How long after getting hires can I expect a check, broke as a bloke

Give it about ten years. Than expect pay to be what it should be.
Or you will say forget it all.

 

I chose to go with PAM. They sponsored me for my CDL and have been a good company to work for. I would recommend it. While I was in school I met a guy that want to the unemployment office and they paid for his cdl. Maybe that's something to look into. I don't like much of what I've heard about swift or Werner. PTL sounds like a good company too

 

I'm not sure what arrangements the SLC Prime has for students, but the Springfield MO terminal has Campus Inn they use for students. He drove company for a year, but came over from a different company where he had leased. He has been thereabout 4 1/2 yrs now and has leased about 3 1/2 yrs with them.

Fleet managers make or break a good company and his has been great. She has gone above and beyond sometimes. Some of the fill ins have been so-so, but that is the way it goes. On the company side there were about three that were really good. They most generally leave you alone. Company side follows the routes sent. Most loads sent have the provided last few mile directions that you can request.

You will need to have a mailing address where someone can get your mail for CDL purposes, so this makes it hard to just packup and get rid of everything you own. You might want to track down some of the Prime pages on here too.

 

When I went through orientation at Swift, as normal about half the class were gone by hire date. One guy in particular I remember. All he owned was in an old, beat up pickup truck. He was homeless.

The night after orientation finished he planned to sleep in the bed of his pickup truck under the stars, as he had been doing for months before entering the CDL school, to wait for a trainer. I met him again at the terminal about six months later. He was for the first time in years putting money in the bank.

I don't know what his background was or why he ended up living on the streets. He turned his life around because he was motivated to work.

As a fleet owner you probably have had more than a few hires that you regret. I understand that completely. I don't think the OP falls close to that category. I smell the strong urge to work.

 

@IluvCATS worked for them until recently. It is a good company to start with for flatbed as far as I can tell.