Can You Let Me Know Where You Got Your Training?

Knight transportation Phoenix AZ.

Pay while in school, 480.00 wk 3 weeks school. Food n lodging not covered. My recruiter paid my 3rd week of lodging out of pocket.

1 week top gun. Pay, 860 per week. No lodging costs, you sleep in a truck on campus.

2 weeks otr training. Pay is 860 per week. No lodging costs, you live on the truck.

Completion of school and training bonus was plus or minus 3k. But that was before the market collapse.

Again, one of the shortest training programs in the industry. You either sink or swim. Learn to swim.

Hi Davy. Thanks for your reply. The one and only thing that kills me is the lodging part. If they let me sleep in a truck from day one, I wouldn't care at all. But, to have to put out for a hotel or motel....there's no way I could do it unless they took body parts or organs as a payment. Seriously.

I wish I could just start off doing that Top Gun program. I'd definitely go for that.

There are some carriers that pay for lodging and as OS said, your only in lodging a short time and then on the truck.

They combine training and school, to the best of my knowledge, though you're not getting paid while in school. Knight has it seperated. You get your CDL first, at Squire school, then go get trained.

In other words, I don't know of any that offer both lodging and being paid. The hotel in Phoenix costed me 400 a week. There are alternatives such as renting a room, staying in a hostel, etc, but in the end, being up at 5 am, free breakfast and a shuttle to the school made it worthwhile to do the hotel.

Thousands of people with situations worse find a way to make it work. I was fortunate enough to have covid funds as a safety net and as a construction business owner at the time, my business was essential so I stayed working.

No matter how you post the question, the answer is most likely not able to get paid any significant money and get lodging and food. Pick one. Or try a dock to driver program locally.

There are some carriers that pay for lodging and as OS said, your only in lodging a short time and then on the truck.

They combine training and school, to the best of my knowledge, though you're not getting paid while in school. Knight has it seperated. You get your CDL first, at Squire school, then go get trained.

In other words, I don't know of any that offer both lodging and being paid. The hotel in Phoenix costed me 400 a week. There are alternatives such as renting a room, staying in a hostel, etc, but in the end, being up at 5 am, free breakfast and a shuttle to the school made it worthwhile to do the hotel.

Thousands of people with situations worse find a way to make it work. I was fortunate enough to have covid funds as a safety net and as a construction business owner at the time, my business was essential so I stayed working.

No matter how you post the question, the answer is most likely not able to get paid any significant money and get lodging and food. Pick one. Or try a dock to driver program locally.

Hi Davy.

Thanks for that. It's not really what I wanted to hear, but I know that's what I needed to hear. I'm just doing everything I can today to make Facebook Marketplace ads for the rest of my stuff today. I really only have 1 big ticket item left; a washer & dryer set that I bought 2 1/2 years ago on a Black Friday sale. The sale price was almost $1,700. I know I won't get anything near that, but at the same time I don't want to give them away for practically nothing.

I still have to make it extremely clear to my wife that I'm going to leave here and I'm not coming back. I've tried to let her know, but I don't think it sunk in. She's still looking for a job around here. Ugh! I'm sure she'll leave me, but I'll see that as her doing what she had to do, I guess.

James, if you want the current hiring info from Schneider, you are going to have to track down the number for recruiting and talk to a recruiter. Shouldn’t be too hard. Things change at Schneider, so what their website says may not be either accurate or current.

I went into their training with a valid CDL. They started the complete training to obtain a CDL shortly after I finished the program. But I got paid from day one of training and lodging plus food provided.

But things change which is why you need to actually talk to a recruiter.

James, if you want the current hiring info from Schneider, you are going to have to track down the number for recruiting and talk to a recruiter. Shouldn’t be too hard. Things change at Schneider, so what their website says may not be either accurate or current.

I went into their training with a valid CDL. They started the complete training to obtain a CDL shortly after I finished the program. But I got paid from day one of training and lodging plus food provided.

But things change which is why you need to actually talk to a recruiter.

Hi BK.

Yeah, you're right. I have no idea if the info on their site is correct. I got a few more ads to place on FB Marketplace and I'll give them a call.

I think my choices are down to Schneider, Prime Inc. and Knight Transportation. As long as I got a roof over my head during the initial phase of training.....I don't really care about the rest.

You may want to try Millis Transfer if you haven’t already. I trained there in 2017 and they paid for or advanced most expenses. I believe they still have a school in Eden, NC.

James, if you want the current hiring info from Schneider, you are going to have to track down the number for recruiting and talk to a recruiter. Shouldn’t be too hard. Things change at Schneider, so what their website says may not be either accurate or current.

I went into their training with a valid CDL. They started the complete training to obtain a CDL shortly after I finished the program. But I got paid from day one of training and lodging plus food provided.

But things change which is why you need to actually talk to a recruiter.

Hi BK.

Yeah, you're right. I have no idea if the info on their site is correct. I got a few more ads to place on FB Marketplace and I'll give them a call.

I think my choices are down to Schneider, Prime Inc. and Knight Transportation. As long as I got a roof over my head during the initial phase of training.....I don't really care about the rest.

Your looking for the CAT program at Schneider if your going in with just your permit. Unless the account you apply for requires special training like mine did, where my training was for 7 weeks.

During training they took care of my flights, lodging, 2 meals a day plus the hotel breakfast (unless you had the day off then it’s on you), and daily pay.

When you’re on their site, look at what jobs are available from your home location. This doesn’t mean local jobs, regional and over the road position still come up. It will say whether or not the cat program is available for that specific job and then you just apply to it like you would any job and a recruiter will reach out.

I’m from update NY but they flew my to Indy for all my training.

Good luck.

James, if you want the current hiring info from Schneider, you are going to have to track down the number for recruiting and talk to a recruiter. Shouldn’t be too hard. Things change at Schneider, so what their website says may not be either accurate or current.

I went into their training with a valid CDL. They started the complete training to obtain a CDL shortly after I finished the program. But I got paid from day one of training and lodging plus food provided.

But things change which is why you need to actually talk to a recruiter.

Hi BK.

Yeah, you're right. I have no idea if the info on their site is correct. I got a few more ads to place on FB Marketplace and I'll give them a call.

I think my choices are down to Schneider, Prime Inc. and Knight Transportation. As long as I got a roof over my head during the initial phase of training.....I don't really care about the rest.

Your looking for the CAT program at Schneider if your going in with just your permit. Unless the account you apply for requires special training like mine did, where my training was for 7 weeks.

During training they took care of my flights, lodging, 2 meals a day plus the hotel breakfast (unless you had the day off then it’s on you), and daily pay.

When you’re on their site, look at what jobs are available from your home location. This doesn’t mean local jobs, regional and over the road position still come up. It will say whether or not the cat program is available for that specific job and then you just apply to it like you would any job and a recruiter will reach out.

I’m from update NY but they flew my to Indy for all my training.

Good luck.

Hi Klutch,

I've been really busy trying to sell...EVERYTHING...lol. I think I did it the right way and unfortunately, it came up as no results when I put my Zip code in...unless I wasn't supposed to do that.

James, if you want the current hiring info from Schneider, you are going to have to track down the number for recruiting and talk to a recruiter. Shouldn’t be too hard. Things change at Schneider, so what their website says may not be either accurate or current.

I went into their training with a valid CDL. They started the complete training to obtain a CDL shortly after I finished the program. But I got paid from day one of training and lodging plus food provided.

But things change which is why you need to actually talk to a recruiter.

Hi BK.

Yeah, you're right. I have no idea if the info on their site is correct. I got a few more ads to place on FB Marketplace and I'll give them a call.

I think my choices are down to Schneider, Prime Inc. and Knight Transportation. As long as I got a roof over my head during the initial phase of training.....I don't really care about the rest.

Hi BK,

I gave them a call and talked to someone named Alonzo. I told him that I already had my CDL A permit and DOT physical and then he asked me what my Zip code was. 28314, Fayetteville, NC. About 3 seconds later he told me that training was not available in my area at this time, but I could go to an approved driving school and they would reimburse me up to $7,500.

I thanked him for his time and explained that I don't have the money to put out for a school.

Kinda sucks because someone else named Klutch gave them a really nice recommendation as well.

Back to the drawing board.

So far, I crossed Schneider off my list and I think I'll have to cross Prime Inc. as well off.

I'll give them a call early tomorrow morning because I got all my listings done today except for one. I saw on their site that you need the following:

A U.S. passport - I don't have one and that costs $130 and it takes a looooong time to get it.

A TWIC card - I don't have that either and that costs $93.

And I need a Hazmat Endorsement - I don't have that either and that's $86.50.

Total: $309.50..........might as well be $309,500,000,000

I'll give them a call in the morning to confirm.

Ugh!