Interesting. This sounds EXACTLY like the trainer I had with a large flatbed company out of Iowa. :wink:

No food, little sleep, "hot" logbooks, shut down by Safety in my first week on the road with him, and to top it all off, he freaks out if/when you miss a gear. Had me to the point that when he was sleep (in the passenger seat), I drove better. Overall, I was a worse driver after 2.5 weeks with him then when I left Orientation.

I cringe when I see 379 Petes now. :shock:

 

are you nuts get off that death truck now .your life and many otheirs are at risk with this guy .no one needs to put up with that king of training i agree with the otheirs on here he gives trainers and drivers a bad name tell your company asap .at the rate yous are going a accidents bound to happen just when and how bad is your life worth protecting this clown.

 

Bengalman,
Thanks for naming the company. What is the driver's name and what terminal does he run out of so other newbs can avoid him? Good on ya' for dropping a dime on him. BOL

 

I'm not big on "ratting" people out for anything, but you definitely did the right thing here. I just hope Millis follows up on this and does something about this azz clown before he takes out a carload of innocent people. :x

 

Sounds like the so called TRAINING program has not changed since I left them 8 years ago. They were doing crap like that then no wonder in the 6 months I was there we had 15 trucks end up on their sides.

 

What did you say the name of this Transportation Co Is ? :idea:

 

Millis Transfer. They are out of Black River Falls WI run nice Shiny KW's but have a bad rep anymore. Pull mostly beer bottles loaded and empties and alot of Butt paper and scraps to make more of same with.

 

I was under the impression Millis was a pretty straight Up outfit. I do remember they had a training program years ago. I also thought you had to have a CDL-A drivers permit to run the road. at least I think that was the case in NY state ?

 

Scratched off my list...they were far down the bottom but I, too, was under the impression that Millis was a straight-up company.....thanks for the heads-up.

 

I had the same thing happen to me when I was training with IDE. My trainer wanted me to drive appx 3 hours before starting my drivetime, i refused, she kicked me off her truck. When i explained whatg happened to the DM, his response was " it's your choice but shes the boss" "she has a good driving record". When I decided to not get back on her truck, she said " Shes not worried, they have her back". Interesting that they will fire their drivers for logbook violations but look the other way for the trainers. I quit the company with a week left to go