Life At Kaiser Transport

Hey All,

First time posting to this forum, but I figured I would chime in on working here, my training experience, and to mention that this site is where I first heard about Kaiser.

I was in contact with the recruiter for about a solid week. Once they receive your application, it is a strenuous and involved process, consisting of calling a minimum of 5 drivers currently employed, being interviewed over the phone by the recruiter, then the senior most driver, and that drivers opinion will reflect heavily on if you are considered eligible to come out and begin training.

They're based out of Janesville, WI and have an additional terminal in Orange, CA. Once you arrive in Janesville, Monday and Tuesday are your continuation of the interview process, designed to see if you can
1) Be a man or woman of your word and have the skill set necessary for this job
2) react and perform under high amounts of stress, pressure, and information overload.
At the end of the second day of training you will sit down with the recruiter and the driver manager to be offered the job or not.

Things here are tough; involving high amounts of information you need to know, long hours, and plenty of procedure. It's the Kaiser way, or walk. You are expected to have a sense of professionalism, aptitude, and common sense.

A little about me and how I got here:
I'm 24, active member of the Nation Guard, served 6 years and have 6 to go. I've been driving since I got my CDL B at 19, and drive truck in the military
I Did My Homework Before even applying to this company. I highly recommend Kaiser if you're like me and love to seek challenges and are adaptable. They are a highly specialized company and its not just about driving a shiny Peterbilt.

I'm just wrapping up my first week of two, here's hoping the rest is just as interesting. I'll try to keep whoever is interested updates as much as possible. We don't exactly have downtime here.

Cheers,
Roadrum

 

I'll try to keep as current as I can @macavoy

 

Dooner's videos I've watched time and time again. Basically what made me decide this was the right company for me. We've done a bunch of load securement and tarping the Kaiser way so far and I love it, very detailed and great help from any drivers that are available

 

Alright so I have some time tonight to really sit down now haha. This weekend was great, every year the owner throws a huge party for the company and brings everyone up to date on how we all did as a company so I liked that

Training wise, it's pretty intense. Expect a lot of long nights and tons of information coming at you. Kaiser wants you to do things a certain way so you have to unlearn some of the way you load strap and tarp. And you will tarp their way, no exceptions. Keep em neat, lined up, and tight. You can use ratchet binders if you buy your own, the company provides you with snap binders which is new to me but I picked it up pretty quick.

I get my truck Thursday or Friday so I'll try and answer questions in the mean time if anyone has any.

Cheers

 

Well it's not that it's cool but it sure as hell ain't easy. Granted I would've done it a little different in the video but that's not me. This job isn't easy. Driving is the easy part. Yes it's true you could make more money somewhere else but our top drivers are pushing 90k a year and up. Plus you can customize your truck (which is a 2014 or newer 389 Pete) to your liking. There are risks with this job, yes, but the pride you feel and the dedication it takes, to me? It's worth it. There are easier jobs, but I don't want them.
They only hire 1% of ALL applicants. It's a fine cloth you need to be cut from, and I'll leave it at that