I've Decided to Finally Do It

Hey man, I currently attend NETTTS in Bridgeport hopefully going to test in a few weeks and get my CDL finally and get the f outa there. If you go to NETTTS 1st thing to remember it's Bridgeport Ct aka dump of CT, your in the middle of the ghetto and I am always looking over my shoulders, luckily I never got jumped yet. Also I fell that a lot of the teachers prefer going back out OTR but can't cause they go kids/wife's and are stuck teaching. But the good thing about NETTTS is that you can get loans/grants if you don't have the cash also NETTTS has a good name and companies like hiring students from there. I tried to get into Allstate but you need to pay 1/2 upfront cash and they don't accept loans/grants.. Also I loved there 1 on 1 training cause you get used to 1 guy rather then other teachers telling you different ways everyday but I didn't have the cash so I had to choose NETTTS.

 

I'd recommend you give yourself away to a company that offers training/secure job/contract for a year while you learn and build up the experience to be qualified for most companies' insurance
i'd also recommend you take some IT online classes while you drive.. you may go end up back to that IT job, in which case being updated is a blessing

I wish you luck with your new endeavour..

 

When I talked to the guy at Allstate he said school cost 4k but if you don't know how to drive stick it's 7k... I was like wtf extra 3k for not knowing how to drive stick?!

 

Nope. You are free to leave the company whenever you wish.

With most companies that offer training, they end up paying you for your schooling if you stay with them for a certain period of time. If you leave before that length of time, you repay them for the cost of schooling.

I went to Swift Academy. Tuition was $3900, payable (by contract) at $75/wk for 52 weeks. While I drive for Swift, I get reimbursed $37.50/wk for 104 weeks. If I quit, the $37.50/week stops. That's all. (I still have to pay the $75/wk.)

I was asked at least three times while at Academy if I planned to stay with Swift, so that's a pretty good indication that I'm not locked into driving with them.

 

$3000.00 to drive stick? what classroom work do they go into? Isn't it like a 4 wheeler? I don't know but I can shift, I just grind the gears every now and then when I get in a hurry.

I would certainly go and pay for it yourself, There are companies that will help you pay for the schooling, I am not sure if you pay for it yourself if they will pay you back, There are companies that I have heard of that will take you and put you through a 10 day boot camp, Then if they think you are ready to go they send you out in a truck, This company does Furniture and Carpet deliveries up and down the east coast, from Georgia to Maine, the pay per mile isn't as good starting out but they make it up by a per stop pay, The name is Watkins and Shepard, They are a good starter company, They will run you through the courses of background and MVR and employment etc.
May I suggest? That wherever you go that you decide to stay and stick it out for at least a year, they are not going to be the very best company that you have ever come in contact to. Once you have experience then you will be able to move up in quality and paying companies. Take Care.

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Great info in here. Save your money, you'll need it wherever you go (company wise) and let the company pay for your school and experience build up.