My experience with Central Refrigerated

Companies will pay you while you are on the road training
But most will not pay for the class room part
In fact you will not even be considered an employee at that point
But they will still want their 3 grand pass or not

 

Central doesn't pay you while you are in class but they DO pay you when you hit the road for training. It's my understanding that most of them work this way.

 

If you have a Class A CDL, I don't understand why you need to go through school anyway. Training is one thing, but school again is entirely different.

 

Hiring a driver is a calculated risk for the company and is insurance company
That risk goes way down with schooling and training
They will see you as a newbie after a set amount of time that you have been off the road

 

If you have a class A CDL and not much driving exp you have to take a refresher course. That is 2000, not 3000 at central.
If at Schneider you are just doing the practice you are talking about then they are lieing to you. They have a school also, and they charge for it. If you have a class A, they have a refresher also. They charge for it. Then they put you with a trainer for 2 weeks, this they will pay you for.

I would almost be willing to bet hard cash that if you have no real driving experience, or even just local driving experience not over the road, that Schneider will require you to pay something for a refresher. Unless you are a recent school graduate.

 

They have a terminal about 2 miles from my house. I have not really looked at them though.