Comments on: Turnover rate – Why it is so bad in Trucking http://www.truckdriversnews.com/turnover-rate-why-it-is-so-bad-in-trucking/ A blog made for truck drivers by a truck driver Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:38:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: GJ http://www.truckdriversnews.com/turnover-rate-why-it-is-so-bad-in-trucking/#comment-1154 GJ Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:48:00 +0000 http://www.truckdriversnews.com/?p=3016#comment-1154 It's either in your blood or it's not , period , end of story . Not everyone is cut out to drive a truck and right or wrong there needs to be a way to winnow the real drivers from the 9 to 5 clique . Yes , eventually they will leave the industry but how much damage will be done before the decide that they want their 9 to 5 jobs back . It’s either in your blood or it’s not , period , end of story . Not everyone is cut out to drive a truck and right or wrong there needs to be a way to winnow the real drivers from the 9 to 5 clique . Yes , eventually they will leave the industry but how much damage will be done before the decide that they want their 9 to 5 jobs back .

]]> By: Trucker Steve http://www.truckdriversnews.com/turnover-rate-why-it-is-so-bad-in-trucking/#comment-1140 Trucker Steve Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:11:09 +0000 http://www.truckdriversnews.com/?p=3016#comment-1140 As a teacher in the industry since 2000' I can agree with your article for the most part it is for sure a way of life, most get into not understanding the full depths of their sacrifices. I have coached well over 200 men from all walks of life, I not only teach drivers to develop a safe routine they can continue to develop but also how to handle the sadness that comes from the job but most importantly learning how to live life on the road as not to get trapped up in that circle of sadness. (Eat,sleep,drive,repeat) I teach them to chase their dreams, my goal is to show them trucking can be a lot of fun if you make it that way. It is a hard transition that some can not handle and to be honest it is no where near a normal life by any means. My father taught me a valued lesson many years ago. After winning my first state ATA trucking championship I asked my father (30 year 5 million mile accident free driver) "dad your a real professional why have you not competed in these championships you would blow them away." He said simply " Real truckers are out here delivering freight safely not playing trucker" It seemed so simple at the time so I blew it off for several years, like most young men do till those old lessons come back to them only confirming that their father was right and that they are more like their father then they had thought. That lesson applies here, Real truckers will always driver trucks and those playing trucker will find there way to a 9-5 job. The last thing I want is some depressed driver riding down the road next to my kids. I say good let them move on what ever brings them happiness but more importantly makes my journey a safer one. However recently turn over is at a all time low, people are so scared of ending up on the unemployment list that they're stick it out rolling in a state of depression which as I'm sure you know is a very bad thing for the trucking industry. I'm back quiet - Trucker Steve As a teacher in the industry since 2000′ I can agree with your article for the most part it is for sure a way of life, most get into not understanding the full depths of their sacrifices. I have coached well over 200 men from all walks of life, I not only teach drivers to develop a safe routine they can continue to develop but also how to handle the sadness that comes from the job but most importantly learning how to live life on the road as not to get trapped up in that circle of sadness. (Eat,sleep,drive,repeat) I teach them to chase their dreams, my goal is to show them trucking can be a lot of fun if you make it that way.

It is a hard transition that some can not handle and to be honest it is no where near a normal life by any means. My father taught me a valued lesson many years ago. After winning my first state ATA trucking championship I asked my father (30 year 5 million mile accident free driver) “dad your a real professional why have you not competed in these championships you would blow them away.”

He said simply ” Real truckers are out here delivering freight safely not playing trucker” It seemed so simple at the time so I blew it off for several years, like most young men do till those old lessons come back to them only confirming that their father was right and that they are more like their father then they had thought.

That lesson applies here, Real truckers will always driver trucks and those playing trucker will find there way to a 9-5 job. The last thing I want is some depressed driver riding down the road next to my kids. I say good let them move on what ever brings them happiness but more importantly makes my journey a safer one.

However recently turn over is at a all time low, people are so scared of ending up on the unemployment list that they’re stick it out rolling in a state of depression which as I’m sure you know is a very bad thing for the trucking industry.

I’m back quiet – Trucker Steve

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