Competitive hourly rate for starting intermodal?

Is $22 an hour a good hourly rate in the Chicago area for a new driver out of School? This job also includes paid vacation and sick days after 12 months. What do you guys think?

 

Yeah W-2, I am a company driver just started last Monday. I am currently in their training program with one of the more experienced drivers. That will be for the first 3-4 weeks or so. Then I get on the road by my self for a probationary period that will last a couple months, and if all goes well I become a full time employee with Union benefits. This company also has Insurance,dental and vision. As for time and a half this company has that but not after 40 hours, it starts at 50. Is that normal?

 

Yeah. Im so grateful to have come by this opportunity. Just have to listen to my trainer, He's very professional and is just giving me gems throughout the day when were driving. So the last week hasn't even felt like work.

 

I am picking up the maps while we are registering me at the yards. The thing I most worry about is getting lost to and from yards so I might need to get a GPS. There are about 20 different places that we go to so thats really the only thing.. As for the OT from what my trainer said, to get OT all you have to do is sign up with dispatch for that week. He said that in the 9+ years that he's been working there that OT has always been available up to 19 hours a week after your 50 regular hours.