Training Pay / Training Companies

Company: USA Truck / P.A.M Trucking
CDL TRAINING: YES - Driver Solutions
Training Costs/Expenses: personal expenses 3 ways to pay for training
$0 down, 12 mo, $45/wk, .25/mile pay
$495 down, 12 mo. $45/wk, .26/mile pay
$3995 down, no contract, $25/wk tuition reimbursement, .27/mile
RECENT GRADUATES: YES
Length of CDL training: 3-4 weeks
Permit before training?: No
Pay or advances through CDL training: none
Length of finishing/mentor training: 4-6 weeks
Pay through finishing/mentor training: $350/week
Home Time during Training: N/A
Starting pay: .25 - /27/mile, raises every 3 months through first year
Approximate time to solo: 4-6 weeks
Evaluation Rating/Comment/Opinion:

 

CRST is TEAM ONLY! NO SOLO DRIVERS!

 

Company: Werner Enterprises
CDL TRAINING: No
Training Costs/Expenses:
RECENT GRADUATES: Yes -
selective on schools.
Length of CDL training: N/A
Permit before training?: N/A
Pay or advances through CDL training: N/A
Length of finishing/mentor training: 300 hours driving, 5-7 weeks
Pay through finishing/mentor training: 0-137.5 hrs-$325/wk 138-300hrs $350/wk $150/wk advance available.
Tuition reimbursement $100/mo up to $6000 starts at 1st pay period after 30 days of employment.
Home Time during Training: you CAN take off a week in the middle of training, and Werner will pay your bus fare home and back to a terminal, but why would you?
Starting pay: $500 1st load graduation pay, nice bump. I think they start you at .25/mile. (comparatively low, decent increases) good load/tarp etc. pay.
Approximate time to solo: 5-8 weeks
Evaluation Rating/Comment/Opinion:

 

Roehl
Millis

 

Not really, it's there if anyone has anything useful to add, just info, or opinion based on experience. I already discouraged all the dire warnings and trash talk you can get anywhere here. Let's be honest, MOST of the training companies aren't all that great to work for long term, and some are worse than others. The point of this thread is to help people get the training time and financial information they need to choose, and to budget themselves so they don't go belly up before they even get started.

So it's really just for any useful information anyone might want to add, even if it's bad, although that's not what this thread is supposed to be about. I wouldn't make that inference.