in ads and they certainly exist. I think those would lull me to sleep. Your average trucker has what I would consider a fairly crappy life. That doesn’t mean someone else might like it and do well with it. I think it’s a lot of responsibility and accountability to rules and regs for entirely average pay.
This is from CNN.
Come on you all fall for that. I don’t. CNN just pimping for Obama.
This is from CNN.
Come on you all fall for that. I don’t. CNN just pimping for Obama.
There are no jobs out there only scam ads. People are desperate.
The DOT has made it as difficult as possible to become/remain a truck driver. They now count warnings as traffic tickets.
Everything Obama bureaucrats do is intended to overwhelm the system.
I have seriously considered doing this. I’m single with no dependents. Two problems: 1.) If I do it, I’ll probably be nuking my college degree, although I’ve long questioned the value of it to begin with(story too long for here). 2.) The long time, nearly 8 weeks for training, makes it very difficult for me to do while I am still employeed. How do you do get in the training so you can give a current employer 2 weeks notice? It’s as if you have to already be unemployeed to have the time for the training.