Financially¸
I hit rock bottom in January 2012. After
having been a broke single mom for 3 1/2 years, I was losing my home. My choices were go live in a cardboard box or
get back into a truck after having been out of trucking for 12 years. My brother, Dennis was working here at the
time and he told me that Freymiller had a “friends and family” training
program. Most of the time the situation
was where a driver would train his wife and they would run team, but not
always. It was unspoken but understood
that if Dennis trained me, we would not run team after my training. I love my brother, but I’m sure even he would
tell you there is a reason that siblings grow up and go live in different
places.
While
he was checking into the process of getting me hired on at Freymiller, I
checked into a couple of other options, just in case. One of the companies I called wanted me to
give up my CDL (that I’ve held since 1993), go through their school and go take
the CDL test again. Another company
wanted to put me through a 2-week refresher course (doable) and then have me
with a trainer for about 4 months (not doable.)
I felt like these other two companies wanted me to jump through flaming
hoops to be able to work for them. I
wasn’t willing to give up my CDL just to go get it again and I couldn’t afford
to live on training pay for almost 5 months.
Thankfully, Freymiller gave me the okay and I was scheduled for
orientation. The rest, as they say, is
history.
There
are probably hundreds of companies out on the road today. Periodically I get asked why I work for
Freymiller and not for someone else. My
answer is always the same. “I love it here.”
Freymiller gave me the chance to earn my
dignity back. They gave me that chance
without making me jump through hoops.
Without prejudice, Freymiller gave me the opportunity to prove
myself. Freymiller is a great place to
work. Let’s change the conversation a
bit. Instead of why do I work for
Freymiller, have you asked yourself why don’t you work for Freymiller?