Company sponsored training? Whats wrong with being a slave?

or indentured servant?

I have read lots of negative things about company training being a last only resort.

1) How else will one get the necessary experience to be hired unless one sacrifices dignity?

2) The only risk is having to pay back the loan if one is fired. If you do a good job, you shouldnt have to worry about getting fired right?

So what is wrong with being a slave for a year or so? I have been a slave for much longer than that, I am not really worried about a year.

As long as there is no bait and switch tactics like that which goes on in other private trucking school companies, I cant say i'm totally against.

 

Well, personally I can afford community college training. Even private truck schooling. Either way i'm getting a loan for one or the other. The only difference with company training is that I get a somewhat-able guaranteed job plus the necessary training I need to go on to bigger and better things.

The risk of getting fired is the only risk I see that plays a part in this equation. I am aware that low-balling and practical slavery will occur. That is the necessary risk in trying to gain experience.

If one could get experience any other way, let that way be known. However from what I gather, it is not the license that is hard to obtain but the experience. Most times you will end up working low-wage anyway for a company for that experience. The only difference is you wont be obligated to that company and can leave to another demeaning company for another low wage without risk of loan payback.....

How else will you get that necessary experience is my question...Any suggestions?

 

Thats my point. I am not a naive little 14 yr old girl. I know nothing in life is free and I dont understand how anyone goes into a company sponsored school expect there to not be any catch.

You should be fully aware that your life will be horrible. It's a one year contract for not so free training. There is nothing lush about this deal. You are a slave! You should expect the worst not the best. Any story you hear, expect worst than that. You are only trying to get your credentials.

If you are the quitter type than no one should be complaining about having to pay the loan back. You knew full and well that if you quit you will have to pay the fees. Why the complaining?

I dont understand it.

 

So what you are saying (which sounds reasonable and justifiable) is that the risk of being fired is the real and main reason to avoid company training?

When you put it like that I guess you have a point. Not everyone is cut out to be a driver. For those that have yet to learn this will spend 7000 dollars to learn this. However for more than half that price, you can get your CDL and learn whether you are not cut out for driving at no additional cost.

From that perspective I can see you have a point.
Everything in life is a gamble anyway. Some gambles (like company sponsored cdl training) are more risker than others. Understandable.



However what about those drivers that are already good non-commercial class C drivers, good driving records, no dui's, no accidents, etc. Those drivers that can whip a car or small U-haul sized truck reasonably well and are confident they can do better. Should they not take this gamble?

Again if you are confident, you can always pay for the training yourself, but again the focus here is the experience.

 

Yeah from what I gathered the only thing that will happen is that you will have to pay the money back...
But if you get fired, then a negative DAC mark and loan payback??


Even if its only loan payback, thats maybe 2500 dollars to pay back without the experience for another job. A community college cost maybe 1500-2000 dollars. So you will be paying 2000 to 2500 more for being fired. Thats if you get your CDL. If not you will be paying even more.

2000 more is not too bad I guess. Can be paid back if you get a job after CDL. But of course without experience, that will be harder.

If you wanna gamble 2000-2500 dollars or more depending on what school you choose, thats your choice. Perhaps its more of a gamble not going for that experience. I dont know.