Watkins Shepard 30 day training as experienced by Warpdrvr

Well, I guess I'll have to either close out this thread, or rename it...
I just got off the phone with Matt at Watkins Shepard. Due to economic reasons, they are suspending their training school. I had my heart set on their excellent training. However, the news is not all bad. Since I was already approved for employment, I still have a job offer there once I complete my own training and go to their 10 day orientation. Needless to say, I am a little bummed out since I wanted the winter ops training they provide. The good news is one of their "approved" trucking schools in my area is the one I was gonna go to before I found WS. Turns out my recruiter Roxy knows someone there and will let her know I'm gonna be contacting them for enrollment.

The fact they had an executive from the company call me instead of having a recruiter do it speaks volumes about how this company treats people.

I then directly called the truck school only to find out the recruiter was off today and to call her back Monday. 5 minutes later, my phone rings and it was someone from the school, saying he had just gotten off the phone with Roxy. Boy the WS people are top notch. She said what she did and did what she said!

I now have the opportunity to begin training here on Monday, but have to discuss it with my wife as her surgery takes precedence.

I'll keep you all updated on how things go.

 

So what's the first big change?

 

Understandable....can u tell me if I should be worried about getting hired?

 

Thanks man, I appreciate that. Hopefully they will resume it at some point... I'll send u a PM with my cell number so u have it. I am still looking at about the same schedule.. Starting school here on February 1. One good thing is I will get my doubles and hazmat as part of the school, and since I already have my DOT card and paying cash, I get almost a $500 discount off of WS's price....

 

Yeah, I hear you...I know there is a reason this is happening, but it just hasn't been revealed to me as yet....I believe in God and how he has His hand on my life, so I just keep trusting....

Thanks for the well wishes. I'll keep you guys updated