1Schneider, 2Werner, 3 JB Hunt?

The promissory note means no free training for Vets.....It is the same deal they tell everybody.......

Be very wary of Werner and anything they promise you. I would check with a Vets organization concerning Werner's claims

 

i wouldn't expect any company to train you without a contract...or what they call a "promisory note". the company would lose if they trained folks with no strings attatched.

 

Before, I retired from the military. I attended a driving school and the military paid every penny of it. All I had to cover was the transportation to and from the school. I told the education office I wanted to go to the most accredited school they could find and they set it up for me. In the old days they wouldn’t cover the cost of trade schools but during the Clinton administration that was changed to cover any schooling. I am not a Clinton fan but will give him credit for that one.

I worked for Werner for 1 year and don’t have a major issue with them but I don’t think the program they are offering is the way to go. If you went to school first, then you wouldn’t be obligated to stay.

 

as a fellow veteran i can tell you that the va will pay gi bill benifits for any education almost i went to swift school and they paid me for it werners claim is absurd any school you attended for the purpose of a certificate of a better job would probaly be paid as well as those 3 week cdl mill schools

 

Try your local AMVETS office ! They can point you to a lot of different things including what truck driving school will take your VA Bennifits. If you can figure out a way to pay for school by yourself or your VA bennifits you will be a LOT better off. Then you will not have to sign anything for anyone.

 

I am enrolled in National Training out of Jacksonville. They are VA approved. Do it before you retire, at National Training if you are on terminal leave you get your room for free. Once you are fully retired then you pay for a room, at least a National Training.

 

I went through the swift school when I was trained. Swift let me go 8 months later. I got another job and made payments until the cost of the schooling was paid. I too signed a promissary note.

 

No, it doesn't make any sense.
It's a waste of your GI Bill benefits...why the hell would you blow them on trucking?
Especially at Werner......25 cpm start pay.
I started at .26 cpm 10 years ago.

Doesn't it strike you odd that in the worst economy of our generation...these OTR outfits are constantly hiring, advertising, and offering "free" training?
If these were good jobs, there'd be a waiting list to hire-on with these companies.
Instead they can't keep the drivers they already have.
Why not?
Nothing but a last resort burn job...