Millis Training Diary - August 24th Class - Trenton, OH

Hey everyone. I am creating this thread to share my training experience with Millis. I will be starting training on Monday, August 24th at the Trenton, OH facility.

A bit of background. I am 44 years old and driving a truck is something I have wanted to do since I was a kid. I have been sitting in a cubicle the last 2 years doing accounting for a healthcare company. I was miserable, so I finally decided to do something about fulfilling my childhood dream. I did tons of research and ended up applying to a few companies that offer in house CDL training. I chose Millis based on many factors and I am looking forward to getting started.

I will say that the application process has been extremely easy. I submitted my application through the Millis website a few weeks ago. I got a call from Raychel in recruiting within 45 minutes after submitting my application. She verified my employment the same day, and offered me a spot in a training class. She is terrific to work with, has made things very easy, and has answered all my silly questions. I live near Nashville, TN so the Cartersville terminal is actually closer to me, but the training dates didn't quite work out. I chose to go to Ohio (It is only about a 5 hour drive), because I needed a couple of extra weeks to get everything in order before I embark on this journey.

Anyway, I will be heading to Trenton on Sunday. I will try to update this thread as much as I can regarding my training experience.

 

It's a good question. The honest answer is that life just always got in the way. I graduated from college, got married at 25 and started having kids. When my kids were young I didn't want to be gone all the time, so I never pursued trucking although I was always fascinated by it. Now that my kids are older and are much more capable of handling me being on the road, I decided to go for it.

 

Thanks for the comments. Yeah, I definitely don't think any of us could have handled me being gone all the time when they were young. I'm sure I would have been in the same boat. There would have been a lot of tears.

 

Thanks. I am glad to hear another good report on Millis. These reasons you gave were a big part of my decision.

 

From everything I have been seeing, they are getting 2500 - 3000 miles a week or more. They will run you as hard as you want to run. They rarely go out west. They usually stay east of I-35.