My experience @ NETTTS today.

K, here's an anecdote regarding this situation. It's one that's taken a while to settle in with me, it's one that makes me look back on my first company a bit more favorably than I did on the blessed day I finished with the company that trained me.

I did the company training route. It went okay for me. I didn't go so great for a lot of other guys. We went in with around 60-70 at the driver school. Less than 20 walked out. Less than 15 became drivers after that. Less than 10 finished their work contracts as repayment for the training.

A lot of guys will tell you that company paid training should be your last resort. I'm not here to reinforce or deny that position. I'm simply telling you about my experience.

What I do know is that CDL schooling in my area is about $11,000, and that's at the barebones cheapest.
My first company helped me get my CDL, got me in a trainers truck and threw me in a solo truck, all in a period of about 10 weeks. Didn't cost me a dime outside of food and crap I wanted/didn't need.

I also just happened to make around $25,000'ish my first year.
I busted my ### for every cent of it, and a lot of it went to overpriced truck stop food and other crap I never really needed.
When you consider my training would've been 11-15k? Then I MADE $25k?

Well...Like I said; I'm not here to sway opinions with arguments.

 

What state are you in? If you are in Mass look into Parker in Avon. Netts seamed like a good choice for me but I had similar issues as you did. It was about 5200.00 bucks at Parker and my teachers were really good. If you don't live in mass that won't help you much since I believe they only do the test for Massachusetts.

 

If you're in CT, check out Allstate Commercial Trucking School in Seymour.

 

It was a hike for me as well. But I love the new career so I feel it was worth it. I lived in Haverhill at the time. There schooling is a little shorter than Netts so it's not like your commuting that far for 6 months

 

I just finished Tri-State in Springfield. They're very good, and I paid $4,800.

 

I worked as a recruiter for a while
and I must say NETTS was the best school I went to
sorry for your experience there
was strange going there being it is the old Western Electric facility
that my father worked at for 40 years

we are original settlers of Newbury Mass so good luck neighbor