Tried contacting Roehl today...

but drowning can be noisy.

 

What is is with trucking? It is one of the few professions I know where people fully expect to be educated and trained for the profession by the company that hires them.

Want to be a CPA? Go to college, get your education, pass the CPA exam, and then you can apply for work as a CPA.

Want to be a nurse? You don't apply to a hospital for an RN position expecting that the hospital will provide the training and education needed to function in that position.

I suppose the thought is "it's only driving", so why treat it like a "real" career. Which, of course, is why the industry seems to attract so many low quality applicants.

IT is the same type of mentality that a large portion of they buying public uses when buying a car. The always want to buy with "no money down" and then they wonder why in 2 years they owe $10,000 more than the car is worth. They have no "skin in the game" So now they are stuck with a car they don't like anymore, when if they would have purchased a car they could afford with a reasonable down payment they would be much happier and not a prisoner to their own bad decisions.

If people would invest in themselves, and get their own driving training at a community college, or independent driving school, they would not end up being a prisoner to their bad career decisions.

 

Those other jobs you listed are skilled professions.... Truck drivers are unskilled labor.

 

It would not be economically viable for companies to have training centers in every town or city however what they could do is compensate you for any travel you have to make to an alternative training facility.
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well. Abraham Lincoln

 

unskilled, unwashed, unkempt, uneducated, unimaginable........

please refrain from leaving out some...."UN's".......

 

You do pay for your training when going through a mega. Generally, with a contract and terms of repayment if you fail to complete your end. There are plenty of skilled jobs that train their employees. Some, even provide paid training. Internships, apprenticeships, college co ops, etc. You can even go into a healthcare profession and be trained to do the same thing CNA's do, and get paid less to do the same thing because you lack the certification. Even if the payment is not straight forward, you still pay for your training with lower wages.

 

This attitude is why starter companies can get away with paying almost nothing. Quality companies compensate quality people a fair wage. Even new drivers.

 

There are a number of schools that are pay to attend schools, that you may not have to pay to attend.

There is a really good school in Tennessee, Peak, that covers your schooling and your hotel stay. After 90 days, you pay back 200 per month.

Also, there are many companies that offer tuition reimbursement or pay well enough it doesn't matter.

 

Averitt pays me well enough and gets me weekends at home. I could care less that they can't pay for my school.

 

Averitt reimburses