CURRENT Knight drivers please respond

BooBear, you need to take into consideration that with the way our economy is every single company is able to be picky as to who they hire, in fact, a large number of companies have put a " freeze " on hiring new drivers. even swift n werner are being picky as to who they hire right now
you may have something on your record that they dont like, and it could be anything, and the next guy may not have anything but dust on his record, and sadly just the way things are going right now they may choose him before they choose you right now. its not just knight thats doing this, its pretty much every one,
you need to " shop around " and look at some other companies. you dont need to look for a company that in your home area/state. if you really want to truck, you may just need to expand your horizon and check out companies from all around the country, and hopefully we will see a turn around in our economy.
best of luck to you.

---Soon2be

 

S2B is right.

You think it's bad now. Just wait till we start seeing all the newbs, whining about companies asking for 3 or 5 years experience.

Right now companies are going for the cleanest record they can find, within reason. They are also taking the lowest "time in" drivers. In hopes of keeping payroll down.

Sooner or later, these 2 are going to run headlong into each other. And having no other way to trim cost. They will comply with insurance request for more experienced drivers with the fewest incidents (zero if possible), to provide for lower premiums.

It happened in the 80's & 90's. It'll happen again.

 

And with the probability of more companies closing their doors in the next few months, the marketplace will be flooded with drivers looking for work. Best to get in where you can for now and ride out the storm or do something else until the market turns around. The forecast on that is the fourth quarter of this year at the earliest.

 

boo, im not a knight driver, i drive for watkins shepard out of montana, maybe check them out, they have a term in Denver, if i were you at this point, i would have just put knight behind me.

dance is not a knight driver either... actually, im not sure who he drives for....

 

, Call Knight Refrigerated in Idaho Falls. Thats who I work far. Knight Trans has very little freight and there drivers are sitting 3-5 days waiting to take a 300 mile run and then sit some more. I hear about it every time I hit one of there terms. With Knight Refrigerated you can run the 11 western and be home in Denver 2-3 times a week. You will do alot of beer but who cares. It moves. call. Idaho Falls is the refer term for that area. They will pay to bring you up there to orentation. Give you a truck from there. maybe even a brand new one thats what I got. And then send you home asap to get your stuff.

 

There is no freight.

I've been sitting for days now along with 22 or so other drivers.

 

If you think its bad now, just wait, Febuary then March. Hang in there!!!