England screwed me...I need a job!

Got my CDL thru the Mira Loma, CA England school. Completed phase one training OTR for the first 30 days. Hated being in a truck with another man. Oh well, Dealt with it. Got in with a complete ####### for phase two which was suppose to be only another 30 days b4 getting to go solo as a company driver. Well, England decided to extended phase two training to 60 days. When I asked my training coordinator about it he accused me of lying and told me that the school would have never told us phase two was only a month. Also, going company solo was no longer an option. So I decided to cut ties with them. Anyways, I need to know what other companies are hiring someone with just 6 weeks OTR experience…I understand I would have to go through their training program. Is Swift my only other option? Please help…..man, all I want is to go solo with a decent company…is that so hard to find?

 

I'm told I will have to train for 60 days, then it becomes 90 days. I'm told after training I will be able to go COMPANY diver solo. Now if you want to be a company driver you have to be team. Or sign up for a rip-off lease program where you almost have to take on a 2nd seat to make the #### lease payment. So...hmmm....not wanting to stay with some nasty ### "trainer" (who by the way had exactly 4 weeks more experience then I) for an extra month, not wanting to be teamed up with another guy for god knows how long after training. Yeah, sure does sound like I need to "get thicker skin." I did my research and agreed to certain terms. When the most important part of those terms changes (having to go team instead of solo) I don't see how it gives off an impression of weakness to walk. Let me ask you this...for those of you who do run solo, would you stay with a company that decided...oh by the way...I'm goon force another guy into your truck for now on.

 

Not a chance. My first trainer (who actually was a trainer, had 30 years exp.) called the training dept on my behalf and told them I was ready to go solo. Not saying I know everything...or even close to everything, but I was ready to drive on my own and continue learning. BTW, my trainer was sleeping soundly after 2 days of driving with me. He said I was the exception to the "no sleep for a trainer for 2 weeks rule". Any other brilliant theories you would like to suggest? Or maybe you can now entertain the notion that not every negative post about England comes from a know-it-all newbee ####### with a prison record and a meth problem. Oh yeah, and the new 3 month training is for all drivers, not just me.

 

I can totally see your point. The sad thing is I did do my research. I read countless horror stories about England, Swift, ETC. But lacking the 5G to go to a private school they seemed like my only option. So now with a CDL, I’m just trying to find a company that will actually have me go solo as a company driver. Dealing with the training process is not an issue. I can deal with anything as long as I know it is not permanent. But when England decides team driving is permanent even after an extended training program, I’m out.