Considering schnieder, read first!

Schneider is not fly by night...sorry. Just because they require 18 months (unless they changed it to two years? Havent heard that yet) for their drivers to repay part of the schooling? Should they offer it for free? Would you hire someone, train them entirely to do that job, and not have some sort of requirement to keep them there to pay it off?

 

Does anybody know if Schneider is hiring newbies into their training program? Can't seem to get a call back from them to answer this question. Or maybe that is the answer!

 

They aren't hiring newbies or even operating their schools right now. They are concentrating on hiring experienced drivers. There is a thread here somewhere with more information on that. Search for threads on Schneider.

 

I saw lots of Big Orange trailers with orange tape over the 1-800 number on the back of trailer yesterday.....

 

They closed all their training centers, except for Green Bay. So I think that while they are currently seeking out experienced drivers, they will probably be training a small number in Green Bay.

 

hi you are right schneider school is the best i went to thear school carlisle pa hand the best time made some friends we started with 15 people only 4 made it to the end i hade a union job whating for me at home 25 a hr home in my bed a night but schneider school number 1 in my bookps they have a pool for swming hand to take my road test in ny me and my techer drive from pa to ny the day b 4 my road test stayed in a nice hotel i hand my room he had his the day of the test he drove to ny i passed and i drove back 2 pa if you need help on your test just ask and they well help you afther school

 

Thanks for the info. I guess I picked the wrong time to consider a career change! I had all but made my decision to apply to schneider based on their training rep. Oh well!

 

If you have been driving since 1993 as you say(even though your profile says 10 years), then you already knew all about Schneider or you werent paying attention. Regardless, you went to work there anyhow and tried to disprove everything you heard about them.

I would say safety first, you get stopped with this truck it is on you--you know that you have the right under FMCSA not to drive that truck until it is fixed. If you are having this much problem with them and you have 15 years experience(as you say you do) then why are you staying around there???There are more companies out there, hate to tell you, but Schneider aint the only one. But then again somebody with 15 years experience should know this.

 

Should they offer it for free? Would you hire someone, train them entirely to do that job, and not have some sort of requirement to keep them there to pay it off?

Yep they should provide it for free.

It is done every day in business. Company's send their employees to seminars and even have them take college or tech course's and don't charge them anything for it all the time.

There are even trucking outfits in my area that will hire a non driver and train them to drive their equipment and they are not charged anything.
They need people with clean records to keep their insurance rates down which is hard to find.

 

Well hmm...Id say you have some good points...but then Id be a politician...I mean a liar.

Companies send their "already hired and trained in that field" employees to seminars. Seminars are additional trainings, messages on various technologies, equipment...etc. Im a teacher by trade and we would attend seminars and workshops on reading, writing, behavior...etc. Those seminars were additional tools we could use. They didn't teach us to become teachers.

In the trucking world, they hire people who dont know how to drive a truck at all; people who need to learn as much as they can about big trucks, the law, logbooks...etc.

Its easy for small companies to hire and train...although Id bet somehow they have some sort of time requirement there. If they had the high turnover that larger companies have, Im sure their training for free practice would change.

Tim, I agree, I didn't see that particular quote before...maybe I didnt read this thread, lol...cant remember now. However you are right, the truck is MY responsibility. If I dont feel safe driving it, I don't. Actually Im on a dedicated run, nowhere near an OC or anything. I've been told time after time that if I THINK something MIGHT be wrong with the truck to bring it in and get it looked at. And if the truck is going to be down, to let them know so that they can get another truck sent up to me asap.