You need to ask about anything and everything that is important to you.
How long is training and do student trucks run as solo or team trucks.
Pay during training.
Pay after training
Insurance benefits. (Try to get specifics)
Do you reimburse for scales and tolls.
Toll road policy
Pay for driver loading/unloading.
Lumper policy.
Percent of no touch freight
Home time policy
Pet policy
Power inverter policy
Idle policy
Pay for layovers, break downs and detention
Pay or reimburse for hotel if truck broke down and unable to sleep in it
Rider policy
Policy about taking truck home when off.
Pay options (direct deposit, check mailed home, put on fuel card, etc)
Forced dispatch to New York City and/or Canada
Vacation
Do you pay for the physical and drug screening
Is it a standard physical or a "Work Well" physical.
What happens if I am sent home during orientation?
Is there anything your company charges drivers for: Things like damages, being late, getting stuck, needing a jump start, etc.
Do you pay for truck washes/ truck washing policy.
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