PAM, GOOD or Bad?

Check with Millis Transfer. Good rep compared to almost all the others.

http://www.millistransfer.com/

 

From what all I read and the people I have spoken too on this site and on other trucking websites is to just stick it out and get your 1 year in and move away from the starter company and the doors will open up with that 1 year OTR experience.

 

Yes most starter companies are just that, they are starter companies, most get there 1 year in and leave for better pastures. I almost went with Schneider myself, but the starting pay for students was really low, I may look back at them after I get my 1 year in with FedEx. Schneider only hires students that have graduated a CDL school or is experienced. I was told to stay away from PAM, Werner, Swift, CR England, and CRST.

 

If that was your last resort I would definitely say USA over PAM. We had around 35 students in our class, over half were PAM students, 3 were USA, well after the 1st week, we lost over half of the PAM students due to background, lying on application etc etc. The 3 USA students from our class graduated from the school. Every week a new class started with 30-40 students and each class was maybe half PAM students.

 

They all probably smoke due to be over-worked, they do not have enough trainers or trucks to support 30-40 students a week. I had an excellent road instructor, I did get a 100% on my driving test.

 

I'm sure it has to do with drivers solutions as they are the middle man for PAM and USA. But I would just do a lot of research before you sign on the dotted line.