Ugh, this industry sucks...

Yup. It's happening everywhere, but guess what? The driving schools are still churning new guys out, telling them they'll make 50k their first year.

It's pissing me off, i wish i was in a position to do something about it, lots of people are being taken for their money almost weekly, the fact is, even when the economy was good most driving school graduates never make it past 6 months in the real world.. but the government is still spending tax dollars on this crap.

It's sickening. I'm sorry about your luck, theres lots of people in your position, and i hope it works out for ya.

 

Scooter if you want to get a taste of driving, try talking to local farmers since beet and grain harvest is around the corner. You can go get a temp. class B and work your way up from there. Its not a class A but its a start and a taste if youd like it.

 

Usually, a student is required to obtain 3 pre hires prior to enrollment in a school, or to qualify for WIA funding.

There are some schools that seem to sneak around these procedures. I would imagine that it is private pay/or financed, not Govt. funding.

The Employment Security Commission (ESC), does not consider truck driving as a field with growth nor substantial income potential, at this time.
These offices are overflowing with experienced truck drivers that desperately seek employment.

The WIA Program is taking longer and longer to qualify an individual for CDL training. This way they weed out the weak.
If you stick it out and endure, as well as persist on the CDL training, then you can get it.
The case workers, however, will try to steer a participant into another field of training for the participants prosperity.

The objective of the case workers is to get a participant trained or retrained and back in the workforce. They have seen the CDL students come back, too many times, unemployed or worse with their careers ruined.

Best to All!!!

 

thats some bad news! should I even look into this career?

 

Hello Brother! Greetings from Whitefish Lodge 64! I should be taking my 3rd degree sometime this month!

 

25(2)+2 that is true, I spoke with a couple of drivers, one being an O/O, that they came off OTR to work local seasonal jobs since it was closer to home, better pay, and also cause their spouse had benefits as well. Which was the main benefit of coming off full time and working local.