Contract of Employment?

a SIX-MONTH contract is the shortest in the business as far as paid training deals go. most are a year or more.

 

Yeah, these contracts are SOP throughout the business and this is this is ths shortest one I've seen yet. That alone is a point or two in favor of this company. Unfortunatly for the rest of us, a lot of the people hired in this business turn out to be deadbeats. Would you loan a complete stranger that kind of money without any securement? A number of companies allow you to put the cost of tuition on your Visa. Then Visa owns you but the company does not. Some people prefer this.

When you start driving, don't loan money to co-workers if you don't know them well unless you're trying to get rid of them. Sad but true.

 

Which school are you going to, the one in Nashville?

 

TN, check your private messages

 

From all the accounts I have read, you have to be very careful about these contracts. Several of the larger companies are well known for signing up 100 students and finding excuses or pressuring half of them to leave then charging them $6,000 for training. That's 30,000 profit (if they collect) without moving any freight. You have to ask why they need so many new drivers... and when you read about the reasons their drivers leave it "appears" they don't want keep drivers. The bottom line is nearly always profit... for example:

Many drivers leave because as their pay goes up their miles go down. The miles first go to the lowest paid drivers.. the new guys... saving the companies 10 - 20% in salaries.

Many other drivers leave because the equipment is unsafe and they can't get the company to fix it.

Here is a tip.... email your recruiter and let them know you need specific information *in writing * before you make a decision about working for their company. If you don't hear back after asking the simplest of questions... like how long will you hold my pay, will I get pay if you can't provide a working truck, how much will I get paid for empty miles, will I be paid actual miles... etc, etc. ... you may want to consider another option. You can pretty sure that the recruiters know when they are blowing smoke... and as a company representative they don't want to put anything in writing that they will have to answer for in the future.

Remember, the Devil is in the details. Just aboult all recruiters will tell you things that you would NEVER NEVER NEVER see written on their company websites.

 

Kind of negates the advantage of having paid for your own CDL course. I don't think I would want to be locked in like that.