Truck Driving Jobs

unemployeddriver · #1 02-22-2008, 10:38 PM

In July of 2007 I took CDL training at TCE in Minnesota....4 weeks later I recieved My Class A...Went off to Werner for about 1 week and 1/2...
I drove with my trainer for a week. drove 3000 miles too. I decided to depart with him because he had home time. He was a good trainer in all, but I didin't want to be stuck in a motel for 5 days doing nothing when I could hook up with another trainer and try to finish training faster. So he dropped me off at a werner terminal...The next monrning I was sent to the Administration office and was disqualified..They let me go because of a misdamenor for a small amount of marijauna back in 2003..(been clean ever since). :cry: :x 2 days after I'm home. I go and talk to the recruiters at school and all they do is give my the cold shoulder..Not even knowing what to say but, fill out another app.
I'm not putiing all the blame on them because of what I did in the past..
As a highly respected school i thought they should have informed me about my misdimenor..And saved me all that time and money in the first place.....

you guys think I can still make a career out of driving???????

Rev.Vassago · #2 02-22-2008, 10:55 PM

Most schools won't bother to tell you things like that.

As far as finding another driving job - it's possible, but difficult. You can pretty much kiss every one of the major carriers goodbye. With that conviction on your record, you can't enter Canada. Most of the major carriers want you to be able to.

Look into small companies and regional carriers.

unemployeddriver · #3 02-23-2008, 06:47 AM

but the charge was only a misdimenor.....

Cluggy619 · #4 02-23-2008, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by unemployeddriver

In July of 2007 I took CDL training at TCE in Minnesota....4 weeks later I recieved My Class A...Went off to Werner for about 1 week and 1/2...
I drove with my trainer for a week. drove 3000 miles too. I decided to depart with him because he had home time. He was a good trainer in all, but I didin't want to be stuck in a motel for 5 days doing nothing when I could hook up with another trainer and try to finish training faster. So he dropped me off at a werner terminal...The next monrning I was sent to the Administration office and was disqualified..They let me go because of a misdamenor for a small amount of marijauna back in 2003..(been clean ever since). :cry: :x 2 days after I'm home. I go and talk to the recruiters at school and all they do is give my the cold shoulder..Not even knowing what to say but, fill out another app.
I'm not putiing all the blame on them because of what I did in the past..
As a highly respected school i thought they should have informed me about my misdimenor..And saved me all that time and money in the first place.....

you guys think I can still make a career out of driving???????

Let me get this right. You went to a CDL school, and got your license.

You got with Werner, work with them for a week, and was let go because YOU HAD A MISDEMEANER FOR JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA.

And because your school, who did their part in getting you your CDL, didn't tell you that being a pot head might not look favorable to future employers, you blame them?

Your the pothead, and it's their fault? And in case you didn't figure it out, companies don't like to find out about "small amounts of marijuana" after you got hired. So my guess is that you never told them about it, did you?

Because from where I'm standing, you school did what you paid them to do. And that was to get you a CDL.

But here is some good news for you. There are many companies who won't care about your "pot dazes" of your past. Just look around. You will start out with a lower pay than others, however, work is work. Get some experience.....and maybe a better company will take a chance with you.

I would normally say "good luck", however, I feel that the trucking industry doesn't need another past drug user. That statement in itself should provide your with hope of getting a driving job. :evil:

Fozzy · #5 02-23-2008, 02:05 PM

I may be wrong, but I get the feeling that this guy "forgot" to tell either the driving school, Werner or both about this little problem.

If this is true, Werner had the right to fire AND DAC the crap out of this guy for showing that he is untrustworthy and of course less than likey to tell the truth.

The school has a right to be less that happy, they now look like dummies for wasting a companies time and money on a guy who basically stole a training slot from someone who they could actually employ.

I have no pity for this type of outcome.. sorry