Military Apprenticeship?

I drive for Schneider and have been enrolled in the Apprenticeship Program for 8 months. During those 8 months, I have received 1 payment from the VA. According to the Schneider VA rep., the VA is way behind on payments to a whole bunch of other Schneider drivers as well. I suppose if you have the patience and don't need the money any time soon, then it's something to consider.

 

Mine started about three months after I applied. Of course this was a while ago. I do remember that dealing with the VA was a chore.

 

I've been with Schneider since Jan 28, 2013 and have been paid my VA Apprenticeship pay every month since. October's payment and Novembers payments have been slow due to the shutdown but October's was a week later and November's is going on 2 weeks now.

Under the post 9-11 GI Bill, depending on how many months of benefits you have from the VA, mine was 30 months due to me taking some University of Phoenix classes prior to starting with Schneider, you will get up to $1200 a month as a stipend. This is above and beyond what the VA will pay the school. The most I have received is $912 a month. It is based on the amount of hours you have on lines 3 and 4 of your logs. Once you do the paperwork, Schneider submits it and they have an individual in Green Bay that takes care of submitting your hours to the VA. My rep is Tara Lacount but she is on maternity leave so here is her replacements info Jen Wesoloski WesoloskiJ@schneider.com 920-592-6082

 

Tara was my VA rep also,but I thought the other was Jen McDowell

 

I don't know Jen McDowell but I did get a response today from the Jen I listed above. I did get my Dec payment on time, I just missed it. But my Nov payment was late due to the shutdown

 

Same phone #, she musta got hitched up

 

True, didn't even think of that. lol