Starting MTI in Ohio on 24th Nov..

Are you starting trouble on this thread as well? Millis does require a down payment-but their training pay is way above most to others. Starts at about $500 a week and quickly goes to $750. That is a lot more than most other training outfits. Perfect? No. But I have talked to several of their drivers in FTW and they seemed to be a pretty happy bunch.

 

Well i drove for almost a year 14 years ago and had to step out for i was with a dumb ##### u can figure it out.i love the trucking industry i always have i been around trucks since i was a baby my dad drove for 48 years i went with him alot.hell i drove a tractor trailer before i drove a car lol..but anyway my otr experience isnt worth two wooden nickles..not (RECENT).so i am ganna take in all i can from the trainers at millis and get my ### back out ther wer i need to be on the road in a big truck..i paid my 100.00 plus gave 200.00 with a total of 300.00 so i now owe 200 at the start of school..just how i did it..i need to get my ### up to the mvb and take my permit test.but i talked with jazz several times and i think i made a good choice to go with millis.i will see ya ther good luck....Dont forget ur phyisical man!!

 

Paying $500 up front out of pocket for training (with deductions over 12-18 months or so totaling an addl. $2000), with a guaranteed job if you're successful, or pay $5000-ish to an accredited CDL school and have no job automatically waiting for you, or pay $1000-ish for a community college CDL course, also with no job necessarily waiting for you. Keep in mind, for those wanting to switch careers, like myself, some don't have the time to go to school, some can't get financed for a CDL school, and so on...signing on for company training isn't "paying to work for them", it's a small price to pay to receive training, receive pay while learning, and have a job waiting for you if you choose to make it a success

 

That's the best explanation and reasoning for going through company training I have seen! It also makes perfect sense.

 

Thank you Glad to hear, since it's the reasoning I will hopefully be using in a couple of months. If I had the time to get trained at a college, I think I would...but being a n00b here, a CDL doesn't mean much...the longer I go without a job after training, the worse it looks to a trucking company, and the harder it will be to get right back into my old career also...I'd be s.o.l., and possibly destroy my family in the process...I'm ready to sell my soul to a company willing to train me and guarantee me a job in the end. The only way to fail is if I let it happen.

 

Sounds like you've got the right attitude to actually make it in this. I was able to go to a school here near Madison when I learned, so I didn't have to go the company school route. Looks like you have thought everything through and made the best choice for yourself, which is the important thing.

 

My thoughts exactly, Millis seems to have the least "bad" written about them out of the major carriers that offer CDL training.

 

Ok, I'm gonna put this to rest. Most companies that offer training have a fleet of trucks of around what, 5 to 6 thousand trucks? Last I heard Swift had over 10,000. I hate to say it but by necessity they have to have low standards for new drivers to keep there trucks on the road. So what happens they get people that have had prison records and alot of accidents and dui's and so forth. Millis has a fleet of just over 700 trucks. They can afford to keep there standards lower than others. During my class they had about 40 trucks that were empty and waiting for drivers. That's it 40. On a given day how many does Swift, or Werner, or England, have? 400? That's all I'm saying, the more trucks you have, the harder it is to keep them on the road and making money. So the "Big" training companies are just really looking for a warm body to drive the truck. So what if that driver is a proven job hopper. at least he has that tuck moveing while he is there.