| Author | Message | ||
     Mr_grumpy |
A friend of mine, ex-colleague & fellow Bueller (rides an X1) is interested in going to work for Trans West, a Canadian trucking company. According to him & the company site they're recruiting European drivers, good kit, good money, work when you want to, pick your runs, etc etc. It all sounds very nice & I have to admit that part of me is tempted as well. As I told him though, if it's all that good why are they recruiting drivers over here? I presume it's something to do with speaking French & English, but I don't know. Apparently it's team driving, long haul, refrigerated. Do any of you guys know the company? Any feedback gratefully received. http://www.groupetranswest.com/en/ | ||
| 99savage |
Don't know squat about this company, or trucking but am familiar with the mores of Canada. - They probably want bi-lingual people. Want to see all communication stop? Encounter a dedicated Francophone on a bad day. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Lol, I remember being in Newfoundland with Mrs & boy, we were chatting in French in a store & a guy looked at me & said "Quebec'ers huh?" almost as if it was a bad word. I just laughed & said "No mate I'm Brit & she's Breton" it was funny to watch him trying to work it all out. | ||
| Xl1200r |
I can't answer your other questions, but them looking for bilingual-ness may be what's going on. In Quebec, I'd say close to half of the population is bilingual, but that tends to favor the younger half of the population and those living in the bigger cities - probably not the biggest group of candidates for truck drivers.. Want to go Montreal or Quebec City? English is all you need (though they really appreciate you trying in French first, not doing so may result in the rudeness some). Get outside of those cities and things can be tougher. I was riding just over the river from Ontario and ran into a young kid who said something about the bike, but knew no English, which was surprising based on his age. I got pretty good at saying, "Je suis desole, Je parle pas bien francais" on that trip. To bad my 'Merican accent still kept them from knowing what they hell I was saying. The Quebecois are a tragically proud people, and I have to say I tend to sympathise with them once learning the ins and outs of their history. It's probably the reason it's a "bad word" in the rest of Canada and the bordering U.S. After all of the succesion stuff, Canada granted a status as "a nation in a United Canada", and they were quick change all of the previosly named "Provincial" signs (capital, parks, etc), to "National" ones. It's really a neat place to be and even better if you have friends who can show you around to the places an anglophone would have a hard time with on their own. (Message edited by xl1200r on February 04, 2013) | ||
| Pwnzor |
Innes, They have a great Safety Record I found other information about them as well, I answered your PM. Good luck sir! | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Ta for that Matt, PM received. |
