Help me pick the lesser evil

Absolutely 100% incorrect

 

Your best to avoid all of them if you can. Most of those company schools are nothing but a money maker for them. Look up @Friday 's post on the Swift school. It is the best description I have read and Swift is probably the best school/company out of the three you mentioned.

Your best to beat down any other possible doors before signing up with the likes of those three. Government funding, Student loans, displaced worker retraining are all possible avenues. If all else fails go to a community college program and sign up with Swift and they will repay the loan for the training. It is worth it rather then trying to get anything out of that Swift school.

 

Any luck yet?

 

I must correct your assumptions. The turnover in the truckload segment has historically been 115%, which means that in one year, for every 100 driving positions, 215 drivers have held them. That means there are over twice as many drivers who drove for Swift than drive for Swift.

My eyes don't lie! I've been hit in an empty lot by Swift. I've gone out to help a Swift driver back into our loading dock. It wasn't that she didn't turn too hard or not hard enough. She was turning the wheel the wrong way!

There is a reason these companies advertise to steal drivers away from other companies, and that's because they can't keep their own drivers!

 

First post for me...

I live in Lexington, one of the closest houses to the exit that you can get. Several Charlotte terminals are right at 50-55 minutes. Greensboro will range 30-40, depending on which side of Greensboro. Gboro has 85 and 40 running thought it. We are actually a bit closer to Winston Salem.

Cost of living in Lexington is very cheap. Small town and good folks. 15 minutes from Salisbury which has a few opportunities too. The only downside is a 30 plus min drive to the larger cities.

For what it's worth, I don't even have my CDL yet. Starting at DCCC in October. Just taking care of my due diligence by reading about the industry! DM if you need any info on the area!

 

From stories I've heard, and nothing else, CRE is the worst of those three by far

 

Prime. Out of your list, it's the only one that's not complete trash. Swift isn't truly horrible, but there's a good reason they have turnover that's so high.

@Toomanybikes mentioned my thread on my experience with the swift school and he's pretty much correct. It was not a good school and while yes, it did get me a license and I didn't have to sign a contract so I gtfo.. Let's just say as a student there, you're utterly disposable. However, if you show up with that as the first and foremost thing in your mind, you'd probably make it. Assuming you are able to learn how to drive a truck well enough with minimal instruction and minimal time behind the wheel. Because if you can't, you're kicked out and owe them $4k.

Seriously look at the list that Chinatown put up. That's a very good list. Out of all of them, I'd put Jim Palmer right up top.

Good luck. Whatever you decide, let us know how it goes.

Edit: there's a Jim Palmer parked next to me.. In that shiny 579. With his tripac. And he was walking his dog earlier. And I'm jealous. Of all of that.