Companies That Train for a Class A license and Hire

I was seriously looking into going to Roehl training (look up goroehl, or rdtc on google), they provide the training to get cdl, then you hire on with company and do the standard out with a trainer 6 weeks thing.
I also looked at Prime, they have their own training school also, but when I called them last summer, was a 6 month waiting period to get in.
in my case, I ended up at a CDL mill, so could apply with these two and few other companies I am interested in, but I could get financing thru the school as long as I agree to sign with a company who does 'tuition reimbursement'. it is out of my home state, and I had to get a license in the state the school is in, if I choose to go back home, I will have to pay to transfer my license back to home state. but it worked out better for me this way.
an option I tried but couldn't get into; see if a company you are interested in will sponsor you, finance your tuition at local community college, and you sign agreement to pay back certain amount out of your check for X number of months until repaid. some companies do this, but you have to call and ask, and has to be training they approve of. is a contract between you and the company, and you have to honor it. is similar to the company being your cosigner for the loan. my local community college didn't quilify, so I ended up at a cdl mill.
Good Luck

 

Oh, there's not really a local school where I am. Would be a cdl mill like it or not. So far have checked out swift, cre, and crst. Horror stories about all, but probies all have to start somewhere.

 

Every time you start something new a few bumps in the road are normal. The first few days or weeks at any new job or career usually means that things will go wrong until you catch on. There are no perfect companies out there or we would all be flocking there at once. Best thing to do is not let people with bad attitudes get in the way. Do what you have to do for yourself and when you get experience you can find a better job with a different company. There will always be things that go wrong anywhere you go, that's life. But you can look at it in a bad way or you can look at it as a learning experience and be positive and look at the big picture and have a half decent career.

 

Millis has a good school too. Check out the thread on this forum.

 

Leanright, I hear ya. All the way. Positive, positive, positive. I mean the job I work in now couldn't be any worse than these companies. I'm just looking to get my license upgrade, train with someone, and then let the rubber hit the road. If I make 35,000 my first year out, that's a raise. Between the fire service and my other job (that I hate, love the FD) they wrote the book on crooked, so I'm used to it. At least out otr, I won't have it staring me in the face, every minute I'm "on the clock". Sometimes a few eggs have to be cracked to make an omlette, than so be it. I'm going to take the approach that this is a buisness. I choose whether I succeed or not. As long as I'm in order, and just roll with some of the inevitable punches, I should be ok.