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01-29-2007, 03:07 PM
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Saw an ad for Marten today - double orientation pay plus a $1500 sign on bonus = $2000. Anything happen there that they would need to do this? Sounds like one of those too goo to be true catches :roll:
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01-29-2007, 07:34 PM
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Replying mainly to bump this back to the top, so someone who knows for sure can respond... but...
...their website mentions the $1,500 bonus. $250 orientation pay, which I think is standard. Looks like they've doubled the orientation pay then. You get the $1,500 this way: $250 in your third and sixth checks, the remainding $1,000 when you're there six months.
I also noticed they're hiring student (new with CDL) drivers. I hadn't noticed that before.
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01-29-2007, 07:41 PM
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Marten has been taking students for a while .
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They're having problems keeping quality drivers, because they're not the company they once were. That's why.
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Originally Posted by -FlyByNight-
They're having problems keeping quality drivers, because they're not the company they once were. That's why.
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Marten is still good company and alot of company's are having same problems. Marten will keep you running and they wont beep you every 5 min but their a little anal about different things like where their trucks get worked on etc If they had 11 western i would go back to work for them in a heart beat !!! :lol: and i forgot about the steering wheel lock thats anal . :lol:
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I forgot all about the steering lock. That was a total pain in the ass. I couldn't put mine on the steering column, I had to tilt the hood and put it by the steering gearbox. As much as I hated using it I still put it on whenever I was going to be away from the truck for more than 5 or 10 minutes. :twisted:
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Originally Posted by TK THE TRUCKER
I forgot all about the steering lock. That was a total pain in the ass. I couldn't put mine on the steering column, I had to tilt the hood and put it by the steering gearbox. As much as I hated using it I still put it on whenever I was going to be away from the truck for more than 5 or 10 minutes. :twisted:
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We just had a truck stolen this week. Driver in the St. Louis area was only in the truck stop 10 minutes, came out, and the truck was gone. ops: He didn't use his steering gear lock. They are a real pain in the butt, but they work.
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Originally Posted by TK THE TRUCKER
I forgot all about the steering lock. That was a total pain in the ass. I couldn't put mine on the steering column, I had to tilt the hood and put it by the steering gearbox. As much as I hated using it I still put it on whenever I was going to be away from the truck for more than 5 or 10 minutes. :twisted:
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We just had a truck stolen this week. Driver in the St. Louis area was only in the truck stop 10 minutes, came out, and the truck was gone. ops: He didn't use his steering gear lock. They are a real pain in the butt, but they work.
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If they are such a pain, why don't they put on something like a remote security device that shuts down the electrical so they can't be started. that would be really easy. at least they won't be trying to push start it..... :lol: :lol:
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Originally Posted by jnk2001
If they are such a pain, why don't they put on something like a remote security device that shuts down the electrical so they can't be started. that would be really easy. at least they won't be trying to push start it..... :lol: :lol:
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I know when I started with them in 2004 my trainer had an electronic security device on his truck. They had them on and a handful of trucks and were testing them out. But I'm sure a hunk of metel is a lot cheaper.
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[quote="jnk2001If they are such a pain, why don't they put on something like a remote security device that shuts down the electrical so they can't be started. that would be really easy. at least they won't be trying to push start it..... :lol: :lol:[/quote]
TK is right. A hunk of metal and a padlock is all it is. It's cheap and it works.
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