Cost of school/length of contract

I've been researching Millis for the last 2 years. I've read very few complaints about the company. I was actually getting alot of info from another site that had a Millis recruiting forum, but for some reason the forum just died and hardly anyone posts there anylonger. Glad to see some action here. I retired from GM in 2007 and living the retired life, but if they end up going bankrupt next year, i'm going to pursue my lifelong dream and drive. I'm selling my house here in Delaware and moving to upstate PA...and hopefully be mortgage free...this coming spring. I will be about 90 min. from Millis's Weedsport N.Y terminal. Best of luck to you with your trainer...looking forward to hearing how it goes.

 

You might have the old promissory note, it was just 2500. I knew about the note before I left for school, so there was no surprise to me. Or now that its the start of a new year they may have revamped it. I don't know for sure. I know that I signed basically a 2 year note. I haven't been here long but know that I'm here for the long haul. Once again good luck and Merry Christmas!

 

ok, here is the deal with the promisary note. At one point they were only charging 2500 for a one year contract. the problem they had was people were going threw training get there license and quiting, thereby getting truck training for only 2500 dollars and most schools were charging 5 to 6 grand. so they went to one year and owing 2500 for the one year. then you have to stay for 2 years or owe an additional 2500 but they only charge for one year. so essentially if you go to millis stay just to get your license, then you owe 5000. but you you stay they only charge you 2500. they do this to keep so many people from job hopping so much. So the way it goes is, they only take 20 bucks a week for one year. the last year they dont charge anything so it's only a one year contract, but if you leave after one year you still owe 2500, but if you stay two years you don't owe anything. hope this helps, or maybe i confused you further.

 

I wouldn't be comfortable with a contract like that in today's economy . Millis is a good company but a lot of their work is hauling Budweiser bottles . With the Anheuser Bush buyout what guarantee is there that contract will provide that work for 2 years ?

 

there isn't one, but budweiser isn't the only thing they haul.

 

Isn't $20 a week for one year $1,040.00? Plus the $500 up front, only $1,540.00. Is this correct? If so that doesn't sound too bad. Also the training period pays pretty good so you make up some extra money there.

I was all set to go with Millis until I found it was a 2 year contract or you owe them $5,000. I heard of a few people that were let go after training, maybe they deserved it, maybe not but I wasn't going on the hook for 2 years. I can handle just about anything for 1 year but 2 was too much if it ended up being a bad job. I decided to go with Roehl which will be payed for by them after 120,000 miles. I pay about $550 up front for the room and training then took a loan from them for $2800 with a paying job after 18 days.

 

Good luck with it and keep us posted!

 

I know that isn't all they haul but loss of that work would put a lot of their drivers out of work . Inbev is known for slashing costs . It wouldn't surprise me to see Schneider or U.S. Xpress try to cut the rate and take the work from Millis .