Question About Getting Sent Home From Company Sponsored CDL Training

Depends on the company. Swift will buy you a bus ticket. Some companies won't. It is a good question to ask before you go.

 

In my experience, and reading around here, At no time is a company ever liable for your transportation. They may pay to get you to them in the first place, but if they decide they don't want you on anymore you're SOL. Thats not to say EVERY company would just strand you, but it seems there is no law saying they HAVE to pay for your transport. That applies to being terminated (or quitting) down the road as well.

 

It depends on what it is.You fail a drug test you're on your own but you fail a physical because maybe your BP is too high or you fail the eye test they'll pay your way back.If you fail a road test they'll furnish your ride back home.But to be on the safe side it's best to ask the recruiter.

 

If at all possible be PREPARED to go with enough $ to get home on your own

 

AMEN! And while we are all here together in this cozy quiet little group, let me ask you this: WHY are you, a California resident, having to go to INDIANA to get your training? Are there no companies that have their schools closer to your home? Or is it just that this company is THE one you want to work for, and that is where their school is? (I guess that could be understandable. . .)

Also, do you have any reason to think you may get sent home? If you do, then you should address whatever that problem is, before going.

You have a reasonable question here, and I'm not trying to fault you for asking it. It just seems to me like you may be going at things the hard way.

 

With Prime, out of Missouri, you would be out of luck sense they only pay your way too the training center. The company should tell you ahead of time if they will pay your way back or not. Prime did.

 

...and that doesn't just apply to CDL school or orientation. When you are out on the road, you should ALWAYS have enough cash on hand (or credit available on a card) to rent a car, buy a bus/plane/train ticket, or whatever else you need to do to get yourself home from wherever you might end up. Stuff happens, and there is nothing worse than being stranded 1000 miles from nowhere without a penny to your name and not being able to get home. ALWAYS make sure you can get yourself home. I've seen companies close up shop without warning when the bank won't extend a new line of credit, fuel cards get shut off, and drivers don't know anything until their card is declined. FMCSA might suspend/revoke the carrier's authority for one reason or another...and you're stuck. You might have a wreck (whether your fault or not) and the truck be unable to be driven. Possibilities are endless as to what could go wrong out here, and the best insurance to have against getting screwed is to keep the means necessary to get yourself home tucked away so that IF stuff hits the fan, you aren't stranded.

 

Agreed. You should always have enough set aside to get home. Reputable carriers will get you home if you are rejected through no fault of your own. Get caught in s lie about your background, fail a drug test... you're usually on your own dime getting home.