First-Year Truck Driver Survival Guide. Don’t Become a Statistic!

If you're about to get your CDL or you just graduated CDL school, before you take that first job offer, before you pack your bags for orientation, be sure you're watching this video. Almost half of the new people that enter this profession don't make it past their first year. And many of the mega

carriers have turnover rates of over 90%. You could argue it's because the job is too hard. I say it's because most of them just were not prepared. They just were not ready. In other words, if you getting in the ring with Mike Tyson, you need to be ready and you need to be

prepared. If not, you're probably gonna get your head towe off. So, in this video, I'm going to show you how not to get your head towe off and how not to end up just another trucking statistic in your first year. There are new people that get started in this profession that feel very shortly after that it was like

walking into a trap. a job that looked good on paper but turned into 70 hours a week and a $600 paycheck, no home time, driving around busted equipment, a dispatcher that treats them like crap, and management that treats them like just another number. These companies, family, these mega carriers, they know you're new, and they know you're

excited. And I say they're counting on you not knowing the right information to ask before you get started. So, in this video, I'm going to give you some tips on how to spot red flags, the questions to ask, and the info you need, or at least the info that you'd want before you start with your first trucking

company, and how to protect your time, your money, and your sanity your first year out here on the road as a newbie. And before I get started, let me throw out the disclaimer. This is not about scaring you. It's about preparing you so that you don't become just another addition to that high mega carrier